 The blue glass and concrete , 43 @-@ story , 475 feet ( 145 m ) skyscraper was designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz and Associates . Murano 's condos range between 740 square feet ( 69 m2 ) and 2 @,@ 625 square feet ( 240 m2 ) and were designed to be loft @-@ like with each featuring a balcony . The building features ground level retail space and an adjacent parking garage . Located in the West Market Street neighborhood of Center City , a neighborhood that first saw residential development in 2002 , the building struggled to fill its units during the late @-@ 2000s recession . In July 2009 the Murano 's owners held a successful auction on forty of the building 's units . Thomas Properties Group lowered the price for the remaining unsold units based on what the forty units went for at the auction . 
