The General Battery Building

Project Detailsx

Location: 645 Penn Street Reading, PA

Square Feet: 105,000

Project Budget: $7,000,000

Year Completed: 2016

Category: Commercial / Retail Space

Tenants: Accounts Recovery Bureau
Open Door Adoption Services
Café de Colombia
Berks Counseling Center
Berks Community Action Program
Dunkin’ Donuts
Salsa Burrito

Project Overviewx

Built in 1978 as the world headquarters for General Battery Corporation, one of the largest battery manufacturers in the world. Vacated by General Battery in 2003 as part of their bankruptcy restructuring, the building was purchased by Shuman Development Group and converted into one of Reading’s finest multi-tenant office buildings.