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A new developer has taken the reins of a planned downtown office conversion.

The former MCI Communications Corp. building at 1133 19th St. NW is under contract to sell to Transwestern Development Co., according to zoning filings that show it is planning a residential conversion. Foulger Pratt had previously been under contract to buy the building and had planned its own conversion.

TDC, an affiliate of Transwestern, revealed it is taking over the project in a request to the Board of Zoning Adjustment for a two-year extension on the board's approval order, which allowed a penthouse eating and drinking establishment at the property.