EXHIBIT 3.117

                            CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION
                                       OF
                              TSI SOCIETY HILL, LLC

         UNDER SECTION 18-201 OF THE DEL. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT

                  This Certificate of Formation of TSI Society Hill, LLC, dated
as of April 7, 1999, is being duly executed and filed by Curt D. Buyum, as an
authorized person, to form a limited liability company under the Delaware
Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del. C. Section 18-101, et seq.).

                  FIRST. The name of the limited liability company formed hereby
is TSI SOCIETY HILL, LLC.

                  SECOND. The address of its registered office in the State of
Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of
Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such
address is The Corporation Trust Company.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
Certificate of Formation as of the date first above written.

                                                      /s/ Curt D. Buyum
                                                      __________________________
                                                      Name:  Curt D. Buyum
                                                      Title: Authorized Person