Current status: Under construction (excavation underway), Featured story: The 11th place on Philly YIMBYs December Countdown goes to One Dock Street in Society Hill, Old City. Floor area: 559,583 square feet Original image from Google Earth, edit by Thomas Koloski, 1 Dock Street. Credit: Handel Architects, 300 North Columbus Boulevard. Need more over 500 ft fot more dynamic skyline. 1810 Chestnut Street. Primary use: Residential (360 units) the city. December 2021, 1911 Walnut Street,Rittenhouse Square, Center City, The Laurel Rittenhouse at 1911 Walnut Street. The tower is part of the massive $600 millionEast Market mixed-use development. Back in May 2016 when we first published this map, there were 29 high-rises. 1441 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19102 Rendering by Cope Linder Architects SLS International Hotel & Residences 566 feet Dranoff Properties and SBE Entertainment Group are behind this proposed. Your email address will not be published. of 150m+ completed buildings # 79 Current status: Under construction (topped out), Featured story:Philadelphia YIMBY observes views from the top of The Laurel Rittenhouse In Rittenhouse Square, Center City. Rendering credit: Studios Architecture. Credit: SLCE Architects, Height: 315 feet It's a complex message, sure, but it's a strong one, one of continual evolution. The 32-story towertopped off in January 2017and features 277 apartments and townhouse rentals that are ready for move-ins. evolution as the kind of leading technology hub presently associated with Photo by Jamie Meller. as a profession, must ask that question, he said. Today, the total number is 29. Floor area: 462,000 square feet poverty if it is to succeed as a truly modern international city. Primary use: Medical Primary use: Residential (185 rental units, 64 condo units) Credit: Varenhorst, Height: 275 feet Architect: Gensler Status: Expected completion in August 2019. Height: 364 feet Architect: DAS Architecture and Planning As such, before it received its official name, YIMBY articles referred to the building as Cathedral Place Phase One. waterfront, is something theyve been trying to do for 30, 40 years now," The historic Samuel T. Freeman & Co. Auction House (aka Freemans Action House), which date back to 1923, is renovated into 50,218 square feet of retail and commercial space, with a slender, 79,570-square-foot condominium overbuild above. Follow YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates Developer: National Real Estate Development By the end of 2017, there were 27 high-rises under construction. Primary use: Residential (397 units) mixed-use and could become home to everything from an outdoor concert area to Other Names. Architect: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (with BLT Architects as the architect of record) But Philadelphia must also grapple with its inequity and We'll keep adding projects to the map, so drop us a line at philly@curbed.com or leave a comment if you know of another high-rise project that has broken ground. December 2021. Floors: 47 suburban exodus drained the city in the second half of the 20th century. Primary use: Office Most of the condos would span a full floor, 222-30 Walnut Street looking west. 33 North 22nd Street. But most importantly, it will include a community and recreation center (the first for the Chinatown neighborhood) and be the tallest building in the neighborhood at 20 stories. Up, Up , and and reaching sky ward. 20th + Arch at 2000-24 Arch Street. Developer: PMC Property Group is]going to be knitted back into the city, making this a continuous Center City from the Delaware River to 40thStreet in one whole swoop.". Sitting vacant for years, with previous plans to turn it into a hotel, it was finally bought by developer Brickstone Co. in September 2015 for $4.7 million. Status: Estimated completion in spring 2018. That identity would shift from that of a former industrial city economically The umpires were done with their day's work after Baltimore's Josh Lester grounded out to end the top of the ninth inning with the Orioles trailing 7-4, officially . Now renamed Franklin Tower, it's currently being converted into luxury apartments and high-end office space, with a roof-top terrace and amenities like an indoor cycling studio. tower, the highly flexible loft-like spaces and This 26-story high-rise developed by Goldenberg Group and Hines has taken over a former parking lot and has already moved in its first tenants into its 322 rental units. Quick fact: The rippling-glass tower planned at 33 North 22nd Street will rise from a challenging site, providing resident entrances from both 18th Street and the elevated John F. Kennedy Boulevard, while providing parking for the next-door Trader Joes supermarket, which currently uses the site for shopper parking. Quick fact: The 27-story tower planned at 709-13 Chestnut Street is being jointly developed by Roseland Properties and the Parkway Corporation, with the latter specializing in owning and operating parking lots until a development-favorable opportunity arises. Follow YIMBYs Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews. The tower topped off in late 2017, and when all is said and done in 2018 it will feature 240 residential units geared toward young professionals and families, amassive Wawa,City Fitness, andIron Hill Brewery. We should be aiming for balance and variety more than building up up up. Status: Demolition complete, groundbreaking in 2019. Corporate welfare or not, the city needed these projects, specifically the Comcast Center. the next great tech city. Floor area: over 300,000 square feet Floors: 20 Developers: Roseland Properties, Parkway Corporation Primary use: Residential (272 rental units) Developer: Parkway Corporation Rendering of 33 North 22nd Street. Floors: 23 Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Credit: Cecil Baker + Partners, 1810 Chestnut Street. There was no umpire behind the plate calling balls and strikes, or even one of those so-called robo umps that could become part of the game in the future, when the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates kept playing Tuesday. Quick fact: Mural West is Philadelphias currently tallest active development project outside of Center City and University City. Quick fact: Riverwalk South is part of the two-tower Riverwalk development, located on the Schuylkill River waterfront. Photo by Thomas Koloski, 113-21 South 19th Street. Model by Thomas Koloski. The Marketplace Design Center is currently under construction for a massive overhaul that will become thenew headquarters for Aramark(the iconic blue whale mural is now long gone). By February 2017, it went back down to 26, followed by 30 in July. 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It was the former headquarters of the Atlantic Richfield Oil Company. This allows the building to have spacious floor plans. Quick fact: Two Cathedral Square is part of Cathedral Square, a redevelopment master plan for the block-sized archdiocesan campus centered on the historic Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. boom, and a few new projects are poised to have a significant impact on how we - Photo by Thomas Koloski. Status: Expected completion date is early 2018. Photo by Thomas Koloski, Height: 362 feet Quick fact: One uCity Square is part of the greater mixed-useuCity Square development, which will feature 10.5 million square feet within 15 existing and 10 newly-constructed buildings. Current status: Under construction (topped out), The Laurel Rittenhouse from John F. Kennedy Boulevard. Floors: 32 Primary use: Commercial, laboratory, residential Sure, new developments are enticing to industry leaders looking This multi-phase project will ultimately bring an18-story towerto Penn's medical campus that will house offices, a daycare, the Investigative Drug Services Pharmacy, and more of the hospital's Bio Bank Freezer Farm. By 2021, there were 34 legal CIDs operating under 30 CID umbrella organizations, according to the Georgia Tech-Lexicon Strategies study, "Ready for the Smart(er) City: How Community Improvement . with academic, residential and commercial space, are "the Floor area: 535,245 square feet This $150 million,two-phase, by-right projectwill bring a whopping 600 apartments to the Logan Square neighborhood. The old Parker-Spruce Hotel is currently undergoing top-to-bottom renovations and will be converted into a Fairfield Inn and Suites by Marriott when all is said and done. Height: 366 feet Incidentally, high-rise buildings allow to fit the same amount of density into smaller plots of land, thus allowing for preservation of adjacent prewar buildings that would otherwise be demolished for a mid- or low-rise building with the same square footage. This hulking building at 5th and Master sat vacant for decades, until Core Realty bought it in 2015. Philly is one of the most dangerous, dirtiest, and homeless cities in the world but they care more about building ugly buildings. Primary use: Residential (306 rental units) Current status: Proposed (permits issued), Featured story: The 21st place on Philly YIMBYs December Countdown goes to 24-story tower proposed at 300 North Christopher Columbus Boulevard in Northern Liberties. 3025 John F. Kennedy Boulevard looking northwest. Philadelphia skyline from the Walt Whitman Bridge. Current status: Under construction (topped out), Featured story: Cladding rises neatly halfway at One Cathedral Square at 1701 Race Street in Logan Square, Center City. Primary use: Residential (380 units) Photo by Jamie Meller. For the past December 2021. Let us be the City that Manhattan can only wish it could have been. floors 6 to 23 would be residential, with a mix of one and two . And yet, in just 15 years, we have produced our own mini-Pudong on the west bank of the Schuylkill with an assertive trio of glass skyscrapers, FMC, Evo, and Cira. Architect: Edry McHenry Architects Contractor: Hunter Roberts Construction Group Status: Under construction, spring 2018 leasing. Quick fact: The mixed-use tower under construction at 3025 John F. Kennedy Boulevard is a part of the 14-acre, multi-building Schuylkill Yards project that is being jointly developed by Brandywine Realty Trust and Drexel University. Status: Topped out, expected to open in early 2018, This Penn project broke ground in late 2015 and includes the rehabilitation of the existing West Philadelphia Title and Trust Company, as well as a glassy, 100,000-square-foot addition that will house the university's Political Science and Economics courses. Primary use: Residential (272 rental units) Developer: Brandywine Realty Trust Quick fact: One Cathedral Square, a residential tower with ground-level retail, is the first phase of Cathedral Square, a two-building addition to the Archdiocesan Campus surrounding the historic Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. Floors: 28 Architecture, Rendering of 12 + Sansom. Perhaps this is a carry-over from the building height controversy in the late 1980s. Perhaps most importantly, we're in the midst of a development It seems like the Philly skyline changes almost daily, with plenty of cranes rising and towers topping out. Primary use: Medical Photo by Jamie Meller. $16.72 trillion (2013) First 150m+ Building. December 2021. The development appears to have recently received a design revision, so only limited imagery is available for the latest iteration. This map may help wrap your head around the mind-boggling amount of construction that's taking place throughout the citya majority of which qualifies as high-end construction. skyline with one foot in the past and one in the future. Finally a comprehensive, fairly up to date info source for the construction of buildings. Floors: 29 others to sprout up. By: Vitali Ogorodnikov Architect: Atkin Olshin Schade Architects Photo by Thomas Koloski. "If were successful, and I believe we will be, it will 2. Rendering of 204 South 12th Street. The 60-story tower will be the tallest building in the city, serving as headquarters for Comcast employees, a Four Seasons Hotel, and three condo units (allowned by the company's CEO). Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects as part of the Cira Centre complex, should be Status: proposed. and right into the water on a sunny day. 33 North 22nd Street, 21M, and 2222 Market Street as seen from from Riverwalk. Since breaking ground in September 2015, the iconic and historicDivine Lorraineis well on its way to completion. Philadelphia skyline from South Street Bridge. Credit: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1301 Market Street. December 2021, 311 South Broad Street,Washington Square West, Center City, Rendering of Arthaus. Credit: Cecil Baker + Partners. Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Credit: Atkin Olshin Schade Architects, Mural West site looking east. Meters. Floor area: 351,927 square feet Using a feasibility study, the DRWC determined the park can safely Developer: LCOR Incorporated Poor insights and vision, and now we are scrambling to backfill these gaps. Floors: 28 According to the hotel's official website, the new-and-improved hotel is expected to open in the spring of 2018. Page 23- PHILADELPHIA | Lowrise/General Developments Thread II General Development . To avoid covering too much familiar ground, we added new features to each entry, such as quick facts, featured stories, project contractors (when applicable), and extra photos and renderings, some of which YIMBY has not yet shared before. We continue Architect: Handel Architects With the company's trio of skyscrapers on the Schuylkill waterfront Cira, Evo, and FMC Brandywine has virtually made glass the official material of Philadelphia's 21st century skyline. Architect: Practice for Architecture and Urbanism Floor area: 267,874 square feet Architect: Solomon Cordwell Buenz Transit Terminal Tower. Quick fact: The residential building proposed at 619 North Broad Street will fill a major gap in the rapidly developing Lower North Broad Street corridor. Other names the building has commonly been known as, including former names, common informal names, local names, etc. Take notes from Honkong and other cities in China. 2901 Arch Street. It was just announced that a large daycare has signed on as the ground-floor retail tenant. Developer: The Durst Organization While each of those towers is appealing individually, with a crisp, sculptural form, they are also generic buildings that could be anywhere. A database of world skyscrapers. Also, is it me, or are all the proposals that never get built these amazing buildings, but what actually gets built crap? The CTBUH Philadelphia Chapter is thrilled to offer a presentation and tour of one of the city's most illustrious new mixed-use developments set in Philadelphia's cultural district along Avenue of the Arts. Architect: Practice for Architecture and Urbanism LikeYIMBY on Facebook Height 365.8 m / 1,200 ft. Floors 85. Home > Database > United States > PA > Philadelphia: Login Register : View Philadelphia. Transit Terminal Tower. The second phase includes the construction of an annex, which will add 10,000 square feet of retail, 100,000 square feet of commercial space, and up to 80 residential units. Rendering via Dranoff Properties, Arthaus from South Broad Street. The Ludlow, East Market's first residential high rise,topped off in 2016 at 17 stories. Current status: Proposed (site cleared, awaiting permits), Featured story:The 5th place on Philly YIMBYs December Countdown goes to 3001 John F. Kennedy Boulevard in University City, West Philadelphia. Current status: Under construction (topped out), Arthaus from South Broad Street. LikeYIMBY on Facebook Current status: Proposed (permits issued), Featured story: 23-story tower ready for construction at 2301 John F. Kennedy Boulevard in Center City West. Credit: L2P, Height: 260 feet Our Art Deco-inspired skyline now competes with modern pedestrian parks and plazas. Current status: Under construction, 1101 Chestnut Street. By pointing toward West Philly, it About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . Why are most so horrifically fat and stubby? Quick fact: Located a block to the south of the Liberty Place towers and two blocks to the northeast of Rittenhouse Square Park, 1620 Sansom Street will replace a multi-level garage, which used to squander valuable space in the centrally-located, walking-friendly district, with a high-density residential structure and ground-level retail that will contribute to a pedestrian-friendly streetscape. Floor area: 345,301 square feet Primary use: Residential, retail is a city that is serious about its future.". Credit:Solomon Cordwell Buenz. Contractor: Hunter Roberts Construction Group Developer Goldenberg Group recently broke ground on its most recent development, The $199 million View II near Temple. If any or all of these projects actually are happening, they will be a welcome addition to Philadelphia. It involves a Frank Furness-designed brownstone that dates back to 1869. helping the whole city rise together, we should feel like it, too. There will be 295 rooms under the W Hotel flag and 460 rooms under the Element by Westin. 730 Schuylkill Avenue site from One Liberty Place. 204 South 12th Street. While NYC has moved on to building super tall sleek and thin skyscrapers, Philly continues with these socialist, fat 70s glass Detroit style monstrosities. Current status: Under construction (topped out), Featured story:The 9th place on Philly YIMBYs December Countdown goes to the CHOP Hub For Clinical Collaboration in University City, West Philadelphia. December 2021. citys global image. diverse, less innovative, competitive city?" The current skyscrapers of Philadelphia are protesting these new structures by keeping the lights out in their buildings at night to take . Primary use: Commercial, laboratory, residential 32.3 people per km. Santander Bank Tower. Credit: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners / BLT Architects. Developer: Brandywine Realty Trust, Drexel University Photo by Thomas Koloski, Height: 250 feet On Wednesday, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts unveiled The Comcast Innovation and Technology Center, a 59-story glass and steel skyscraper, from the 45th floor of the company's global headquarters . Steinberg and the Lindy Institute hope it will spur the ADVERTISEMENT. Photo by Jamie Meller, 3025 John F. Kennedy Boulevard,University City,West Philadelphia, Rendering of 3025 John F. Kennedy Boulevard via Brandywine Realty, Height: 361 feet Quick fact: The Freeman Condominiums proposed at 1810 Chestnut Street is an excellent example of urban-friendly adaptive reuse. Quick fact: 204 South 12th Street will stand as one of the citys tallest residential buildings east of City Hall. Developer: Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia 12+Sansom at 123 South 12th Street. Photo by Thomas Koloski, 1810 Chestnut Street,Rittenhouse Square,Center City. Photo by Thomas Koloski, 2222 Market Street from John F. Kennedy Boulevard. It is replacing the Wood Building behind the main hospital in Osler Circle. The massive 59-story tower at Current status: Proposed (no permits issued), Featured story: Philadelphia YIMBYs annual development countdown starts with 242-foot-tall, 18-story condo tower planned at 222-30 Walnut Street in Society Hill, Center City, Quick fact: The proposal at 222-30 Walnut Street (also known as 222 Walnut Street) would integrate a condominium tower with a group of low-rise buildings constructed between 1856 and 1950, preserving the front portions of the prewar structures facing Walnut Street and demolishing the postwar addition facing Thomas Paine Place. Developer: Parkway Corporation The architectural landscape of the park will definitely be View renderings here. Suburban Station. Photo by Jamie Meller, 33 North 22nd Street site looking southwest. Now, we are putting squattier buildings where weve demolished older buildings and vacant lots. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . Quick fact: The project, which has seen no progress over the course of the past year, is being developed by Parkway Corporation, which owns and operates parking lots around the city, which the company develops when opportunity arises. Please can someone take over the design committee and force these developers to step up their designs? its crown jewel and keystone, a riverside Penn's Landing Park. It will be the first new building at uCity Square. The site of the now-demolished Boyd Theater, this 24-story tower will include 183 residential units and retail on the ground level. message is clear. Keystone Property Group, the developers behind the renovation, recently nabbed a $173.25 million loan that will help bring construction of the 63 luxury apartments (dubbed The Lyndon) to the finish line. Comcast Center, Cira Centre, Symphony House, 10 Rittenhouse are amazing projects for the future of Philadelphia. Current status: Proposed (no permits issued), Featured story: The 7th place on Philly YIMBYs December Countdown goes to 1301 Market Street in Market East, Center City. Architect: Solomon Cordwell Buenz Image by Dranoff Properties, Height: 542 feet shapelessuntil One and Two Liberty Place shot upin the late '80s. public spaces will certainly change how Philly looks in 10 years. So nobody cares about the beauty of buildings anymore? Architect: Varenhorst studios are designed for a dynamic way of working an engine for the citys Read on for our Top 30 list, which makes for Philly YIMBYs most comprehensive development article to date. have a transformative effect on the city of Philadelphia, not only in terms of Credit: Cecil Baker + Partners Architects], 222-30 Walnut Street. few years, the Delaware River Waterfront Corp. has been slowly but surely Though Official Name. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . implementing a master plan for its development with Floor area: 129,788 square feet Model by Thomas Koloski, Site of 12+Sansom at 123 South 12th Street. This mosaic of styles at once reinforces history and exudes elegance, commands obedience yet exemplifies innovation, makes us glance skyward but keep our feet on the ground. As of 2019, the tallest building in the city is the 60-story . Status: Floors: 19 for a home, but Philly is still one of the nation's largest poor cities. Floors: 23 Comcast Technology Center The Comcast technology center is the most recent building in Philadephia and it is now the tallest at 1,121ft tall. Architect: ZGF Architects, Ballinger Of course, there are also marquee developments that will boost the city's iconic skyline. Current status: Under construction (excavation), Featured story: Excavation underway at 12+Sansom at 123-27 South 12th Street in Midtown Village, Center City. These cities and planners have incorporated everything into one beautiful cityscape. Developer: Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia Rendering of One Dock Street. December 2021, 1101 Chestnut Street, Market East, Center City, Thomas Jefferson Specialty Care Pavilion rendering. Low- and mid-rise projects, the type that will provide much-needed housing units by the thousands, comprise the bulk of new development. Current status: Under construction (topped out), Subscribe to YIMBYs daily e-mail significant inputfrom the community, including thecreation of 1700 Market is a high-rise building located in the Market West region of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Credit: Solomon Cordwell Buenz, Height: 470 feet the city itself. Quick fact: The tower proposed at 1826 Chestnut Street, revealed via a series of images leaked online from a third-party presentation, will incorporate into its base a historic prewar building that originally housed The Aldine movie theater, which played a notable role in Philadelphias Civil Rights movement. The second, taller 23-story residential tower at East Market is the yet-to-be-named1199 Ludlow Street. 2301 John F. Kennedy Boulevard via Civic Design Review, 2301 John F. Kennedy Boulevard. In West Philadelphia, the 512-foot-tall, red-clad skyscraper at 3001 John F.Kennedy Boulevard, just to the west of 30th South Street Station, will soon be underway.On the east side of the Schuylkill River, 2301 John F.Kennedy Boulevard is another proposal . Floors: 29 A skyline is an integral feature of a sprawling city like this 3025 John F. Kennedy Boulevard. recreation on the water. 3001 John F Kennedy Boulevard. shiny home here, others will too or at least, thats the idea. 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