Plans are moving along for the conversion of the Family Court Building at 1801 Vine Street in Logan Square, area into a 220-room Journal Hotel. The Beaux-Arts structure was designed by John T. Widrim and W.R. Morton Keast and built between 1938 and 1941. In 2014, the Philadelphia Family Court moved out and the Peebles Corporation purchased the property. The hotel will span 250,000 square feet and feature a roof terrace, lounge area, and spa. In addition to the hotel, Peebles is also considering options for some office space within the development.
According to Peebles, the original plan in 2014 was to turn the building into a Kimpton Hotel, but eventually Journal Hotels was contracted for the project five years later. In early 2019, the developer announced a construction start in June 2019. At the moment, the project cost is around $105 million.
The building’s façade, protected under the National Register of Historic Places, will be preserved. The murals will likely stay, while the interiors will be repurposed from judicial quarters to hotel use.
The Peebles Corporation calls for a two-year construction span.
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