A recent site visit by Philadelphia YIMBY has discovered that exterior construction work nears completion at the 295-foot-tall, 19-story office building rising at 2222 Market Street in Center City West. Designed by Gensler and developed by the Parkway Corporation (alternately Parkway Commercial Properties), with IMC Construction as the contractor, the development will feature 329,100 square feet of tenant floor area, with 324,826 square feet of Class A office space and 4,274 square feet of retail, as well as a 47-car underground garage. The structure is being built as the new headquarters for Morgan Lewis, a major law firm. Building features will include ten-foot-high ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows, several landscaped outdoor decks, flexible workspace plans, a conference center, a fitness center, Zoom conference rooms, expanded areas for servicing out-of-office visitors, and rooms with advanced audio technology to facilitate virtual court hearings.
2222 Market Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. August 2022
2222 Market Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. August 2022
2222 Market Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. August 2022
2222 Market Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. August 2022
When YIMBY last visited the site in March, the glass and brick facade rose around two-thirds of the way up the steel structure. Our latest site visit noted that, by now, the exterior has largely been assembled, and the structure largely resembles its final appearance. The design is quite close to what the renderings shown, and makes a distinctive statement on the local streetscape with its triple-grouped floors separated by bands of gray brick and staggered and cantilevered sections at the upper levels. Work is currently in progress at the ground-level plaza, which is partially nestled beneath the cantilevered building. The distinctive V-shaped pair of columns at the corner is yet to receive its cladding, as is the case with the other street-facing columns.
2222 Market Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. August 2022
2222 Market Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. August 2022
2222 Market Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. August 2022
2222 Market Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. August 2022
2222 Market Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. August 2022
2222 Market Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. August 2022
2222 Market Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. August 2022
2222 Market Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. August 2022
2222 Market Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. August 2022
2222 Market Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. August 2022
2222 Market Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. August 2022
2222 Market Street. Credit: Gensler
2222 Market Street. Credit: Gensler
2222 Market Street. Credit: Gensler
2222 Market Street. Credit: Gensler
2222 Market Street. Credit: Gensler
2222 Market Street. Credit: Gensler
2222 Market Street. Credit: Gensler
2222 Market Street. Credit: Gensler
2222 Market Street will be a significant addition to Center City West and will help bridge a rather desolates street gap between the Center City core to the east and University City to the west. We look forward to further progress on the project.
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This is an significant addition and will most definitely improve the street gap you alluded to. We don’t know what will be built across the street on the vacant lot. If we see new construction take place, SEPTA may consider adding a new 22nd St subway station where trolleys already have their station.
I recall the developer owns one of the two sites where there is a restaurant whose owner has refused to sell. If the developer own the yellow stucco house, he could have it hand demolished.
Correct, the bar owner refused to sell at above-market prices for his parcel. I believe Parkway owns the other two parcels (The old 7-11) and the parcel immediately adjacent.
Nothing can be built on the parking lot across the street because it’s a PECO substation. If that’s the case, it seems like it would be a great spot for food trucks, etc.
Would PECO be willing to relocate substation? Maybe not due to environmental cleanup.
People can take the trolley to 15th Street and walk up stairs to take Frankford El and Broad Street subway.
I don’t think the land value in Philadelphia is high enough for that to be considered. PECO most likely needs to have that substation in that general area to service the rail and CBD, so there really isn’t anywhere they can move it to.
Its a shame that liberty bar wouldn’t sell. A full block building would have looked better. If I recall correctly liberty bar wanted 5 mill and it was only worth like 1 million. Now its worth nothing 😂🤣😅