Center City

The Laurel Rittenhouse. Credit: Southern Land Company

The Laurel Rittenhouse Square at 1911 Walnut Street Reaches Third Floor In Rittenhouse Square, Center City

The last available parcel at Rittenhouse Square is making way for The Laurel Rittenhouse Square at 1911 Walnut Street. The 599-foot, 48-story rental  and condominium tower, designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz and developed by Southern Land Company, is one of the most exciting projects in the city with its massive height, on the rise to make a new mark on the growing skyline. It is currently the tallest building under construction in the city, with a projected height 17 feet above that of the W/Element Hotel that nears completion a few blocks east at 1441 Chestnut Street.

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505-09 South Oxford Street, Old City. Looking east. Credit: Google

Permits Filed For Three-Story Rear Extension at 505-09 South 9th Street, Washington Square West

A zoning permit has been filed for the erection of a three-story addition to a set of three adjacent rowhouses at 505-09 South 9th Street in Washington Square West. The trio, considered as a single structure for permit purposes and evidently owned by 505-09 South 9th Assoc LP, would provide a total of 18 residential units within the future six-story structure.

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Rendering of Arthaus. Image by Dranoff Properties

Arthaus Rises Into The Philadelphia Skyline at 311 S Broad Street, in Center City

Kohn Pendersen Fox’s 47-story, 542-foot Arthaus condominium at 311 South Broad Street is rapidly rising to join the Center City skyline. The 108-unit tower, developed by by Dranoff Properties and constructed by Hunter Roberts Construction Group, currently stands at 13 stories and is rising at about 2 floors per week, with an address at 311 S Broad Street, a few blocks south of City Hall. The tower was originally projected to top out this fall, though at this time the target looks closer to the end of the year or early 2021.

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