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Arthaus. Credit: Kohn Pedersen Fox

Arthaus Close to Topping Out at South Broad Street in Center City

7:30 am on February 7, 2021 By Thomas Koloski

Topping out appears imminent at Arthaus, a 542-foot-tall, 47-story tower rising at 311 South Broad Street in Center City, a few blocks to the south of City Hall. The project’s height is remarkable for the area and the building already stands high above the surroundings. The tower will have 107 units, with the lower four floors designated for amenity, retail, and parking space. The tower is designed by the renowned architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox, which also designed the one of the city’s tallest buildings, the BNY Mellon Center at 1735 Market Street. Developer Dranoff Properties is also behind the 375-foot-tall, 163-unit Symphony House, completed a block south at 1414 Pine Street in 2007.

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Rendering of Arthaus. Image by Dranoff Properties

Arthaus Crown Starts Forming in Washington Square West, Center City

8:00 am on December 26, 2020 By Thomas Koloski

The sixth-tallest project on Philly YIMBY’s December 2020 Development Countdown is the most visible development currently under construction in Philadelphia. Arthaus at 311 South Broad Street in Washington Square West, Center City, has already made a major impact on the skyline as it nears topping out at a height of 542 feet and 45 stories (though the marketing material describes the building as 47 stories tall). Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, which also designed the 792-foot-tall BNY Mellon Center, the city’s fifth-tallest building, and developed by Dranoff Properties, the building will feature 108 condominium apartments. Philly YIMBY’s recent site visit revealed busy activity, with workers installing cladding on the superstructure.

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Broad + Pine at 337 South Broad Street. Credit: Dranoff Properties

Progress Appears Imminent on Broad + Pine at 337 South Broad Street in Washington Square West, Center City

8:00 am on December 16, 2020 By Thomas Koloski

Demolition preparations are underway for Broad + Pine, a 361-foot-tall tower proposed at 337 South Broad Street in Washington Square West, Center City, and number 16 on Philly YIMBY’s December 2020 Development Countdown. Designed by Cecil Baker + Partners Architects and developed by Dranoff Properties, the tower will stand 28 stories and yield 56 condominium units. The site, which is located at the northeast corner of Broad Street and Pine Street, is currently occupied by a three-story prewar building that once housed retail and a parking garage.

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Arthaus Passes Halfway Point, Nearing 400 Feet on the Avenue of the Arts, Center City

8:00 am on October 15, 2020 By Thomas Koloski

The Philadelphia skyline continues its two-decade-long process of extending southward, with two 500-foot-plus towers proposed to be south of Chestnut Street in the past few years. At 311 South Broad Street in the Avenue of the Arts district, across from the Kimmel Center, Arthaus is rapidly rising with installation of rebar and concrete pours. Since the last YIMBY update in August the tower has risen over 20 stories, currently standing at 28 stories and nearly 400 feet to the top of the core, more than halfway to its eventual 542-foot, 47-story height. The blocky tower with a glass curtain wall was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by Dranoff Properties, which revived the taller hotel proposal, cancelled after SLS International Hotel pulled out, as a 108-unit condominium.

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