PHILADELPHIA | uCity Square Future Phases | 4 towers | 17, 17, 16, & 15 FLOORS
The University City Science Center and Wexford Science and Technology will build uCity Square on the old site of the University City High School. Total build out for the site will include 4 million square feet of office/lab/commercial, retail and residential space across 10 buildings. Four building will top 12 or more floors, the remaining six buildings will rise 4 to 10 floors in height.
uCity Square Office Tower 1: 17 floors uCity Square Office Tower 2: 16 floors uCity Square Office Tower 3: 16 floors uCity Square Hotel Tower: 15 floors http://cdn.phillymag.com/wp-content/...6th-Aerial.jpg http://cdn.phillymag.com/wp-content/...el-937x705.jpg http://cdn.phillymag.com/wp-content/...8th-Aerial.jpg http://ucitysquare.com/ Title: uCity Square Project: Office Space, Commercial space, lab space, retail, residential, elementary school, green space Architect: ZGF Architects Developer: University City Science center and Wexford Science & Technology Location: Between 36th, 38th, Filbert and Powelton Ave, Philadelphia, PA Neighborhood: University City District: West Philadelphia Floors: 17, 16, 16, 15 floors Height: ?? feet Quote:
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I'm a little confused. I didn't see any mention of the specific floor count or number of buildings that are going to be constructed now. I read it as more of a long term plan. Where did the "4 towers | 27, 15, 13 & 12 FLOORS" come from?
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North of Filbert, there look to be 10 buildings. The floor counts for the buildings look like 27, 15, 13, 12, 10, 10, 8, 6, 4, 4. We'll see what the official numbers are when they move forward. |
Hip to be uCity Square: Science Center Unveils Vision, New Name
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I have to think this is being developed with at least one or two somewhat sizeable tenants in mind.
Penn has a lot of partnerships brewing with Novartis and other pharmaceutical companies from what I know from my personal relationships (i.e. friends who are scientists at Penn). The partnerships are focused on commercialization of discoveries made in Penn Labs...I have to think that there is enough productive work being done in these labs at this point that there might be critical mass to co-locate pharma space nearby to keep the company scientists close to the academics. This has already happened in Cambridge with Novartis, Sanofi, and others who have only opened facilities in that area in the past ten years and now employ literally thousands. I just checked and Novartis has almost 3,000 employees in Cambridge. Sanofi has 1,600. Biogen has 2,600 and Pfizer has 1,000. MIT and Harvard were about 10-15 years ahead of Penn in establishing these relationships. In fact, I recall when Novartis built their first building in Cambridge...it may have been only 8 years ago. Something is definitely happening. And it could be huge. I don't think this contiguous space is being lined up for a bunch of small scale start ups (although that's needed as well). I think these massive blocks are being assembled/proposed/pitched with particular companies in mind. Here's to hoping. Now for Google. Time for them to open an office in town as well. Maybe Comcast can help with that. |
Can't wait for this whole thing to be built out, even though it's a long way off. Hope the design remains the same. I can only think that this will accelerate the increase in land values in Powelton and Mantua, making the capping of the railyards more feasible in the long term future. Hopefully this, and the various other tracts of land in UCity, will absorb office and residential growth over the next 30 years, and then we'll FINALLY be ready for the railyards.
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Massive $1B uCity Square Project Could Benefit Community
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Nashville developer selected to build first UCity Square apartment building
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Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/busines...QdLjDHKPPUD.99 |
A lot of machinery on site
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Not sure if they're actually getting ready to build anything or if they're just prepping the site, but work in progress signs are up.
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If the "Work in Progress" sign states an anticipated complete date as Fall 2015, I'm pretty sure it's not construction of anything.
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Hey Summersm, I'm a long-time lurker. I was wondering if you could link the other u-city square threads to this main thread, so it would be easier to get a full picture of the project.
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Wow. I havent been past here in over 2 years. Things are getting serious on this project, this is going to be crazy.
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I don't see anything in the renders that appears close to 27 stories. What am I missing?
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This project alone makes me want to invest in Mantua
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For instance, 3737 Market has 17' ceilings. Assuming this office building would be the same (same developers, architects), that means this building would be 255 feet tall. Residential buildings on the other hand, usually have 10 foot ceilings, which means we're likely looking around 270 feet for the residential building. |
1/22/2016
Apparently the site along 38th Street will house temporary surface parking lots to allow for the demolition of the garage along Market and to make way for the 3675 Market office building development. The rest of the site will also be developed first, and the site along 38th Street will be developed last. https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...db&oe=57381A8E |
I'm a big fan of the tower design for the planned tower at 37th and Warren. New article on the development:
http://mobile.philly.com/beta?wss=/p...n&id=366865971 |
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Part of University City has a new name: uCity Square
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Can someone please make a rendering with uCity Square, Schuylkill Yards & The Railyard capping!
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I appreciate how that article points out that even though there has been steady population loss since the 70s (until recently), this has been mostly in the outer areas of the city whereas Center City and University City has in fact grown steadily in a healthy and intelligent way. There was no boom that we see in Sunbelt cities, however Center City was pieced back together and we are now seeing the fruits of this in said outer areas with new housing and infill popping up literally everywhere. Its easy to say that Philadelphia has been a dead city for decades, however a closer look shows a slow resuscitation that is still gaining momentum and we now look no further than these Ucity projects for this Boom that we've been waiting for that a strong, mature, city can support. I see this overbuilding in many "young" cities becoming a big problem in the near future. The development in Philadelphia over the last several decades has been very sustainable.
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New info from uCity square PDF. Looks like the first tower will be One uCity Square at the corner of what will be 37th and Arch? What will be the cross street?
Either way, they're claiming an estimated 2018 completion, which means this will probably start work by the end of the year to make that timeline. https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...cb&oe=578213BA https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...40&oe=578F890C https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...da&oe=578315DA https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...57&oe=57785ABC http://ucitysquare.com/site/userfile...y-Overview.pdf |
3675 Market will be the first building.
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5/17/16
Demolition ongoing. Temporary parking lots along 38th Street are completed. https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...9b&oe=57E27AE3 https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...8b&oe=57D74619 |
If there wasn't so much going on elsewhere in the city this would be bigger news than it has been to date. The best part is it will be real long before the Brandywine/Drexel project. I won't be in my 60s when this is done.
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7/12/2016
Ready to start moving on some construction! https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...12&oe=5830E172 |
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that was a huge undertaking to say the least
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Wexford acquired by Ventas for $1.5 billion.
I wonder if this sale will affect this development, or if it even includes these parcels (since the UCSC is the landowner I'm not sure it would have been included in the deal). The article notes that: Quote:
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This acquisition will have no affect on uCity Square or any future development plans between Wexford and UCity Science Center.
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This is One uCity Square: http://cdn.phillymag.com/wp-content/...el-937x705.jpg |
From the bizjournals article about the office market:
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^both of the buildings mentioned are separate from UCity square- they are being developed by the Science CEnter on Market Street while Ucity is on the old UC HS site north of market.
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New marketing pdf
Their materials have been updated slightly: http://ucitysquare.com/inc/overview.pdf
The new version is the first I've seen to mention a delivery date for "One UCity Square." They give it a 2018 delivery date on Page 7. That same page also calls out 3400 and 3800, projects that've been on the table for awhile, but interesting to see them give some sort of prioritization to the buildout beyond 3675. |
2018? I'll believe it when I see it.
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Spark Therapeutics in bldg 1?
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One uCity Square
Definitely seems as if this will be the first building. http://ucitysquare.com/wp-content/up...1-1170x500.jpg 389K sq ft of office space with ground floor retail. Building will be 13 floors in total and 221 FT tall. -Access to Science Center technology commercialization, incubation and workforce development programs, as well as Quorum, the entrepreneurs clubhouse -Speculative lab/office space featuring high ceilings and large floor plates Café/Restaurant on-site -Ground floor convening space and rooftop terrace -Signature tenant winter atria -Adjacent to future public space -Attractive lobby entrance and security -Activated streetscape and retail space -Nearby access to day care facilities, an urban grocer, and modern fitness center -On-site parking http://ucitysquare.com/property/one-ucity-square/ |
3700 Lancaster
Looks like the first residential buildings at uCity Square is moving forward. Looks to be 6 floors, have 320 apartments and ground floor retail. http://ucitysquare.com/wp-content/up...M-1170x500.png http://ucitysquare.com/wp-content/up...M-1170x500.png Currently in pre-development, 3700 Lancaster is a low-rise market-rate apartment building offering studio, efficiency, 1-bedroom, and 2-bedroom apartments. Located on the historic Lancaster Avenue corridor and just steps from the labs, offices, maker spaces, and amenities throughout uCity Square, 3700 Lancaster will place residents at the intersection of history and innovation. http://ucitysquare.com/property/3700-lancaster-avenue/ |
This is a pleasant surprise. I heard rumblings that the rental market in University City was over-saturated and that this project was being pushed back for a while.
The design, however, is lackluster. |
I heard recently that 3601 Market is only about 60% leased up after being open for a full year. That is likely far below projections for a building like that, so I'd be surprised for the same developer to move forward anytime soon with additional supply.
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