PHILADELPHIA | Comcast Technology Center | 1,121 FT | 60 FLOORS

[iheartphilly]

Also, I can't remember where I read it, but didn't CTC get an extra floor, so the height is higher than 1121 ft.

[Jayfar]

Originally Posted by iheartphilly

^
This is clearly a great investment decision by Roberts. Comcast takes it off his hands presumably for a premium and then sells it to 4 Seasons. The rich guy wins lol.

The article says he sold it at a loss.

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A company controlled by Roberts and his wife, Aileen, sold the condos to Comcast for $13.5 million, a loss of $820,000 from their 2016 purchase price, according to financial disclosures from Comcast.

[iheartphilly]

^
Interesting...thanks for pointing that out. That loss is peanuts for them in the bigger picture...and I guess they don't want to live above "work" for one reason or another...

[TK2001]

Originally Posted by iheartphilly

Also, I can't remember where I read it, but didn't CTC get an extra floor, so the height is higher than 1121 ft.

A mechanical floor was added above the 46th floor. Look back at the original cut away elevation and you see a gigantic space above the floor above the terrace

[arkitect13]

Originally Posted by iheartphilly

Also, I can't remember where I read it, but didn't CTC get an extra floor, so the height is higher than 1121 ft.

Ya i believe its 60 stories, and the total height is around 1150 ft.

[City Wide]

Originally Posted by Sam Rai

This building will look incredible at night....it's going to be quite the light show. I feel pretty confident the change in cladding towards the top is because that entire section will be illuminated and possibly with full video or some type of extravagant led show. The lantern will change colors and run up and down on occasion like a vertical knight rider light. You'll be able to see elevators climbing either side of the lantern from the art museum, west philly and beyond. To me it's obvious in the design that this thing is built to dazzle at night in an integrated and functional way unlike any other skyscraper in north america. I would have liked some of the materials to look better during the day...especially the cladding on the west side....but i think when this is finally done a lot of the sins of the day will be absolved by it's glory at night

Has any of the above come true? I know 'they' made changes with the lighting on the spline and lantern for several months after the hotel opened and it looks better. But there still is a small section near the top of the building that doesn't seem lit. You can sortof even see it during the day. I wonder if they have just given up on trying to make it consistent top to bottom.

[Inquizative]

Originally Posted by steve_phl

Comcast buys its CEO’s sky-high condos for $13.5M, with plans to turn them into Four Seasons suites



Guess he didn't like the view?

I was told by a Comcast insider (employee) that the Roberts family was constantly having the workers redesign and re-do the interiors of the condo multiple times. They were never satisfied! I guess they just couldn't make themselves like it? I assume you have to be super rich to understand their discerning, fickle taste?

[Justin7]

^ The guy who fixed my modem told me the same thing.

[TK2001]

https://phillyyimby.com/2021/12/a-lo...-building.html

[Londonee]

Originally Posted by TK2001

https://phillyyimby.com/2021/12/a-lo...-building.html

Beautiful photos, nice job here TK.

[Stg4100]

Is this Finished?

[PHLtoNYC]

Comcast 2? Yes, it's been finished for a long time.

[TK2001]

Originally Posted by Stg4100

Is this Finished?

Yes, the last section opened August 2019. However, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts chose to not go with his plans to move in on the 45th floor (the floor with both terraces). The floor still currently has construction lighting inside though they said the floor will be designated for residential purposes soon

[Boku]

There was rumor of a third Comcast tower being bandied about a couple of years ago. I imagine that's kaput now.

[summersm343]

^^Probably now thanks to COVID.... eventually I gotta imagine they'll need more space though.

[phishtown]

Anyone see Foster's new building in NYC? It looks like 3 of these squished together lol

425 park avenue

[Inquizative]

I don't see much of a reason for any new skyscrapers now. I work in one, and I'm in my office only 1 day a week, I work from home 4 days. Anything newly built now is purely residential. I do not see why NYC is building so many buildings when they lost 365,000 people. My company says we will never go back to 5 in office days.

Also, that looks like a better looking CTC Center.

[Londonee]

Originally Posted by phishtown

Anyone see Foster's new building in NYC? It looks like 3 of these squished together lol

Someone should whisper in his ear: “Hey Norm, factories aren’t *that* cool, mate.”

[bdurk]

Coming back to this thread and seeing that one comment above about how CTC's light stick would be able to change colors and do animations brings pain to me. I would do anything to see that thing change color just once

[TK2001]

Yep, to this day I always think the same thing. We were robbed...but luckily photoshop is a thing
Comcast Technology Center red lantern photoshop by Philly SkyGuy, on Flickr