PHILADELPHIA | Schuylkill Yards Future Phases | 1,095 - 375 FT | 70 - 28 FLOORS
 

Long-term plan from Drexel and Brandywine, but renders are impressive.

Image is from the first link.


http://drexel.edu/now/archive/2016/M...ter-Developer/

http://www.schuylkillyards.com/

Current Rendering (From left to right: FMC Building at Cira Centre South, Evo at Cira Centre South, 3001 Chestnut (conceptual), 3010 Market (Conceptual), 3000 Market (Conceptual), 3101 Market (Conceptual, potential Supertall), 3025 JFK (U/C), 3001 JFK (Proposed); not pictured: 3151 Market (Site Prep):
https://i.imgur.com/3iTLI7nh.jpg

Original Rendering:
http://drexel.edu/~/media/Images/now...22D3A613AC649A

PHILADELPHIA | Schuylkill Yards
 

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3001 JFK Boulevard - Schuylkill Yards - 512 FT - 34 FLOORS - Thread here:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...=1#post7980898

3025 JFK Boulevard - Schuylkill Yards - 361 FT - 28 FLOORS - Thread here:
https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=246168

3151 Market St - Schuylkill Yards - 226 FT - 14 FLOORS - Thread here:
https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=243165


Estimated heights for each future tower

1,095 FT - 70 FLOORS - 3101 Market Street
725 FT - 48 FLOORS - 3125 JFK Boulevard
515 FT - 42 FLOORS - 3001 Chestnut Street
435 FT - 36 FLOORS - 3151 JFK Boulevard
425 FT - 30 FLOORS - 3000 Market Street
385 FT - 28 FLOORS - 3020 Market Street


Drexel outlines ambitious plans to build business-residential enclave
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/busines...djkLYBH0DuY.99

From Drexel:
http://drexel.edu/now/archive/2016/M...ter-Developer/

Project website:
http://www.schuylkillyards.com/

Site map:

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Wow! This would be amazing!

whoa whoa whoa.... please edit your response...

"This will be amazing!

Before:

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After:

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COMMENTING SO THAT WHEN I'M CHECKING THIS THREAD IN 20 YEARS I LAUGH AT MYSELF.

But seriously pinch me I'm dreaming.

An observation to separate the actual project area from surrounding rendering "fluff":

On the site plan, there is a clear dotted-line delineating the Schuylkill Yards development area. It does NOT include the Cira II site, the Firestone site. There are basically four major patches in the SY plan: (1) The block b/w the IRS building and the highline (b/w Market and Chestnut), (2) the Bulletin site and parking lot, (3) the rest of that long block between the Bulletin/highline and the Food Fair building (the large building next to Firestone where the vestigial tail of JFK Blvd curves, and (4) the long lot between the Cira II site and 32nd street, curving along the SEPTA rail yard.

Afternoon, March 2, 2016. 40° F

Jaw dropping renderings are released for the Schuylkill Yards. Two of the three Married At First Sight couples opted for divorce, and a fascist lunatic buffoon and all around international embarrassment has convinced a very large segment of the country to make him president.

This is for the time capsule.

The first building to become reality is the one proposed at 31st and JFK, right?

wow! So this is essentially the 'hudson yards' of Philly? I hope it produces Philly's first roof height supertall.

Yep, which looks to be between 350-400 feet

I hope so too :cheers:

Drexel University Unveils Massive $3.5B Schuylkill Yards Development Plans

https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/OFr...IMG_4480.0.JPG

http://philly.curbed.com/2016/3/2/11...rds-renderings

This will hopefully quiet people on 2400 market... they'll want this to be their view now! Gorgeous renders hopefully even half of this comes to fruition. Especially the green space and pedestrian areas. I think that is extremely important for the area

Yeah, think of how awesome people inside 2400 facing the river will feel in years to come. Awesome views. :cheers:

This is gonna blow up Phil's skyline up, wow so awesome!!

Build it! Build all of the things!

Thought they wanted to be taller than Comcast?:( Lets hope they decide to go real big! On the plus side it's good to hear it's included in the first development phase. :tup:

I'm conflicted in not loving the individual designs of the buildings, but when we're talking about a project of this scale, who cares :-)

:worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: All hail the new kingdom

Drexel, Brandywine to develop new $3.5B neighborhood called Schuylkill Yards

http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelp...sity-city.html

So that would be the building right next to the Cira II site? Any rumblings about an announcement for the latter? Maybe we'll get two towers underway at the same time? It would probably be more efficient that way on that little patch between 30th St. and the highline.

For all of the fussing about the highline on the high-rise development thread, note that a portion of the current lowrise building behind the Bulletin extends beneath it. The site plan for SY is simply contemplating the same thing for whatever new project is built there.

Hot damn this is awesome! Only downside is the wait. The first building isn't projected to start until 2018. Brandywine and Drexel do seem serious about getting this off the ground though. Hoping that this and uCity Square gets built too.

Not to nitpick but I see 7 buildings in the renderings, not 8??

UCity square is starting work already.

And Drexel/Brandywine said they would like the first tower to be under construction by 2018, which means work on the first one could start next year (2017).

And there are 8. One on the 3000 block of Chestnut, two along the 3000 block of Market. Two along the 3100 block of Market, including the tallest, and three along JFK between 30th an 32nd.

If this gets built to fruition, than Philly may have a skyline to easily compete with Chicago as the US's second best skyline. Also didn't it say something about ShOP designing it? This could be great!!

Can anyone deduce which building is going up first? 31st and JFK...sure, but I'm having trouble confirming which is that.

"a tower to house labs and offices at the northeast corner of 31st Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard" - from the press release

I would assume that would be the building on the plan (about the 3rd post or so in this thread) directly north across JFK from the current Bulletin building and closest to 30th street.

would that be the lot next to the old CiraII location?

also in looking at this maybe its time to move the taxi stands to the west side of 30th to take advantage of the development

I believe there is a 30th Street Planning meeting on the 16th of March or open house and am sure this will be more interesting with all this news

Yeah "NE corner of JFK and 31st" isn't very descriptive, since there currently is no corner of 31st and JFK. Summers thinks it's the shorter one on the east side of the highline. That would be right next to the Cira II hole over the tracks. The other building on the N. side of JFK is a larger and taller structure that mostly stretches to the NW of where 31st St. will come in.

That's what I think. Hopefully Cira II will be announced in the coming months and that stretch can be under construction all at once.

I think, as KidPhilly and Knight Hospitaller said, it is the building closest to Cira Centre and 30th Street station, sitting on JFK Blvd directly north of the Bulletin Building. It will sit on what is currently a surface parking lot in between the CSX Train High Line and the hole looking down into the train tracks where Cira II will eventually go.

What's up with the pre-boiled spaghetti facade on the super-tall? Does anyone know of any existing buildings with that type of design?

I love this project. I just thought the exterior looked kind of funny at first glance.

No current ones I know of, but the planned 340 Flatbush in Brooklyn has a similar design

http://www.yimbynews.com/wp-content/...xt-777x515.jpg
Source:NY YIMBY

^ I was juuuuuust going to say that it reminded me of Brooklyn's planned supertall...

...and then I realized that tower was also designed by SHoP! Makes sense!

Not sure when this was first presented, many years ago no doubt, and it's still hanging in the back of 30th Street station as a reminder of the possibilities for the area. With today's news, a version of this grand dream seems to be finally realistic. Obviously many things need to occur, including some 2 decades of constant construction. But - today marks what may very well be that pivotal moment. Mark it down, boys! 3/2/2016. :cheers:

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Amazing development!

Trying to comprehend how Cira II is going to fit in there. Cira II is rumored to be a super tall, so there would be two new super talls in University City within blocks of each other.

We give you...The City of the Future

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They used a dated aerial photo of University City for this rendering. There are many new buildings that currently exist that are not in the photo.

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An outstanding proposal indeed, will pull the skyline over the river, but easy on the Chicago comparison, its not that close.

Intensely optimistic...for a change. That's a massive program which I hope means a great deal of research was done into the potential for private sector growth to support it. The KOZ designation is obvious and necessary but the most important piece - the human capital - is what needs building right now. The timeline of the proposal is certainly smart if paired with some educational investment (starting at the pre-college level) to ensure its viability. That's an area where everyone invested in the success of this proposal comes in. This is Philadelphia...not quite yet at the point of being able to sustain such a large program on the strength of our reputation alone like other cities. There's time built into this project. I hope that it's smartly used.

I believe there is an obvious connection between this proposal and the proposal being pushed by Brandywine for property tax reform. I am ready to write our senators/representatives if they really have research suggesting that we can accelerate job growth in the professional sector to levels unseen in a very long time. I am optimistic.

Truly stunning master plan! Despite the robust ambition, this is exactly the kind of tangible vision that Philly/Pennsylvania leaders can coalesce around to make a reality via policy changes and other economic development tools. The city can much more easily make its case for tax reform with these exact types of plans.

Very true, and that's an excellent idea.

Aside from anticipated trends due to tax reform, I do think the 20-year timeline will also be able to capitalize on some very unsustainable real estate trends in the other 3 major East Coast hubs of DC, NY and Boston, whereby these cities are on an undoubted path of really pricing out startup firms and even middle-class professionals themselves--much moreso than they are now.

Tie in the very real threat of climate change beginning to effect cities directly on the coast and suddenly Philly also looks like a slightly more inland urban haven.

Of course, the long-term timeline forces us all to think more abstract about things for which there is no firm prediction, but the point is there are multiple trends that will likely converge in the coming years that will only make Philly an ever-attractive economic stalwart.

I would not be surprised if this gets built in less then 20 years. The developer has the funding to build all of it and given the prime location and the healthy level of tax incentives I think it is going to shock people how much demand there is for this project. Add in the lack of new office space in Philly along with the already established viability for new apartment construction and it is a perfect storm for this development.

Drexel, Brandywine Take Wraps Off Schuylkill Yards

Read more at http://www.phillymag.com/property/20...wO7fCeWYAKI.99

This proposal looks AMAZING and I can't wait for work to begin.
One question- because this is a Drexel project does that mean that none of these properties, when competed and after the 10 year abatement, will be subject to real estate taxes?

111 W 57th in NYC (also SHoP).

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...198228&page=75
http://www.6sqft.com/wp-content/uplo...ent-WSP-71.jpg

After the Cira South fiasco, I think what I'm going to do is keep this thread as the overall Schuylkill Yards development thread and fork new threads on the individual high-rises as they're proposed.
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A possibility to consider: The little shed is being kept in part because that part of the old press building is simply too expensive to remove, what with the High Line itself being right over it.

Interesting quote on the Apple connection, while nothing I can source I can say I have good information that these discussions have been underway with Apple for over a year now. Can anyone say Apple East...

apparently the Alumni connection has some pretty strong roots and this would be a huge win should win should it happen

The motherland is proud that New Sweden is reaching new heights.
:)

/In all the lands ever part of or ruled by Sweden Philly already has the 6 tallest buildings.