A long belated update is at hand, but to clear away old business first — the blog item posted last October at PhillyYimby (which somehow didn't make it into this thread) was completely outdated a couple years before it was posted. Seriously.
They changed up architects at least a couple years ago.
IGNORE ALL OF THIS:
https://phillyyimby.com/2020/10/20-story...t-in-rittenhouse-square-center-city.html
The only thing remaining the same is Alterra as the lead developer. Not Cope Linder. Not 20 stories. Not 253 feet. Not 200 units.
Current plan is designed by JKRP Architects: 14 stories, 161' height, 162 residential units (130 market rate; 32 units 'workforce housing'), ~4,500 sq ft ground floor commercial space. Financing is in place and they hope to break ground by January 2022, with completion Jan 2023.
Here's a youtube video of a presentation this past Jan 13 to the Center City Residents Association, with which there is also a Community Benefits Agreement. The architect's presentation by JKRP Principal Jonathan Broh begins at the 16:55 mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhxlfXrg8lQ
Community Benefits Agreement:
https://www.centercityresidents.org/reso...hestnut%20-%20FINAL%20BR%20(2)%20(3).pdf
A February report from the CCRA's task force on the project:
https://www.centercityresidents.org/resources/Documents/Major%20Development%20TF%20Report.pdf
And the zoning overlay ordinance with supporting documentation:
http://www.amlegal.com/pdffiles/Philadelphia/200348.pdf
Spot zoning at it's finest (or when CMX-4 just ain't quite enough):
Excerpt defining the area:
(.33) West Chestnut Street Area.
The West Chestnut Street Area shall consist of all lots with at least 80 ft. of
street frontage on the south side of Chestnut Street and street frontage on
the north side of Ionic Street, beginning at the corner of 20th Street and
following a line running westwardly along Chestnut Street a distance of
205 ft.
"This is a true and correct copy of the original Bill, Passed by the City
Council on April 29, 2021. The Bill was Signed by the Mayor on May 11, 2021."
Rendering courtesy JKRP Architects
