Looks like Pearl might build out the entire T-shaped parking lot on the 1900 Block of Chestnut as well as fronting 20th and Sansom. Here is a massing study showing the entire build:
This is looking at the Northeast corner of 20th and Sansom.
what is the deal with the tower? the developer is negotiating with the neighbors over a revised design? Will the retail buildings proceed without any progress on the residential tower portion of the project?
Boy is that a disappointing let down. No tower. The NIMBYS really screwed this up royally.
The tower still exists, it's just set back from Chestnut and fronting Sansom now. Along Chestnut will be all Commercial/retail. The tower is also taller now. Instead of 26 floors, 294 feet tall, it is now 27 floors, 341 feet tall. See image below:
Is the tower still going to look the same or is it also going to be redesigned like the the building next to the Boyd.
It hasn't been approved yet, only the retail/commercial component has facing Chesntut. This leads me to believe that Pearl and Eisner are currently redesigning it.