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Originally Posted by summersm343
Regarding future Supertalls in Philadelphia, there is the Schuylkill Yards development. The tallest tower here could reach 1,095 FT
Then there is the long term capping of the Powelton Yards north of 30th Street Station... the tallest tower in this development could reach over 1,000 FT tall:
I don't see anything else on the horizon yet. I'm sure that won't be it forever. Future Comcast developments? I don't see another supertall here. Along the 1900 block of Arch they would likely build 3 smaller towers here. I heard some rumor that it could be two office buildings about ~500 and ~600 FT and a ~400 FT residential building. Overall it's only speculation at this point.
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I don't see any reason for Comcast to build another supertall, particularly since they had to add a spire to the CITC to make it taller than Comcast Center. That doesn't rule out another significantly tall skyscraper. They've already assigned the space in CITC and it's not even done yet. They'll likely still be leasing space elsewhere when it opens.
If we do get a supertall, I wouldn't be surprised to see it west of the Schuylkill from a company - or even technology - that we haven't heard of yet. Drexel wants Schuylkill Yards to be a hub of innovation, something Comcast
should be investing in with the CITC. If Drexel does it right - connecting the dots between their graduates and new business development - some very exciting stuff could come out of the small start to the Schuylkill Yards. Considering how pricy office space is in University City, it can't sprawl like Cupertino or the Navy Yard, and they'll have to build up.
I know I sound like I'm daydreaming, but just think about how much technology changed the world in the 10 short years between 1995 and 2005. Back then, suburban campuses were the places altering our regions. But today's grads want to live downtown. Wherever technology takes us in the next ten years, we'll be building
up to accommodate them. And the new grads building that tech
love Philadelphia.