PHILADELPHIA | Highrise Development Thread IX - Page 650

Larry King · #**12981** Posted **Dec 28, 2016, 2:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1487

Again, this has nothing to do with City council. This is a statewide decision. They are shutting it down for now so NO ONE is getting new zones. No matter what part of the state you are talking about you can bet that local officials had some role in getting areas nominated for the exemption.

Right, I get that, just saying I'm happy it got killed for other reasons

summersm343 · #**12982** Posted **Dec 29, 2016, 6:17 PM**

Philadelphia’s $730M meetings & convention year

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From craft brewers and chemistry professionals to architects and speech, language and hearing professionals, the conventions and groups booked by the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau gave the city a robust meetings-and-conventions calendar and a huge economic boost.

Together the conventions PHLCVB brought to the Pennsylvania Convention Center generated $730 million in economic impact for Philadelphia.

It doesn't stop this year, of course. The future looks bright, too.

“Philadelphia continues to be a highly sought-after destination for meetings and conventions, and our forecast through 2020 is very strong,” according to the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau.

“We expect to see continued growth across all meeting-and-convention sectors in the coming years, allowing us to support and grow the 68,000 hospitality-related jobs in the city," the PHLCVB added.

Having a robust conventions calendar is a boon not only for Philadelphia's hospitality industry, but all of the city's business sectors. And healthy convention calendars could be attributed to changes made more than two years ago.

Antiquated work rules at the Convention Center held back the city's growth in the convention circle because major groups canceled annual meetings from Philadelphia, or groups avoided the city altogether.

Since the new work rules were put in place, several groups that previously canceled their annual meetings, have changed course and rebooked for Philadelphia, including Lightfair International, which will come back in 2017.

http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/...nvention-economic-impact-dnc-phlcvb.html

Gonzo the Great · #**12983** Posted **Dec 29, 2016, 7:10 PM**

Can someone help me separate fact from fiction . I noticed in the data base that there are currently seven projects under
construction in Philly that exceed 300' ....... Not bad at all . However I noticed there are some twenty-one high rise in the
" proposed " chapter that exceed 400' . I believe some of these skyscrapers will move to the " fantasy " folder but has
there ever been this large a construction plan anytime in the past ........

summersm343 · #**12984** Posted **Dec 29, 2016, 8:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Gonzo the Great

Can someone help me separate fact from fiction . I noticed in the data base that there are currently seven projects under
construction in Philly that exceed 300' ....... Not bad at all . However I noticed there are some twenty-one high rise in the
" proposed " chapter that exceed 400' . I believe some of these skyscrapers will move to the " fantasy " folder but has
there ever been this large a construction plan anytime in the past ........

Schuylkill Yards and 30th Street Station District probably account for a lot of those.

Then there is 1911 Walnut, 1301 Market, 2100 Market, 1910 Chestnut, SLS, Broad and Washington Blatstein tower, etc. Check the first page of this thread. I keep a catalog there of all towers Completed since 2013, Under Construction, in Site Prep and Proposed.

Gonzo the Great · #**12985** Posted **Dec 29, 2016, 8:51 PM**

[QUOTE=summersm343;7663159 Check the first page of this thread. I keep a catalog there of all towers Completed since 2013, Under Construction, in Site Prep and Proposed.[/QUOTE]

THANKS .......

slow-v6 · #**12986** Posted **Dec 30, 2016, 5:48 PM**

What's up with the tower crane just sitting across the street from the peco building on market??

1487 · #**12987** Posted **Dec 30, 2016, 5:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by slow-v6

What's up with the tower crane just sitting across the street from the peco building on market??

2400 market. Adding 4 floors to create new HQ for Aramark.

boxbot · #**12988** Posted **Dec 30, 2016, 7:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

Will not be anymore KOZ zones. Hopefully this is only a temporary thing. This state is f**king idiotic.

Do you have any facts or figures to support your conclusion? I would need to know:

1) whether the KOZs have generated the development they were designed to;
2) whether the development would have taken place without the tax abatement;
3) whether the developers stay in the properties after the tax abatement ends or if they become vacant;
4) whether the KOZs have had unintended consequences of hindering projects outside KOZs;
5) whether the loss of tax income has been offset by the benefits of the program.

Gonzo the Great · #**12989** Posted **Dec 30, 2016, 9:20 PM**

With the holidays upon us I would like to share a personal experience with you about drinking and driving. As you may know some of us have been known to have brushes with the authorities from time to time on the way home after a "social session" out with friends. Well two days ago I was out for an evening with friends and had several cocktails followed by some rather nice red wine. Feeling jolly I still had the sense to know that I may be slightly over the limit. That's when I did something that I've never done before - I took a cab home. Sure enough on the way home there was a police road block but since it was a cab they waved it past. I arrived home safely without incident. This was a real surprise as I had never driven a cab before, I don't know where I got it and now that it's in my garage I don't know what to do with it ..........
Stay safe , life is short .

SJBadger · #**12990** Posted **Dec 31, 2016, 1:28 AM**

Gonzo is spending too much time on Facebook.....

Philly-Drew · #**12991** Posted **Dec 31, 2016, 4:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by Gonzo the Great

With the holidays upon us I would like to share a personal experience with you about drinking and driving. As you may know some of us have been known to have brushes with the authorities from time to time on the way home after a "social session" out with friends. Well two days ago I was out for an evening with friends and had several cocktails followed by some rather nice red wine. Feeling jolly I still had the sense to know that I may be slightly over the limit. That's when I did something that I've never done before - I took a cab home. Sure enough on the way home there was a police road block but since it was a cab they waved it past. I arrived home safely without incident. This was a real surprise as I had never driven a cab before, I don't know where I got it and now that it's in my garage I don't know what to do with it ..........
Stay safe , life is short .

Suburbs. Haha

Edit: Corrected the quote. I had the incorrect quote previously.

SJPhillyBoy · #**12992** Posted **Dec 31, 2016, 11:49 AM**

13 Philly high-rises set to debut in 2017

http://philly.curbed.com/maps/philadelphia-high-rise-development-map-2017

EastSideHBG · #**12993** Posted **Dec 31, 2016, 6:46 PM**

Shorter tower now envisioned for last major Rittenhouse Square-area development site
Updated: DECEMBER 27, 2016 — 4:30 PM EST
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/re...r-Rittenhouse-area-development-site.html

Current plans for the project, known as 1911 Walnut, call for an approximately 47-story glass-and-precast-concrete building on a cut-limestone base, rather than the previously intended 55-story tower of mostly glass, officials at developer Southern Land Co. said late last week.

The revised proposal preserves the Rittenhouse Coffee Shop and Warwick apartment buildings, built in 1855 and 1903 on Sansom Street, company founder and chief executive Tim Downey said in an interview. Southern Land plans to redevelop those structures into low-income supportive housing to be operated by Project Home, he said.

Still being decided is the final number of condo and apartment units in the tower, Downey said. Richard Gross, a Center City Residents’ Association director who helped hammer out the agreement, said it would be no more than 335.

Gonzo the Great · #**12994** Posted **Dec 31, 2016, 9:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by SJBadger

Gonzo is spending too much time on Facebook.....

You see, I was contacted through my breakfast cereal, and then it was confirmed to me by the Cosmic Fish that I am definitely from outer space......... I'll be back to
normal , after the first of the year .........

SEFTA · #**12995** Posted **Dec 31, 2016, 10:26 PM**

Philadelphia 2017!
Blue "under construction". Red are to come?
1911 Walnut Street's height adjusted to new proposal.

Is 2012 Chestnut (foreground) still a thing?

2100 Market Street in red, as in ready to go!