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Originally Posted by reparcsyks
I've been wrong so many times on so many things, that I'd be happy to be wrong here, but I don't see any company needing a supertall ever again in Philly. And we don't have the residential demand to build thin, supertalls for billionaires.
Again, I'd love to be wrong -- but I don't see it - and I'm fine with it.
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Did you even read my post? Again, a company doesn't NEED to fill up all of the office space of a Supertall. All you need is one developer with a vision and one company that needs to fill up a 600 foot office tower. Top the 600 foot tall office tower with a 450 foot hotel or apartment or condo building and you got your next Supertall in Philadelphia.
Next 50 years? HAHAHA! Look how much things can change in one year (COVID). How the hell can you possibly predict 50 years out?
From 1989 to today, there have been 3 buildings over 900 feet tall built in Philadelphia. There has been 1 building over 800 feet tall, 3 buildings over 700 feet tall, and 2 buildings over 600 feet tall. 1 ended up being a Supertall. That's just in 32 years!!!...and through some of Philadelphia's worst and least desirable times to boot. Philadelphia didn't begin it's turnaround until the mid-2000s. Philadelphia is heading for some very positive days - so I can't imagine what the future holds, but I'm willing to bet we see another Supertall in the next 15 years in Philadelphia.
I don't think this is out of the question at all. Any tall tower in Philadelphia moving forward is going to be mixed-use. It's not going to be a 1,000+ foot office tower. Its going to be a 1,000+ foot mixed-use building that has a mix of office and hotel or apartments/condos.
Look at FMC Tower - 700+ ft tall and has office space topped by apartments. Look at the Comcast Tech Center - 1,100+ ft tall and has office space topped by a hotel.
^^This is the future of tall towers in Philadelphia.
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