PHILADELPHIA | Highrise Development Thread X - Page 339

summersm343 · #**6761** Posted **Jan 24, 2024, 8:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by PHLtoNYC

New Renderings for Office-to-Residential Conversion at 17th & Market

https://www.ocfrealty.com/naked-phil...t-17th-market/

Pretty sharp looking. Definitely a transformation:

Redddog · #**6762** Posted **Jan 24, 2024, 9:07 PM**

^^about as good as that building could get, I'd say.

PHLtoNYC · #**6763** Posted **Jan 25, 2024, 9:55 PM**

1760 Market Street could make for a good residential conversion (or a hotel).

Center City office building hits market in what could be indicator for future sales

https://www.bizjournals.com/philadel...Pos=0#cxrecs_s

cardeza · #**6764** Posted **Jan 26, 2024, 4:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by PHLtoNYC

1760 Market Street could make for a good residential conversion (or a hotel).

Center City office building hits market in what could be indicator for future sales

https://www.bizjournals.com/philadel...Pos=0#cxrecs_s

Nice and skinny, Im sure all of the smaller 70s and 80s office buildings near market will be converted in next 5 years or so.

SEFTA · #**6765** Posted **Jan 26, 2024, 9:45 PM**

I love that Market is getting some residential
A great mix

TK2001 · #**6766** Posted **Jan 28, 2024, 6:09 PM**

https://vimeo.com/716506718/e0ffeeb359

Honickman Center by Philly SkyGuy, on Flickr

summersm343 · #**6767** Posted **Jan 31, 2024, 10:02 PM**

Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro seeks to 'catch up' to New Jersey, Ohio with new economic development plan

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As he prepares for a formal budget address before legislators in Harrisburg on Feb. 6, Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday outlined a series of key investments he'd like the commonwealth to make as part of a new 10-year economic development plan for Pennsylvania.

His administration said this pitch is the first "comprehensive plan of its kind" to assist with Pennsylvania's economic growth in nearly 20 years.

The plan features five defined goals: A call for more investment into competitive economic growth opportunities; sustaining his administration's mission of making the government "work at the speed of business" via faster permitting and approval processes; increasing job opportunities for Pennsylvanians by creating more career pathways for those already in the workforce; backing more innovators and entrepreneurs at the state level; and improving on and enhancing regional strengths for the betterment of the entire state.

Specifically, Shapiro is seeking the following investments:

-$25 million for the new Main Street Matters program to support small businesses and commercial sectors in communities around the state;

-$10 million for the Agriculture Innovation Program to lead to business-favorable disruption in the agriculture sector and "significant" innovation-related funding for startups and entrepreneurs;

-$3.5 million to launch the new Pennsylvania Regional Challenge to drum up localized growth efforts based on established strengths;

-$2 million for the ‘Career Connect’ program to better pair employers with employees, offer thousands of internships, keep young adults in Pennsylvania and ensure everyone can obtain a "family-sustaining" job; and,

-A "major investment" in site development to promote more commercial and industrial growth that hopes to build on last fall's PA SITES program, which saw 102 applicants request more than $236 million in funding out of the offered $10 million that had been set aside for grants to be used on site assessments and remediation prep work

Shapiro's economic vision is also focused on the five key industry sectors of agriculture, energy, life sciences, manufacturing, and robotics and technology.

Article behind paywall here:
https://www.bizjournals.com/philadel...n-shapiro.html

TonyTone · #**6768** Posted **Feb 1, 2024, 7:11 AM**

DJI_0103 by Tony Valuez, on Flickr

DJI_0101 by Tony Valuez, on Flickr

DJI_0094 by Tony Valuez, on Flickr

DJI_0093 by Tony Valuez, on Flickr

DJI_0092 by Tony Valuez, on Flickr

DJI_0084 by Tony Valuez, on Flickr

DJI_0083 Large by Tony Valuez, on Flickr

DJI_0082 Large by Tony Valuez, on Flickr

DJI_0076 by Tony Valuez, on Flickr

DJI_0056 by Tony Valuez, on Flickr

DJI_0055 by Tony Valuez, on Flickr

DJI_0053 by Tony Valuez, on Flickr

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TempleGuy1000 · #**6769** Posted **Feb 1, 2024, 1:44 PM**

Epic Tony, well done!

Philly Fan · #**6770** Posted **Feb 1, 2024, 4:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by TempleGuy1000

Epic Tony, well done!

Seconded!

colemonkee · #**6771** Posted **Feb 1, 2024, 6:12 PM**

Is that a freeway cap being built in that last photo?

frbrown · #**6772** Posted **Feb 1, 2024, 6:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

Is that a freeway cap being built in that last photo?

It is work being done over 95.
The cap you see in the photo is the pre-existing cap over 95 that was called I-95 Park", which had the Scottish Immigrants memorial. That cap was only over I-95 and not Columbus blvd

As you can see in the photo the bridges over Columbus Blvd at walnut street and chestnut street have already been torn down.

I don't know if they are completely tearing down the I-95 cap, but I assume they aren't.

summersm343 · #**6773** Posted **Feb 1, 2024, 7:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

Is that a freeway cap being built in that last photo?

Yes. It’s a cap. Demolishing the existing partial cap to build this puppy:

https://www.parkatpennslanding.com/n...d-park-design/

reparcsyks · #**6774** Posted **Feb 1, 2024, 8:11 PM**

Tony -- amazing shots!

SEFTA · #**6775** Posted **Feb 1, 2024, 11:00 PM**

are they removing the existing caps or adding to them?

colemonkee · #**6776** Posted **Feb 2, 2024, 1:14 AM**

Oh wow, Penns Landing looks great!

mih216 · #**6777** Posted **Feb 2, 2024, 3:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by SEFTA

are they removing the existing caps or adding to them?

They are being removed. They block the view of the river because they're above the grade of Front Street. The new cap is structured to allow an unobstructed view of the river from Front Street.