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Old Posted Mar 20, 2014, 1:04 PM
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The Cira South thread has been bifurcated. Any further information on the FMC site can go here.
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Ooh nice! Its own thread! This building will be just like how 1 Liberty Place was and it will allow for taller and more expansion to the west. (Not that there isn't any of that going on right now.)
     
     
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I go to drexel, and I heard that the university is in the process of buying up almost all of the land around campus west of 30th st station. There already is a 300ft+ dorm tower planned on 33rd above market, awaiting the demo of an old building. I don't see this area slowing down at all either, so we could expect a skyline expansion along the market st, although these new developments will likely not be offices, so much as tall campus buildings.
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A crane on the site
Tried to post pics from Flickr but did not work. There is a crane on the FMC site today though.
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Old Posted Mar 20, 2014, 4:58 PM
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Here we go.
New to all of this and still learning. Here are the pics.
     
     
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Old Posted Mar 20, 2014, 4:59 PM
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Tried to post pics from Flickr but did not work. There is a crane on the FMC site today though.
I noticed that as well. Flickr is tricky. You have to choose image size (usually I choose large), and the from there, right click and either "copy image location" if you're on a Mac, or "copy image url" if you are on a PC.
     
     
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New to all of this and still learning. Here are the pics.

Great! Looks like they're digging for footings. Site prep is officially beginning for FMC. Exciting news!
     
     
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Wonderful news! One of the big players finally about to rise.
     
     
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Great! Looks like they're digging for footings. Site prep is officially beginning for FMC. Exciting news!
Not to rain on the parade, but isn't it possible that they're just installing a tower crane now for the addition of the stories on the parking garage? Didn't someone mention that here several days ago?
     
     
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Old Posted Mar 20, 2014, 5:38 PM
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Not to rain on the parade, but isn't it possible that they're just installing a tower crane now for the addition of the stories on the parking garage? Didn't someone mention that here several days ago?
They wouldn't use a tower crane for that I would assume... Likely a mobile crane. If they are using a tower crane for the garage, then I would assume that will also be used for FMC tower. They wouldn't put a crane up, and then take it down, just to put another one up.
     
     
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They wouldn't use a tower crane for that I would assume... Likely a mobile crane. If they are using a tower crane for the garage, then I would assume that will also be used for FMC tower. They wouldn't put a crane up, and then take it down, just to put another one up.
Perhaps they would (found the earlier post):

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Site prep for FMC will take place starting in May. The concrete trucks were for the garage expansion that should have a crane going up shortly in the pit that FMC will go so they can erect steel on top of the garage.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=6503610&postcount=1087
     
     
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They wouldn't use a tower crane for that I would assume... Likely a mobile crane. If they are using a tower crane for the garage, then I would assume that will also be used for FMC tower. They wouldn't put a crane up, and then take it down, just to put another one up.
What's going on with the garage adjacent to the FMC tower? Are they adding more decking to increase capacity?
     
     
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What's going on with the garage adjacent to the FMC tower? Are they adding more decking to increase capacity?
Yes. Probably another floor or two to the garage... then a roof top greenspace when construction of both towers is complete.
     
     
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More equipment
Looks like bits and a drill have arrived. Lots of activity there today.
     
     
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Nice!!!! They're preparing to drill for caissons!

     
     
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Nice!!!! They're preparing to drill for caissons!
Yep--definitely more than what would be needed for just the garage addition.

And the sun's out, so no more raining on the parade.
     
     
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Looks like bits and a drill have arrived. Lots of activity there today.
Let's get this bad boy built...it will be awesome to see on I76.
     
     
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I updated the first page of this thread. I wish I could update the first page of the CITC thread as I view that as the most impressive skyscraper we will follow for a while.

Original Rendering from Brandywine Realty Trust




EVO
The Evo is officially 430 feet tall.



http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2013/02/06/brandywine-realty-campus-crest-plan.html


http://offcampushousing.drexel.edu/property/view/listingid/157806







http://hiddencityphila.org/2013/04/elegant-complexity-at-cira-south/



http://campuscrest.com/student-housing/urban-grove/





FMC Tower
FMC Tower at Cira Centre South is 656 feet tall.

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http://hiddencityphila.org/2013/10/650-tower-announced-for-west-philly-cira-centre-expansion/









http://investor.brandywinerealty.com/Cache/1001179948.PDF?Y=&O=PDF&D=&FID=1001179948&T=&IID=103209



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Any rumors of a 1000ft tower going up over the parking garage?
     
     
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