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Old Posted Jun 11, 2019, 4:17 PM
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Landmark Tower project developer in Allentown asks for another year-long extension

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ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The developer behind what would be the Lehigh Valley's tallest building appears set to ask the Allentown Planning Commission for another year-long extension for approval of the project.

A land development extension has been requested for the Landmark Tower Project at 90 South 9th Street and Penn Square Section 6, according to the planning commission agenda.

Developers are seeking to extend the final approval for the 33-story building until July 2, 2020.

The Allentown Planning Commission in June 2018 unanimously approved a year-long extension that expires on July 2, 2019.
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Another year, another extension..

https://www.ctbuh.org/news/proposed-...ning-extension

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It’s been 75 months since the Allentown Planning Commission blessed Bruce Loch’s plan to build the 33-story Landmark Tower on a small South Ninth Street lot downtown.

Standing 420 feet (128 meters) above a 5,200-square-foot lot, the skinny skyscraper would eclipse the 322-foot (98-meter) PPL Tower.

But reality hasn’t yet caught up with Loch’s lofty ambitions. The northwest corner of the South Ninth and Walnut street intersection remains a tidy grassy square near a slew of other construction sites.

The planning commission on Tuesday reluctantly granted Ascot Circle Realty a fourth, and apparently final, extension of its plan approval. Commissioners vowed to reject a request for another extension if they haven’t seen progress by June 2023.

“There is an end to everything,” planner Oldrich Foucek said. “At a certain point, you know whether or not you’re going to do it. ... At a certain point, we get the feeling we are being strung along.”

Reached after the meeting, Loch, president of Ascot Circle, remained unperturbed and optimistic.

“We know it will happen,” he said. “You just need persistence, and I have lots of that.”

Loch is trying to lock in a tenant to occupy at least 20 of 24 office floors in the skinny, pencil-like structure. New opportunities emerge on an almost weekly basis, he said.
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You'd think with all this extra time they could redesign it.
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Old Posted Jun 16, 2021, 7:43 AM
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It reminds me of the Plaza Tower in New Orleans. I know a lot of people hate that building, but I've always sort of liked it.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ne...!4d-90.0715323
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I was thinking it resembled Plaza Tower as well... and I'll just.leave it at that.
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Since I work in Allentown there will be no shortage of u/c pics once this is rising.

Allentown is also building (almost wrapped up) a big Airgas HQ complex. One high-rise and one mid rise. More on the outer rim of the city when you get off of I-78 (near Dorney Park).

The whole Lehigh Valley is ripe for development. A lot of potential since New Yorkers and vile NJ folks like myself are placing our flags in the area.
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Recent article, new owner and now proposed at 37-floors:

https://www.mcall.com/2024/01/09/pen...-to-37-floors/
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Hopefully redesigned as well. Nice height boost.
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