Philadelphia Housing Authority New Headquarters
2013 Ridge Avenue
Plans for the 119,000-square-foot PHA building also call for retail space and a cafe on the structure's ground floor.
The PHA is moving its headquarters from western Center City to Sharswood, a neighborhood just north of Girard College, as part of its $500-million redevelopment plan involving hundreds of new homes for the North Philadelphia neighborhood. An 18,500-square-foot Save-A-Lot grocery store is also planned near the new PHA headquarters building.
Architect: BLT Architects
Aramark’s New Global Headquarters
2400-2414 Market Street
Aramark has big plans for its new global headquarters on Market Street. The $15 billion, Fortune 200 global leader in food, facilities management and uniforms plans to relocate to 2400 Market Street in early 2019. Situated along the Schuylkill River, the existing structure, originally built as a Hudson Motor Car Company plant in the 1920s, will be transformed into a modern, 600,000 square foot, nine-story building with an emphasis on innovation, sustainability and green space.
Aramark will occupy the top five floors and nearly 300,000 square feet as the building’s anchor tenant. Building plans include featuring the Aramark logo in a similar manner to the company’s iconic sign atop its current 1101 Market Street location.
Architect: Gensler
Developer: PMC Property Group
Hyatt Centric Hotel
1612 Chancellor Street
Big plan are afoot to construct a new 12-story, 300-room Hyatt Centric hotel at 17th and Chancellor Streets. The hotel will be constructed on a site where a four-story parking garage now stands. Little Pete's diner, in the retail portion of the parking structure, will have to search for another location.The hotel is planned to have a rooftop restaurant, underground parking and retail space.
The Hyatt Centric will be the second Hyatt hotel in Philadelphia's inventory along with Hyatt at the Bellevue on Broad Street. The 348-room Hyatt on Penn's Landing, earlier this year, was rebranded as a full-service Hilton hotel called Hilton Philadelphia at Penn's Landing.
The lifestyle brand Hyatt Centric, by Hyatt Hotels Corp. was introduced early last year, becoming the sixth brand Hyatt has introduced since 2006. The Hyatt Centric name was inspired by the brand’s mission of putting its guest at the center of the action in the best destinations.
Architect: DAS Architects
4th and Callowhill Towers
Tower 1: 309-315 Callowhill Street
Tower 2: 444 N. 3rd Street
The project is using storm water management, a public space, mixed-income, and retail for added height bonuses that are within the ECO.
2501 Washington Avenue
Plans call for 17 single-family townhomes, two 2-family dwellings, and another 5-story mixed-use development with 64 multi-family dwellings on the fairly drab corner of 25th and Washington in Grays Ferry. The goal is to enliven the corner with retail on the ground and basement levels of the mixed-use building, and make the area a more popular neighborhood.
Architect: PZS Architects
1845 Hartranft Street
Down in South Philly, this DesignBlendz project calls for 34 residences with 28 garages and 12 parking spaces.Plans for the interior courtyard include a green wall to bring some life to the development.
Architect: DesignBlendz
4440-42 Ridge Avenue
This Harman Deutsch-designed proposal for a 136-unit mixed-use development would be neighbors to the already under construction Ridge Flats development at 4300 Ridge Avenue and Falls Bridge Lofts next door.
Architects: Harman Deutsch
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