Comcast Technology Center

Comcast Technology Center
Topped out, August 2018
Location within Philadelphia
Comcast Technology Center (Pennsylvania)
Comcast Technology Center (the US)
General information
Status Topped-out
Type Hotel, restaurant, office, parking garage, retail, television studios
Location 1800 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates 39°57′18″N 75°10′13″W / 39.9549°N 75.1704°W / 39.9549; -75.1704Coordinates: 39°57′18″N 75°10′13″W / 39.9549°N 75.1704°W / 39.9549; -75.1704
Estimated completion 2018
Cost US$1.5 billion
Owner Comcast
Liberty Property Trust
Height 1,121 feet (342 m)
Technical details
Floor count 60
Floor area 1,566,000 sq ft (145,500 m2)[1]
Design and construction
Architect Foster and Partners[2]
Kendall/Heaton Associates
Developer Liberty Property Trust
Structural engineer Thornton Tomasetti[3]
References
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The Comcast Technology Center is a skyscraper under construction in Center City, Philadelphia.[5][6] The 60-floor building, with a height of 1,121 feet (342 m), is the ninth-tallest building in the United States and the tallest outside Manhattan and Chicago. The tower is located on the southwest corner of 18th and Arch Streets, one block west of the Comcast Center, the headquarters of Comcast Corporation. A hotel—the highest in the country[7]—and restaurant will be located on the top floors, while central floors will contain offices for Comcast software developers and engineers, and the lowest floors will have television studios and retail stores.[8][9]

Construction began in the summer of 2014, topped out on November 27, 2017,[7][9] and the first personnel began moving into the building in late July of 2018.[10]

Design and construction

The lead architect is Foster and Partners,[11][12][13] with Kendall/Heaton Associates the collaborating architect,[2] and interior design by Gensler and Foster and Partners in collaboration.[14] The L.F. Driscoll Company is the construction contractor. Approximately 1.566 million rentable square feet, including 1.334 million rentable square feet of office space, 230,112 square feet of hotel space, and 2,682 rentable square feet of retail space will be created when the tower is completed.[1]

A set of five tuned sloshing dampers containing 125,000 gallons of water are located on the 57th floor between the hotel rooms and lobby. The moving water is a counteracting force on windy days to reduce swaying of the upper part of the tower.[15]

Use

The building will consist primarily of workspace for Comcast employees and the Four Seasons Hotel, formerly located on Logan Circle.[16] The hotel will be located on the 48th to 56th floors with a lobby and restaurant on the 60th floor. Accommodations will include 219 rooms with 39 of them being suites.[17] The building will also include television studios, restaurants, a retail mall, and a parking garage. The entire project contains about 1,566,000 square feet (145,500 m2).[1] The property will be co-owned by Comcast and Liberty Property Trust, and has an estimated cost of $1.5 billion.

Comcast's NBC station WCAU (channel 10), along with Telemundo's WWSI (channel 62) have announced plans to move their studio operations and offices from City Avenue, the Philadelphia-Bala Cynwyd boundary, to several of the lower floors of the building.[18][1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Featured Properties (1800 Arch St)". libertyproperty.com. Liberty Property Trust. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Comcast Innovation and Technology Centre - Philadelphia". Foster + Partners. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Comcast Innovation and Technology Center". Thornton Tomasetti. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Comcast Technology Center". CTBUH Skyscraper Database.
  5. ↑ Adelman, Jacob (17 November 2016). "Big tower, shorter name: Comcast cuts 'innovation' from high-rise's moniker". Philly.com. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  6. ↑ Kostelni, Natalie (3 July 2014). "Comcast skyscraper construction begins; new details emerge". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  7. 1 2 Romero, Melissa (November 28, 2017). "Comcast Technology Center is officially the tallest building in Philly". Curbed Philly. Vox Media, Inc. Archived from the original on November 29, 2017. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  8. ↑ Hurdle, Jon (January 28, 2014). "Planned Comcast Tech Center Raises Sights in Philadelphia". Int. N. Y. Times.
  9. 1 2 Lattanzio, Vince (November 30, 2017). "The Comcast Technology Center Is Philly's Tallest Building and Yes, There's a Mini Billy Penn Up There". NBC10 Philadelphia. NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Archived from the original on December 2, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  10. ↑ Winberg, Michaela (30 July 2018). "Comcast II is operational: the first round of employees have moved in". Billy Penn. Spirited Media. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  11. ↑ Fernandez, Bob (January 17, 2014). "Comcast to build second, taller Phila. skyscraper". Philly.com.
  12. ↑ Area Development Online News Desk (January 16, 2014). "Comcast Plans $1.2 Billion, 60-Story, Innovation And Technology Tower In Downtown Philadelphia". Area Development Online. New York, United States: Halcyon Business Publications. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  13. ↑ Donohue, Steve (January 15, 2014). "Comcast building $1.2B innovation and technology center in Philadelphia". FierceCable. Washington, D.C., United States: FierceMarkets. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  14. ↑ Kostelni, Natalie (8 September 2014). "Comcast chooses firm to design interior of new Philadelphia skyscraper". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  15. ↑ Bob Fernandez (December 10, 2014). "Engineers on the rise: Four young professionals tackle a career-making project". philly.com. Philadelphia Media Network (Digital), LLC. Archived from the original on November 22, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  16. ↑ McDevitt, John (5 June 2015). "Four Seasons Hotel About To Close Its Doors On Logan Circle". CBS Philadelphia. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia". fourseasons.com. Four Seasons Hotels Limited. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  18. ↑ Burdo, Alison (19 February 2014). "New Comcast Building a Gamechanger for NBC10 and Telemundo 62". NBC10.com. NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
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