@phlwire: Philadelphia is spending $3.5 billion to build an entire neighborhood from scratch, next to 30th Street Station. It's called Schuylkill Yards — a 20-year project from developer Brandywine Realty Trust and Drexel University, aimed at building offices, apartments, and public space specifically to attract tech and science companies. More on this: the project broke ground in 2017, with the first phase, a public park called Drexel Square, opening in 2019. The West Tower on JFK Boulevard is now complete, with office space and roughly 300 apartments. Construction is currently active on the East Tower, expected to finish in 2027. The most ambitious piece of the plan is still years out: a proposed skyscraper over 1,000 feet tall with 70 floors, designed by SHoP Architects — the same firm behind some of New York City's tallest buildings, including the Brooklyn Tower. That final phase isn't expected until the whole project wraps, around 2035. Source: Billy Penn; Philadelphia YIMBY; Commercial Property Executive; PhillyVoice Follow @phlwire for more on what's being built around the city. #Philadelphia #Philly215 #SchuylkillYards #UniversityCity
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Tuesday 18 August 2026 18:37:49 GMT
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Pooh0118 :
It’s not for us it’s for New Yorkers.
2026-08-18 19:38:46
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Glenn :
West Philly is such a war zone it needs more than a few buildings. They are trying to make this the new Hudson Yards.
2026-08-30 08:20:12
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Blitzkreig_ :
20 schools just closed btw
2026-08-18 22:42:28
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pie eater :
The should focus on kensington instead of a neighborhood that’s already doing well
2026-08-18 23:27:50
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StyledByKey :
They food hall already failing 🤷🏾♀️
2026-08-18 21:27:12
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Dion Beary | Author :
“But what about the schools!” I’m begging yall to learn that different money goes to different places. It’s the same reason your boss doesn’t use your salary to pay for schools.
2026-08-19 12:36:37
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user9685257803953 :
It’s all for the wealthy yet Philly schools are closing
2026-08-27 22:16:39
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Nitro the Janky Dog :
we have more than enough luxury apartments that are gonna be a minimum of $1800/month. please give us more low income housing AND adjust the threshold!!!! I make almost 40k/yr but I still live check to check due to debt and bills and shit being overpriced but I make "too much" to qualify for any assistance 😭 I like living in West but damn, I would like something a little more comfortable
2026-08-18 22:22:33
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mamaimshook :
I’m dead cuz no one gaf about this area it ain’t gonna happen
2026-08-27 19:05:41
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TIFFANY :
Corporate towns are coming
2026-08-20 18:57:28
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Que :
Yessss lets build a whole new neighborhood instead of making the ones thats already there and neglected better!!!
2026-08-19 00:18:51
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basically.hong :
Lmao I live there now
2026-08-25 04:05:30
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eunice :p :
drexel???? so that’s what they’re doing with our money instead of renovating or buying new resources for the students?
2026-08-20 14:26:46
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J Green627 :
They’d better ask Baltimore how the Under Armour sponsored neighborhood is going.
2026-08-19 19:10:44
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TikTokUser123 :
It’s private, it’s not “philly” building it
2026-08-19 11:03:32
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MaybeItsTiff :
They are trying to turn Philly into NY
2026-08-22 17:16:00
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22duesben :
This has been proposed for almost 20 years now. We’re probably not going to see anything close to those heights—everything has been scaled back.
2026-08-18 19:13:05
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iLiANNA Tañón :
Wow they got money to spend for that but they don’t have any money to fix the street potholes now everybody in Pennsylvania your taxpayer money is going into that how about that wow is a shame
2026-08-19 04:12:31
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newone2013 :
I doubt “philly” is paying for it.
2026-08-18 21:02:15
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lastpoetonearth :
And they shut down almost 20 schools. Absolutely disgusting
2026-08-28 20:43:24
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Mia :
The college areas are forever gonna be great the Temple are is horrible they tried and now it’s a no comment we have abandoned theaters around there that need to be bought renovated and open for business
2026-08-23 13:03:07
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C :
The cornerstone of this project (the tower) isn’t getting built for a very long time. There are no commercial towers under construction because there is very low office demand.
2026-08-27 02:12:42
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Nevermindme :
Offices??? The offices we have are still empty. They are just building shit to build shit
2026-08-19 13:16:09
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GioUSA 🇺🇸 :
Nah - philly is a crime capital. This will never happen.
2026-08-19 09:24:04
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