PHILADELPHIA | 3400 Market Street | 306 FT | 18 FLOORS
 

3400 Market Street

This 18 story building at the intersection of 34th and Market Streets will further advance the Science Center's mission to create a supportive environment for local entrepreneurs. It will create 450,000 SF of available space for tenants ranging from small start-ups and incubators to institutional clients and major corporations. 3400 Market will further activate the area with it's ground level retail.

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Title: 3400 Market Street
Project: Office Space, Commercial space, lab space, retail
Architect: ZGF Architects
Developer: University City Science Center and Wexford Science & Technology
Location: 3400 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA
Neighborhood: University City
District: West Philadelphia
Floors: 18 floors
Height: 306 feet

http://ucitysquare.com/site/userfile...y-Overview.pdf
http://issuu.com/zgfarchitectsllp/do...45747/10513963

Is there a construction timeline?

No exact timeline yet, but will likely be soon. 3737 Market, which was another Science Center office building totaling 13 floors totaling 334,000 sq feet is now 100% occupied. Office space in University City is 97% occupied.

They have been wanting to develop 3400 Market for a while and now that new renderings are out, it is likely going to be happening soon. Cushman Wakefield (commercial real estate brokers for the site) have signs up on site advertising the space.

University City Science Center forms partnership with plans to double it's size - add 4 million square feet of office space

http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelp...y-wexford.html

More on the planned University City Science Center expansion:

University City Science Center seeks to double its space

who the hell is leasing all of this office space

From the Inquirer article for which I posted the link:

http://www.philly.com/philly/busines...Mx9C1O5cf73.99

Hopefully some of the developments Are more Vertical!!

Some new signs up are on the site for leasing info.

New rendering and info from the uCity Square overview PDF

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...22&oe=57BD6D39

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http://ucitysquare.com/site/userfile...y-Overview.pdf

Another angular building with lots of glass. That seems to be a recurring motif in U City these days.

Comcast's 3rd tower will be built before this is.

If the 'basic bitch' were a building.

http://youtu.be/dKY0FsUEMyw

That's a kind of packed statement. Why do you think so?

Why? I don't see anything that would indicate this won't be happening or will be long delayed.

I actually think this tower looks great! Plus, I would rather have this in front of an El stop rather than a surface parking lot. BUILD IT!

Science Center has had plans to develop this piece of land for over a decade. Still nothing. And there is other open parcels that the Science Center controls that will develop before this one does.

I don't understand what that means, but I assume it's negative. Why the hate? This will be just as impactful in University City as 3737, The Summit and 3601.

I can dig it

New signage up on site

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...94&oe=587C63B7

Science Center seems to be dragging on a building they have tenants already for. This one will not be built this decade, if it ever gets built at all.

Debbie Downer, why all the negative pronouncements in every thread with no facts? And yet you are surprised at University City buildings that are clearly moving forward.

Maybe after seeing South Park's episode last night on Internet trolling he got inspired.., or the untimely death of the Twitter philly guy (@tombrodude)with the naked man pictures! It's a trolling fest by christof!

I followed the Science Center since I was an undergrad at Penn in the late 90's. Science Center has its heart in the right place, but the factional ownership structure - dozens of universities, from UD to Lehigh, with the largest being Penn, with single digit ownership, is the fatal flaw.

They have had plans, like the ones for 36th Street for decades. Never been built. Not sure if they will ever be built by the Science Center.

What is painful is the University City High School part. I thought there was a lot of juice behind it, especially with Drexel involved. But I'm getting the impression that Drexel's priority is with the Innovation Neighborhood / Schuylkill Yards and this has become a secondary development.

You need to read the tea leaves.

Btw - Drexel's Innovation Neighborhood has a significant advantage over Penn's Pennovation plans. Its all about location, location, location, and the Dupont property is a great piece of land, in a terrible spot (transportation wise).

I think you're comparing apples to oranges here. The Innovation Neighborhood is intended to be a full-service, fully integrated urban neighborhood with offices, research facilities, residences, restaurants, etc. Pennovation has much more limited ambitions, to essentially be a highly specialized urban office park containing Penn and Penn-affiliated research and development facilities and related small companies and start-ups:

https://www.pennovation.upenn.edu/faqs

Unless Penn builds some sort of monorail or tram system between the main campus and the Dupont property, the Dupont property will never be properly utilized. Getting to the South campus is hell. I dare you to try one day. Go from 34 and Walnut to the Dupont property, and tell me what you think.

I doubt that some sort of transit system will ever be put in place, since that would cost a lot of money. Long term, it may be best to move a couple of the athletic fields to Dupont and develop that land.

Penn already provides on-demand transportation from the main campus to Pennovation:

https://www.pennovation.upenn.edu/si...%20version.pdf (see page 5)

However, the primary goal is to foster small tech start-ups--and especially those utilizing Penn-developed technologies--by providing specialized lab and co-working space. So many, if not most, of the people working there will NOT be coming from the Penn campus on a regular basis. A couple of years ago, Penn hired a prominent outside planning firm to develop a long-term master plan for this site that allows for flexibility and evolution as needs develop over the next several decades. It's not as if Penn bought the place and suddenly decided to just plop some R&D there. In fact, Penn bought this site because it previously was a light industrial R&D facility, relatively near campus but not on or directly adjoining campus, and it's location was a key factor in the decision to purchase it. Again, it's intended to be essentially a specialized R&D and high-tech industrial park that is fairly close and accessible to Penn without altering the character of the main campus, and is NOT supposed to become the full-blown bustling urban neighborhood that Drexel plans for its Innovation Neighborhood.

[QUOTE=Philly Fan;7572173]Penn already provides on-demand transportation from the main campus to Pennovation:

I dare you to try and get from Penn campus to the Dupont land during the day. Try it and you will understand what I am saying.


The south campus is 23 acres in size. Pennovation should only take up a segment of that space. Honestly, this is nice piece of land, but I am doubtful it will ever be fully utilized because of logistics.

Dude, you're such a downer these days! Gotta have more faith! :tup: Let's drink a highball at nightfall, with a toast to dear old Penn. :cheers:

University City sites get Keystone Opportunity Zone extensions

http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelp...t-wexford.html

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http://ucitysquare.com/property/3400-market-street/

I will be glad when one of these towers actually breaks ground. There has been a lot of talk and a lot of renderings thrown around but nothing is actually moving forward at the UCity HS site or on Market.

Do these uninspired mid-rise glass boxes that are quickly lining up Market Street in Univ City remind anyone else of DC?

Yep--I've been thinking that for a while (having grown up in the DC area). :yes:

Even before the lasted round of glass boxes that stretch of Market reminded me of DC.

I've thought the same for years.

Ditto.

I think it's the mix of wide street and shorter, modern buildings.

Big Project Forthcoming at 3400 Market?

http://www.ocfrealty.com/naked-phill...at-3400-market

I did notice the lot consolidation zoning permit a few weeks back. So something is happening.

Did this thing always have a sloped roof?

I believe so.

So what do people think will get built first of the remaining uCity Square developments - 3400 Market, 3675 Market, 3700 Lancaster or something else?

Anyone want to guess my odds on this ever getting built?

:)

117.114% :tup: :cheers:

3675 is about to break ground. They are about to start drilling- so it will be first.

Permit up on site - 12/20/2016

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Sorry to bump an old thread for something as insignificant as this, but this site has advertisements for leasing space. Not sure if it did before and I never noticed, or if this is a new thing.

^^It's been there for a little while now... nothing new unfortunately.

Found this on LoopNet:

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https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/3400...ia-PA/4196746/