Title: Market 8
Project: Hotel, Casino, Retail, Entertainment space
Architect: ??
Developer: Goldenberg Group, Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
Location: 800 Market St., Philadelphia, PA
Neighborhood: Market East
District: Center City
Floors: 40 floors
Height: 450+ ft
The latest idea for this corner is MARKET8, a casino owned in a partnership between by the Goldenberg Group, the guy who owns of Campus Apartments, the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, and a few others. The main pitch here seems to be that this casino will help to reinvigorate one of Center City’s most depressing yet most visible patches, inspiring additional investment in the area thanks to added foot traffic. With a first floor that would exclusively feature restaurants and retail, we can certainly see how the casino would attract more people to the area. Whether that would spread past the casino’s footprint, however, is anybody’s guess.
Inside, the gaming will be located on the second and third floors, along with bars, additional restaurants, and lounges. The fourth floor will feature a concert hall, a couple of event spaces, and a poker room. The fifth floor will be a lobby area for a 168-room hotel that will rise above the glass box of the first several floors. Let’s just say the design is a small step up from the last hotel that was built in the area.
http://nakedphilly.com/market-east/s...sino-proposal/
http://www.phillymag.com/realestate/...asino-complex/