Cira Centre South

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AKA University City Levels Up With Posh Club Floor

If Cira Centre South is, as Brandywine Realty Trust’s promotions put it, “Philadelphia’s first vertical neighborhood,” then Level 28 is its town square. The bottom […]

Property

Common Threads in This Year’s Rouse Award Residential Finalists

The Urban Land Institute Philadelphia District Council announced the finalists for this year’s Willard G. “Bill” Rouse Awards for Excellence last week, and five of […]

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Philly’s First Elevated Park Gets Its Very Own Beer Garden

Next month, the big patch of grass and greenery atop Cira Centre South’s parking garage called Cira Green will be home to Philly’s second sky-high beer garden (Skygarten being the […]

Property

AKA University City, (Almost) Ready For Its Closeup

The last time we toured AKA University City at Cira Centre South, the residence/hotel was largely piles of drywall and warrens of metal studs. That […]

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Michelin-Starred Team Is Opening Restaurant in University City

The team behind New York’s Michelin-starred Rebelle is opening a restaurant in University City’s FMC Tower at Cira Centre South. The restaurant, which will be […]

Business

Hard Hat Tour: AKA University City

Those of you of a certain age may recall the TV ads for KormanSuites, “when just an apartment just isn’t enough.” The apartments the Korman […]

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Property

Sky Candy: 19 New Renderings of the FMC Tower

Yesterday was the groundbreaking for the much anticipated FMC Tower at Cira Centre South, a development project from Brandywine Realty. It was, not surprisingly, a […]

Property

Exclusive Preview: Cira Centre South’s EVO and Its Virtual Reality Simulator

EVO — probably better known as one half of the new Cira Centre South — has a futuristic and inventive workaround for the fact that […]

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Property

Saffron: West Philly Boom Is Nice, But Getting There May Be 100 Percent of the Battle

The Inquirer’s architecture critic, Inga Saffron, has occasionally been accused of being too negative — a charge leveled at most good critics at one time […]

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Property

Renderings of New FMC Tower That Will Rise in West Philly

Currently, FMC Corporation is at the BNY Mellon building in Center City at 18th and Market, so its new building as part of the Cira […]

Property

Breaking: New Giant Skyscraper Announced As Part of Cira Centre South [UPDATED]

Brandywine Realty Trust and the FMC Corporation have a huge announcement today: FMC will have a new headquarters, and that headquarters will be called FMC […]

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Progress at American Sardine Bar’s Outdoor Patio

The back patio at American Sardine Bar is coming along nicely. Check out the progress over on Property, Philadelphia magazine’s real estate blog. Other Property posts of note: Bart […]