Renaissance Plaza

Renaissance Plaza
former One Trade Square rendering
General information
Status	Proposed
Type	Office, Residential
Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height	240 feet (73 m)
Design and construction
Architect	Alesker & Dundon Architects
Developer	Carl Marks Real Estate Group, Waterfront Renaissance Associates

Renaissance Plaza (formerly named World Trade Square) is a proposed residential and retail complex to be built on a 5.5-acre (2.2 ha) site in the Delaware Riverfront region of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The previous World Trade Square complex design was to be developed by Carl Marks Real Estate Group and called for four high-rise office buildings: Old City Harbor Tower I, Old City Harbor Tower II, Old City Harbor Tower III, and the Greater Philadelphia World Trade Center. The tallest buildings would have been the Old City Harbor Towers II and III, which were planned as twin office skyscrapers that each rise 636 feet (194 m), with 37 floors. Old City Harbor Tower I was being planned as a residential tower, rising 435 ft (132 m), with 42 floors. The Greater Philadelphia World Trade Center would have been the shortest of all four buildings, rising 324 ft (99 m), with 17 floors.

In 2012, the plan was revised by Waterfront Renaissance Associates as 1,458-unit residential tower complex, with two taller 435 ft towers and two shorter 435 ft towers.^[1] The development would have violated the 100 foot height limit imposed by the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation in their master plan.^[2] In response to height concerns, the plan was revised in July 2013 to lower the height of the tallest tower to 240 feet and build five towers instead of four.^[3]

The architectural firm who designed all four buildings is Alesker & Dundon Architects, and the project is being developed by Waterfront Renaissance Associates.

References

↑ "1,458-unit, four-tower residential and retail complex proposed for former World Trade Center site". PlanPhilly. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
↑ "Master Plan for the Central Delaware". Delaware River Waterfront Corporation. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
↑ "New Renaissance Plaza: Shorter, greener". PlanPhilly. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

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Skyscrapers in Philadelphia

Current	Comcast Center One Liberty Place Two Liberty Place BNY Mellon Center Three Logan Square G. Fred DiBona Jr. Building One Commerce Square Two Commerce Square Philadelphia City Hall The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton 1818 Market Street The St. James Loews Philadelphia Hotel PNC Bank Building Centre Square II Five Penn Center Murano One South Broad Cira Centre 2000 Market Street Two Logan Square 1700 Market evo at Cira Centre South 1835 Market Street Centre Square I Aramark Tower Wells Fargo Building 1706 Rittenhouse One Logan Square The Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia Lewis Tower PECO Building

Under construction	Comcast Innovation and Technology Center FMC Tower at Cira Centre South Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Ambulatory Care Center Lancaster Square (Drexel U.) One Riverside

Demolished	One Meridian Plaza

Approved	W Hotel Philadelphia 3601 Market Street 1919 Market Street Eastern Tower Community Center 38th and Chestnut 1213 Walnut Street 1601 Vine Street

Proposed	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Schuylkill Ave. expansion 1911 Walnut

See also: Tallest buildings in Philadelphia Architecture of Philadelphia

Coordinates: 39°57′25″N 75°08′20″W / 39.95687°N 75.13886°W / 39.95687; -75.13886

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Renaissance Plaza

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