9th Apartments

Recent mid-rise development on this center city Philadelphia block allows for a new six-story building to fit into its new urban context. The new construction mixed-use building, consists of ground floor commercial space with residential units above. The brick and glass materials at the base of the building wrap up the front façade and continue to the building’s roof plane. The vertical continuation of brick at the front façade is reminiscent of typical Philadelphia midrise brick construction and eases the transition to a more contemporary insulated metal finish from the front corner to the rear façade of the building.

The ground floor commercial space, situated along the busy center city commercial corridor, provides its visitors with additional parking at the rear of the building. The primary residential entrance is at the center of the building, tucked away under the building’s upper floor cantilever. Floors two through five contain two apartments each, accessed via a central elevator. Once the top floor is reached, the elevator opens directly into a penthouse unit. The unit consists of two large bedrooms privately arranged at the rear of the floor with the primary living spaces and private roof deck located at the front of the unit. As you continue through the penthouse, a mezzanine allows for additional living and hosting space. At the very top of the stairs, you are greeted by a private roof deck with panoramic views of downtown Center City.