Comcast Technology Center

Skyscraper in Philadelphia

This article is about the building at 1800 Arch Street. For the building at 1701 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, see Comcast Center. For other uses, see Comcast Center (disambiguation).

Comcast Technology Center

Comcast Technology Center in September 2019

Location within Philadelphia

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Comcast Technology Center (Pennsylvania)

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Comcast Technology Center (the United States)

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Record height
Tallest in Pennsylvania since 2017[I]
Preceded by| Comcast Center
General information
Status| Completed
Type| Hotel, restaurant, office, parking garage, retail, television studios
Location| 1800 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates| 39°57′18″N 75°10′13″W﻿ / ﻿39.9549°N 75.1704°W﻿ / 39.9549; -75.1704
Construction started| 2013
Completed| 2018
Cost| US$1.5 billion
Owner| Comcast
Prologis
Height| 1,120 feet (340 m)
Technical details
Floor count| 61
Floor area| 1,566,000 sq ft (145,500 m2)[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)| Foster and Partners[2]
Kendall/Heaton Associates
Developer| Liberty Property Trust
Structural engineer| Thornton Tomasetti[3]
Website
comcastcentercampus.com
References
[4]

The Comcast Technology Center is a supertall skyscraper in Center City Philadelphia.[5][6] The 60-floor building, with a height of 1,121 feet (342 m),[7] is the tallest building in both Philadelphia and the state of Pennsylvania and the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere outside of Manhattan and Chicago.

The tower is located on the southwest corner of 18th and Arch Streets, one block west of the Comcast Center, the headquarters of Comcast Corporation. A hotel, representing the highest hotel in the nation,[8] and restaurant are located on the top floors. The building's central floors are offices for Comcast software developers and engineers, and the lowest floors have television studios and retail stores.[9][10]

Construction on the building began in mid-2014 and was completed on November 27, 2017.[8][10] The first personnel began moving into the building in late July 2018,[11] and the tower was open to the public in October of that year.[12]

## Design and construction

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The lead architect was Foster and Partners,[13][14][15] with Kendall/Heaton Associates the collaborating architect,[2] and interior design by Gensler with Foster and Partners in collaboration.[16] The L.F. Driscoll Company was the construction contractor. The tower contains approximately 1.566 million rentable square feet, including 1.334 million rentable square feet of office space, 230,112 square feet of hotel space, and 2,682 rentable square feet of retail space.[1]

A set of five tuned sloshing dampers containing 125,000 gallons of water are located in the ceiling of the 57th floor, beneath the hotel lobby. The moving water is a counteracting force on windy days to reduce swaying of the upper part of the tower. A-shaped steel braces are embedded between hotel rooms on the east and west sides, to stiffen the upper part of the building against strong, prevailing winds.[17]

## Use

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Inside the Jean-Georges Vongerichten "Sky High" restaurant, in July 2022, on the 60th floor of the Technology Center

The building consists primarily of workspace for Comcast employees and the Four Seasons Hotel, formerly on Logan Circle.[18] The hotel is on the 48th to 56th floors with a lobby and restaurant on the 60th floor. Accommodations include 219 rooms, 39 of them suites.[19] The building also includes television studios, restaurants, a retail mall, and a parking garage. The entire project contains about 1,566,000 square feet (145,500 m2).[1] The property is co-owned by Comcast and Prologis, and had an estimated construction cost of $1.5 billion.

Comcast's NBC owned-and-operated station WCAU (channel 10), along with Telemundo's owned-and-operated station WWSI (channel 62) announced plans to move their studio operations and offices from City Avenue, the Philadelphia-Bala Cynwyd boundary, to several of the lower floors of the building.[20][1] The stations completed the on-air move on October 21, 2018, though some operations (such as the base for the station live vehicles) will remain in Bala Cynwyd for the time being.[21]

## Gallery

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* Construction from northwest corner, October 2015

* Construction of the concrete core, from inside the Comcast Center, March 2016

* Construction from the southeast, May 2016

* From the base of the Comcast Center, December 2016

* From the southwest corner, November 2017

* After top-off and prior to opening, as viewed from a kayak on the Schuylkill River, April 2018

* From Interstate 76, June 2018

* Nearly complete Comcast Technology Center, July 2018

## See also

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* List of tallest buildings in Philadelphia
* List of tallest buildings in Pennsylvania
* List of tallest buildings in the United States
* List of tallest buildings

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Featured Properties (1800 Arch St)". libertyproperty.com. Liberty Property Trust. Archived from the original on July 18, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
2. ^ a b "Comcast Innovation and Technology Centre - Philadelphia". Foster + Partners. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
3. ^ "Comcast Innovation and Technology Center". Thornton Tomasetti. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
4. ^ "Comcast Technology Center". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.CTBUH+Skyscraper+Center&rft.atitle=Comcast+Technology+Center&rft_id=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/wd/16192&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Comcast+Technology+Center" class="Z3988">
5. ^ Adelman, Jacob (November 17, 2016). "Big tower, shorter name: Comcast cuts 'innovation' from high-rise's moniker". Philly.com. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
6. ^ Kostelni, Natalie (July 3, 2014). "Comcast skyscraper construction begins; new details emerge". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
7. ^ "Comcast Technology Center - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
8. ^ a b Romero, Melissa (November 28, 2017). "Comcast Technology Center is officially the tallest building in Philly". Curbed Philly. Vox Media, Inc. Archived from the original on November 29, 2017. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
9. ^ Hurdle, Jon (January 28, 2014). "Planned Comcast Tech Center Raises Sights in Philadelphia". Int. N. Y. Times.
10. ^ a b Lattanzio, Vince (November 30, 2017). "The Comcast Technology Center Is Philly's Tallest Building and Yes, There's a Mini Billy Penn Up There". NBC10 Philadelphia. NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Archived from the original on December 2, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
11. ^ Winberg, Michaela (July 30, 2018). "Comcast II is operational: the first round of employees have moved in". Billy Penn. Spirited Media. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
12. ^ Cineas, Fabiola (October 15, 2018). "The New Comcast Technology Center Will Open to the Public This Week". phillymag.com. Philadelphia Magazine. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
13. ^ Fernandez, Bob (January 17, 2014). "Comcast to build second, taller Phila. skyscraper". Philly.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2014.
14. ^ Area Development Online News Desk (January 16, 2014). "Comcast Plans $1.2 Billion, 60-Story, Innovation And Technology Tower In Downtown Philadelphia". Area Development Online. New York, United States: Halcyon Business Publications. Archived from the original on January 18, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
15. ^ Donohue, Steve (January 15, 2014). "Comcast building $1.2B innovation and technology center in Philadelphia". FierceCable. Washington, D.C., United States: FierceMarkets. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
16. ^ Kostelni, Natalie (September 8, 2014). "Comcast chooses firm to design interior of new Philadelphia skyscraper". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
17. ^ Bob Fernandez (December 10, 2014). "Engineers on the rise: Four young professionals tackle a career-making project". philly.com. Philadelphia Media Network (Digital), LLC. Archived from the original on November 22, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
18. ^ McDevitt, John (June 5, 2015). "Four Seasons Hotel About To Close Its Doors On Logan Circle". CBS Philadelphia. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
19. ^ "Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia". fourseasons.com. Four Seasons Hotels Limited. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
20. ^ Burdo, Alison (February 19, 2014). "New Comcast Building a Gamechanger for NBC10 and Telemundo 62". NBC10.com. NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
21. ^ Fernandez, Bob (October 11, 2018). "In Bala Cynwyd since '52, WCAU in final stages of downtown move to new Comcast Center". Philadelphia Media Network. Retrieved October 23, 2018.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Comcast Technology Center.

* Comcast press release
* NBC Philadelphia's construction webcam

Records

Preceded by

Comcast Center

|  Tallest building in Philadelphia
342 metres (1,122 ft)
2018-present  |  Succeeded by

Incumbent

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Timeline of tallest buildings in Philadelphia

* Independence Hall (41 m) (1748)
* Christ Church, Philadelphia (60 m) (1754)
* Tenth Presbyterian Church (76 m) (1856)
* Philadelphia City Hall (167 m) (1894)
* One Liberty Place (288 m) (1987)
* Comcast Center (297 m) (2008)
* Comcast Technology Center (342 m) (2018)

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Timeline of tallest buildings in Pennsylvania

* Independence Hall (41 m) (1748)
* Christ Church, Philadelphia (60 m) (1754)
* Tenth Presbyterian Church (76 m) (1856)
* Philadelphia City Hall (167 m) (1894)
* Gulf Tower (177 m) (1932)
* U.S. Steel Tower (256 m) (1970)
* One Liberty Place (288 m) (1987)
* Comcast Center (297 m) (2008)
* Comcast Technology Center (342 m) (2018)

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* 1601 Vine Street
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* 1835 Market Street
* 2000 Market Street
* Aramark Tower
* BNY Mellon Center
* Centre Square I
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* Cira Centre
* Evo at Cira Centre South
* Comcast Center
* Comcast Technology Center
* FMC Tower at Cira Centre South
* Five Penn Center
* G. Fred DiBona Jr. Building
* Loews Philadelphia Hotel
* One Liberty Place
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* Lewis Tower
* Murano
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* PECO Building
* Philadelphia City Hall
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* Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia
* The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton
* The St. James
* Three Logan Square
* Two Commerce Square
* Two Logan Square
* Wells Fargo Building
* W Hotel Philadelphia

Under construction|

* The Laurel

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* One Meridian Plaza

Approved|

* 3601 Market Street

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* 2901 Arch Street
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United Kingdom|

* The Shard

Oceania

| Australia|

* Australia 108
* Q1 Tower

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Under construction

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* 270 Park Avenue
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* One Bloor West
* Waldorf Astoria Miami

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* Senna Tower

On hold

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* Marina 106
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* The Stratford Residences
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List of architects of supertall buildings

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