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Originally Posted by iAMtheVVALRUS
Forgive me for finding this hard to believe.
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Originally Posted by TAM88
What are you basing this on?
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I work in Real Estate... and follow development pretty closely. I am actually taking a business trip to San Francisco next week, as my company is looking to buy land in San Francisco to develop a residential project.
For some reason PlanPhilly's License and Inspection tool is not working right now but when it is I will post all the new construction permits in Philadelphia. In the mean time, here are some of the larger projects happening.
2116 Chestnut- 34 floors- residential tower- nearing completion
http://buildingphilly.com/wp-content...507-131041.jpg
Wanamaker Plaza North- 14 floors- 214 ft- construction
http://blog.philadelphiarealestate.c...54311899_n.jpg
http://www.wrtdesign.com/files/large/2350
Temple University Science, Education & Research Center- 10 flrs- 241 ft- construction
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...71324542_n.jpg
http://arcusa.com/sites/default/files/SW_print.jpg
Morgan Hall- 27 floors- 312 ft- second 10 story tower- 3 story retail complex- nearing completion
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...21509683_n.jpg
The Grove- 33 floors- 400+ ft- plumbing lines going in- steel rising shortly
http://hiddencityphila.org/wp-conten..._riverview.jpg
Cira South- 40+ floors- 600+ ft- office tower- proposed- construction likely to begin in summer
http://www.city-data.com/forum/attac...ntre_south.bmp
CHOP Ambulatory Care Center- 14 flrs- 292 ft- construction
http://buildingphilly.com/wp-content...507-130704.jpg
2040 Market- 13 floors- nearing completion
http://buildingphilly.com/wp-content...507-130450.jpg
1900 Arch- 14 flrs- plumbing lines going in- steel to rise shortly
http://buildingphilly.com/wp-content...506-100836.jpg
http://www.varenhorst.com/images/siz...04-979x700.jpg
Family Court Building- 15 flrs- 265 ft- construction
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...53168500_n.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x7w_kMXKe1.../Picture+5.png
Drexel LeBow College of Business- 14 flrs- nearing completion
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...13920072_n.jpg
3737 Market- 11 flrs- office building- construction
http://blog.philadelphiarealestate.c...completed..jpg
Penn Medicine at Washington Square- 19 floors- 260 ft- office building- construction
http://buildingphilly.com/wp-content...401-120025.jpg
Chestnut Square- 19 flrs- two 8 floor wings- construction
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...58846295_n.jpg
Soko Lofts- approved- construction shortly
http://nakedphilly.com/wp-content/up...nt.752.397.jpg
1213 Walnut- 26 flrs- 294 ft- approved -initiating funding
http://www.ten-arquitectos.com/publicaciones/58/1.1.jpg
W Hotel- 52 floors- 600+ ft- approved- renders to change- construction in summer
http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/69..._Rendering.jpg
Lancaster Square- 25 flrs- 279 ft- approved
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...69532900_n.jpg
Edgewater II- 24 floors- approved- construction in summer
http://www.realen.com/gallery/projects/edgewater/05.jpg
3601 Market- 27 floors- 309 ft- approved- construction in summer
http://blog.philadelphiarealestate.c...r-campus-1.jpg
Marina View- 11 floors- approved- construction anytime now
http://planphilly.com/sites/planphil...MarinaView.jpg
Chinatown Eastern Tower- 23 floors- 265 ft- approved- initiating funding
http://planphilly.com/uploads/media_....752.752.s.jpg
Castleway Tower- 42 floors- 525 ft- proposed
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1MENfRLEv-...astleway01.jpg
205 Race- 16 flrs- approved
http://planphilly.com/uploads/media_....481.519.s.jpg
401 Race- 13 flrs- proposed
http://blog.philadelphiarealestate.c...11/401race.jpg
The Residences at Schmidt's- 25 & 15 flrs- proposed
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1.../Schmidts2.jpg
735 S. Columbus- 15 floors- approved
http://planphilly.com/uploads/media_....752.510.s.jpg
Sugarhouse Casino- phase 3 includes two 300 foot hotel towers- phase two about to get underway
http://chkvl.files.wordpress.com/201...use-casino.jpg
Wynn Casino Philadelphia- 300 ft- proposed
http://www.phillymag.com/realestate/...-rendering.jpg
38th and Chestnut- 25 floors- 278 ft- approved- construction to begin summer
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...78545148_n.jpg
1919 Market- 30 floors- proposed
New rendering for 1919 Market Street surfaces | Philadelphia Real Estate Blog
1901 Arch Office Tower- 27 flrs- 370 ft- proposed
Liberty eyes new tower - Philadelphia Business Journal
Renaissance Plaza- two 426 foot towers- two 227 foot towers- proposed- likely to get cut down
http://gingert.net/images/philadelph...issance-03.jpg
Broad Street Armory apartments- 6 floors- construction
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College House at Hill Square- 8 floors- approved
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William's Way LGBT Senior Residences- 6 floors- construction
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Hub 3939- 8 floors- approved
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K...b%25203939.jpg
Wistar Fox Tower- 8 floors- construction
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Broad and Spring Garden- 14 floors- proposed
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-S...2520Garden.jpg
Tower Place phase II- 18 floor tower- 2 floor retail complex- approved
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Waterview Grand at Penn Treaty Villege- two 8 floors- construction
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Canal Street North entertainment complex- approved
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2021 Chestnut- 12 floors- approved- construction to begin anyday
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Philadelphia Mormon Temple- site prep
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Hilton Home2Suites- 8 floors- construction
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Goldtex- 11 floors- construction
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The Sansom- 9 floors- nearly complete
http://blog.philadelphiarealestate.c...3/photo-36.jpg
Southstar Lofts- 8 floors- site prep
http://www.southstarlofts.com/holder/img/home1.jpg
1601 Vine- 27 floors- proposed
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dG1269YceI...00/loganLg.jpg
Girard Square redevelopment- 500+ ft tower- 400+ ft tower- 250+ ft tower- proposed- may actually get underway soon
http://www.pbase.com/phillytrax/image/130780821.jpg
15th and Walnut retail complex- approved
http://www.phillymag.com/realestate/...08-630x298.png
The Granary- 9 floors- construction
http://buildingphilly.com/wp-content...215-160358.jpg
Xfinity Live! expansion- approved
http://z.about.com/d/philadelphia/1/..._live_001a.jpg
Cira II- 600+ ft office tower- proposed
http://philadelphiaheights.files.wor...3/img_1167.jpg
Drexel development plan
http://drexelmasterplan.files.wordpr...pg?w=640&h=344
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gBtLzfiZyV...ion+drexel.jpg
http://drexelmasterplan.files.wordpr...pg?w=640&h=324
Navy Yard development plan- about 7 buildings complete- 2 under construction
http://www.navyyard.org/master-plan-...mages/0001.jpg
Waterfront development plan
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tgrR2wvRem...Picture+14.png
http://blog.thesomersteam.com/wp-con...ding_After.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nXeJU89D7q.../Picture+8.png
http://blog.archpaper.com/wordpress/...elaware_01.jpg
...and that's not everything. Nor is that including all of the lowrise projects which would be insane to list because there is several hundred of them.
That is just city limits... not including any other cities in the metro or any suburban development.