An outstanding array of amenities surrounds The Science Center, making the immediate locale vibrant and inviting. Recent developments include:
Sansom Commons
A new 300,000-square foot retail and hotel complex located on a full city block from 36th to 37th Streets, between Walnut and Chestnut streets. Retailers include Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Cosi, Urban Outfitters, Eastern Mountain Sports, Cereality cereal bar, European cosmetics retailer Parfumeries Douglas, and Stephen Starr’s Pod.
The Inn at Penn
A new 260-room first-class Hilton hotel at Sansom Commons. Amenities include Penne Restaurant and Wine Bar and 18,000 square feet of flexible meeting space.
Hamilton Square & 40th Street Corridor
Penn’s deluxe retail and entertainment complex at 40th and Walnut Streets. Concierge service awaits patrons at the door of this state-of-the-art, six-screen theatre and six-screen visual multi-media art gallery. Amenities include the 12 Lounge, a full-menu restaurant and bar with indoor and outdoor seating, a coffee bar, and wireless Internet access. Adjoining the complex is Marathon Grill and its upstairs bar and dance-floor, MarBar. Hamilton Square also recently completed a new 35,000 square foot fresh food market, Fresh Grocer, with prepared foods and regular grocery fare. Above the market is an 800-car parking garage. The 40th Street Corridor between Spruce and Chestnut Streets is host to a variety of retail shops and restaurants and early 2005 saw the opening of the Strikes Bowling Lanes, a 12-lane facility with eatery and bar just off 40th Street.
World Café Live!
A brand new, 40,000 square foot eclectic music venue and restaurant, World Café Live! is the companion live show space to radio station WXPN’s new studios at 30th and Walnut Streets. The popular nightspot can handle up to 300 seated guests and is available for parties, special events and meetings.
Restaurants
Stephen Starr’s Pod at 3636 Sansom Street, The White Dog Café at 3420 Sansom Street, Mad 4 Mex at 34th and Walnut Streets, La Terasse at 3432 Sansom Street, and Penne Restaurant and Wine Bar in Sansom Common on Walnut Street are just a few of the dining opporunities in the area.
New Apartment Buildings:
Domus
A new eight story luxury apartment complex in University City with 290 units perched above an eclectic range of restaurants, shops and internationally known retailers.
The Radian
A new apartment community at 39th and Walnut Streets with 14 floors, street-level shopping and restaurants.,
University of Pennsylvania Amenities
Pottruck Center, a deluxe, three-floor health club including a climbing wall and swimming pool, a world-class academic library system, NCAA sports and performance theaters including the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, the Irvine Auditorium and the Iron Gate Theatre. The newly re-landscaped Hill Square bounded by Chestnut, Walnut, 33rd and 34th Streets features art installations by renowned New York artist Jenny Holzer provides a tranquil stroll or a spot to eat lunch on a warm day.
Public Transportation
“Lucy,” the Loop through University City bus, provides economic and convenient access around the University City neighborhood. The close-by 30th Street Station offers Amtrak and SEPTA Regional Rail. In addition the University City Science Center is served by the subway (Market-Frankfort Line), numerous bus routes and subway-surface trolley.
For leasing information, please contact:
Paul G. Garvey
Senior Director
(215) 963-4013
paul.garvey@cushwake.com