Comcast Technology Center
The Comcast Technology Center is a supertall skyscraper in Center City Philadelphia. The 60-floor building, with a height of 1,120 feet (340 m), is the tallest building in Philadelphia.
| Comcast Technology Center | |
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Comcast Technology Center in September 2019 | |
Location within Philadelphia Comcast Technology Center (Pennsylvania) Comcast Technology Center (the United States) | |
| 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 | 39.9549°N 75.1704°W |
| Construction started | 2013 |
| Completed | 2018 |
| Cost | US$1.5 billion |
| Owner | Comcast Liberty Property Trust |
| Height | 1,120 feet (340 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 61 |
| Floor area | 1,566,000 sq ft (145,500 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Foster and Partners Kendall/Heaton Associates |
| Developer | Liberty Property Trust |
| Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
| Website | |
| comcastcentercampus | |
| References | |
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, 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.
Construction on the building began in mid-2014 and was completed on November 27, 2017. The first personnel began moving into the building in late July 2018, and the tower was open to the public in October of that year.