Cira Centre South facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Cira Centre South |
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FMC Tower and Evo at Cira Centre in 2017
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Office, Hotel, Luxury Apartments, Rental, Retail |
| Location | University City, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39°57′25″N 75°10′55″W / 39.957°N 75.182°W |
| Construction started | April 2013 (Evo) May 2014 (FMC) |
| Completed | October 2014 (Evo) September 2016 (FMC) |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 736 ft |
| Roof | 730 ft |
| Top floor | 49 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 49 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | César Pelli, Erdy McHenry Architecture |
| Developer | Brandywine Realty Trust |
Cira Centre South is a group of two very tall buildings, called skyscrapers. They are located in the University City area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. These buildings are right across the Schuylkill River from the main part of Philadelphia, known as Center City.
The Cira Centre South complex includes two main towers. One is the FMC Tower, which has offices and homes. The other is the Evo Cira Centre South, which is mainly for homes. Evo is 33 floors tall and reaches 430 feet high. It was built by several companies working together.
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FMC Tower: A Tall Building in University City
The FMC Tower is a huge building with 49 floors. It is 861,000 square feet in size. This tower is a "mixed-use" building. This means it has different types of spaces inside. It has a lot of office space. It also has 268 homes or apartments. Plus, there are shops on the ground floor.
The FMC Tower is the tallest building in University City. It is also the 7th tallest building in all of Philadelphia.
Who Uses the FMC Tower?
A big company called FMC Corporation uses a large part of the building. They even got the building named after them. This happened because they agreed to rent a lot of space for 16 years. The University of Pennsylvania also rents about 100,000 square feet of space.
Brandywine Realty Trust is the company that built the towers. They also moved their main office into the FMC Tower.
Building the FMC Tower
The land where the towers stand belongs to the University of Pennsylvania. They rent the land to Brandywine Realty Trust. The famous architect Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects designed the building. Construction on the FMC Tower started in 2014. The building was finished in late 2017.
See also
In Spanish: Cira Centre South para niños
