Cira Centre South is a complex of two skyscrapers in the University City district of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , directly across the Schuylkill River from Center City, Philadelphia . The complex is between Walnut Street and Chestnut Street south of 30th Street Station and the Old Post Office Building .
5-483: The structure consists of two towers, the commercial and residential FMC Tower and the residential Evo Cira Centre South. Evo rises a total of 33 floors and 430 feet. It was jointly developed by Brandywine Realty Trust , Campus Crest Communities, and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital . FMC Tower is a 49-story, 861,000-square-foot mixed-use tower consisting of 622,000 square feet of office space, 268 residential units and suites, and 10,000 square feet of retail space. It
10-670: Is the tallest building in University City and the 7th tallest building in the city of Philadelphia. The largest tenant, FMC Corporation acquired the naming rights as part of its 16-year lease on 253,000 square feet. The University of Pennsylvania leases about 100,000 square feet at the property. Brandywine Realty Trust , the developer, relocated its headquarters from Radnor to the building, taking 46,000 square feet and occupying two floors. Additional tenants include NASDAQ , Iron Stone Real Estate Partners , Spark Therapeutics and FreedomPay . The University of Pennsylvania owns
15-414: The company owned interests in 72 properties containing 12.8 million net rentable square feet. The company was founded in 1994 by Jerry Sweeney. In 1998, the company acquired a portfolio of 23 properties for $ 229 million, an office park for $ 48.5 million, and a 68 property portfolio. In 2001, the company completed an asset exchange with Prentiss Properties Trust. In May 2005, the company completed
20-637: The development of the Cira Centre , designed by César Pelli , next to Philadelphia 's 30th Street Station . In January 2006, the company acquired Prentiss Properties Trust for $ 3.3 billion. In 2010, the company completed the renovation of Cira Square, a former U.S. post office building that was leased to the General Services Administration for occupancy by the Internal Revenue Service . In 2013,
25-488: The land and leases the ground to Brandywine. Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects designed the property. The developers broke ground on the project in 2014 and completed the building in late 2017. Brandywine Realty Trust Brandywine Realty Trust is a Philadelphia -based real estate investment trust that invests in office buildings in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Austin, Texas . As of December 31, 2022,
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