BNY Mellon Center (Philadelphia)
Skyscraper in Pennsylvania. US
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BNY Mellon Center is a 54-story office skyscraper located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The height to its structural top is 792 ft (241 m). Construction was completed in 1990.[1] The building was formerly called Mellon Bank Center until 2009,[2] when it was renamed as part of a branding initiative for the newly formed Bank of New York Mellon.[3][4] In early 2019, the building was sold for $451.6 million, a record for a Philadelphia property.[5]
| BNY Mellon Center | |
|---|---|
_cropped.jpg) BNY Mellon Center in Center City Philadelphia | |
  Location within Philadelphia  BNY Mellon Center (Philadelphia) (Pennsylvania)  BNY Mellon Center (Philadelphia) (the United States) | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Postmodernism |
| Location | 1735 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 39°57′13″N 75°10′10″W |
| Completed | 1990 |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 824 ft (251 m) |
| Roof | 792 ft (241 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 54 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
| Developer | CommonWealth REIT |
| Structural engineer | WSP Cantor Seinuk |
| Main contractor | Turner Construction |
| References | |
| [1] | |
History
The building was designed by the architectural firm of Kohn Pedersen Fox.[4] It stands on the former site of the city's Greyhound bus terminal.[6] The address of the building is 1735 Market Street (between Market Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard, just east of 18th Street.[7]
BNY Mellon Center is part of a complex of office buildings known as Penn Center and as such is alternately known as Nine Penn Center.[1] A shopping concourse underneath the building connects to an adjacent winter garden and Suburban Station.[8] BNY Mellon Center is the fifth tallest building in Philadelphia.[1]
A private club called the Pyramid Club occupies the 52nd floor of the building.[9]
Tenants
Tenants have included the headquarters of Sunoco and FMC Corporation.[10][11] It also houses offices of Aon Corporation, The Boston Consulting Group, UBS, Goldman Sachs, and law firms including Ballard Spahr, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Hogan Lovells, and Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads.[5][12][13]
In popular culture
The lobby of this building made an appearance in the 1993 film Philadelphia, starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington.[14]
