The $90 million View at Old City community is set to open its doors to its first residents in August, bringing 213 new units, 163 parking spaces, and a variety of amenities to Philadelphia’s Old City neighborhood.
The site at 4th and Race streets was once the home of Francis Hopkinson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and designer of the first official American flag and U.S. coin. In a nod to this history, The View at Old City’s ground-floor homes will evoke the neighborhood’s typical townhome typology, and a plaque in the lobby will memorialize Hopkinson and his home.
The modern-style homes will offer views of the city, as well as proximity to restaurants, museums, galleries, and other historic sites. “What’s so unique about The View at Old City is that our residents will be at the center of ‘all the action,’ but once they step inside their beautiful apartment homes, they’ll find serenity and plenty of green space away from the city’s hustle and bustle. It won’t feel like apartment living at all,” says Chris Todd, head of real estate development at Priderock Capital Management, the developer of The View at Old City.
The community offers 23 different floor plans ranging from 441 to 1,257 square feet in size, with studios starting at $1,530, one-bedrooms at $1,730, one-bedrooms with dens at $2,600, and two-bed/two-bath units at $2,700. Unit interiors feature stainless-steel kitchens with energy-efficient appliances, plank flooring with plush carpeting in the bedrooms, and personal balconies or patios. Certain floor plans feature private entrances, and six-month leases are available to potential tenants.
Community amenities include a heated infinity pool, a boardwalk rooftop deck, a cyber café, a media room, a 24-hour fitness center with Peloton bikes and a yoga studio, an outdoor grill, a bike storage room, storage and refrigerated package lockers, concierge services, dry cleaning services, and a dog park, spa, and wash station. The grounds are designed around passive courtyards as an indoor cooling strategy, in a move modeled after Philadelphia’s historic city planning.
“We feel the pool, which is the only pool in Old City, will be a centerpiece of communal interaction, providing residents with the type of luxury amenity usually found in quiet suburban residences, but now available within the vibrancy of our urban location,” Todd says.