Commerce Square
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Commerce Square is a high-rise office building complex in Center City, Philadelphia. It consists of One and Two Commerce Square, identical 40-story office towers that stand 565-feet tall[1] with a 30,000-square foot urban landscaped courtyard between them.[2] The complex has approximately 1.85 million-square feet of office space, 92,000-square feet of retail space and 175,000-square feet of underground parking. It was designed by Henry N. Cobb and Douglas Gardner of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.[3]
Construction of One Commerce Square began in June 1985 and ended in mid-1987 while construction of Two Commerce Square did not commence until July 1990, ending in July, 1992.[4]
The courtyard is a welcome respite from city life and is usually filled with office workers and tourists. It features granite paving, landscaping, a large fountain, benches and lunch tables plus a restaurant and small stores. It was refurbished in 2006.
The street address of One Commerce Square is 2005 Market Street while it is 2001 Market Street for Two Commerce Square
Currently, the Murano, a high-rise residential condominium, is under construction to the plot immediately west from Commerce Square. Its sales office is located on the ground floor of One Commerce Square.
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| Philadelphia skyscrapers Center City: 1500 Locust Street | 1700 Market | 1818 Market Street | 1835 Market Street | 2000 Market Street | Aramark Tower | Bell Atlantic Tower | Centre Square I | Centre Square II | Cigna Annex | Cira Centre | City Hall | Comcast Center | Drake Tower | Five Penn Center | G. Fred DiBona, Jr. Building | Lewis Tower | Loews Philadelphia Hotel | Mellon Bank Center | One Commerce Square | One Liberty Place | One Logan Square | One South Broad | PECO Building | PNC Bank Building | The Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia | The St. James | Two Commerce Square | Two Logan Square | Two Liberty Place | Wachovia Building |
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