AQ Rittenhouse
Philadelphia, PAThese efficiently sized units in a Center City location have all the functionality and appeal of a larger apartment and enable young people to enter the market in the heart of the city.
- Client
- Aquinas 2021 Chestnut St LLP
- Completion
- 2015
- Size
- 115,300 sf
- Cost
- $29 Million
- Role
- Design Architect and Interior Designer with Stampfl associates serving as Architect of Record
- Description
Located in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood, this ground-up urban infill redevelopment project has 110 market rate apartments loaded with luxury appointments and finishes. The 12-story building includes a restaurant or retail tenant space on the ground level, an interior courtyard at the second floor residential level and an accessible roof deck. Also included is an expansion of the adjacent Freire School into new classrooms in the building’s basement
Situated on a narrow site in the heart of center city, the building’s compact units feature 9-foot ceilings with floor-to-ceiling windows and modern amenities designed to appeal to a young urban professional clientele. The unit mix includes studios, two-bedroom and one-bedroom plus den apartments. AQ Rittenhouse injects vitality into an underdeveloped city block while ensuring that its scale, aesthetics and use are harmonious with the surrounding neighborhood.
