An 118-unit apartment building at 2301-2311 Walnut St. received a warm welcome from a city-designated panel of architects and planners at a meeting of the Civic Design Review committee. The eight-story proposal is slated for land that once housed a Rite Aid and its surface parking lot. The new building would include 46 underground parking spaces, 2,750 square feet of retail on Walnut Street, and 5,675 square feet of amenity space facing an interior courtyard. The property has long been held by Patriot Development Associates, a company that owns and operates parking facilities throughout Center City. The Civic Design Review committee generally praised the aesthetics of the project and its potential to enliven Walnut Street as it approaches the Schuylkill.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer; 9/2/2026