BNY Mellon Center (Philadelphia)
Skyscraper in Pennsylvania. US

BNY Mellon Center
BNY Mellon Center in Center City Philadelphia
BNY Mellon Center (Philadelphia) is located in Philadelphia
BNY Mellon Center (Philadelphia)
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BNY Mellon Center (Philadelphia) is located in Pennsylvania
BNY Mellon Center (Philadelphia)
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BNY Mellon Center (Philadelphia) is located in the United States
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General information
Architectural stylePostmodernism
Location1735 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates39°57′13″N 75°10′10″W / 39.953644°N 75.16952239°W / 39.953644; -75.16952239
Completed1990
Height
Antenna spire824 ft (251 m)
Roof792 ft (241 m)
Technical details
Floor count54
Design and construction
ArchitectKohn Pedersen Fox Associates
DeveloperCommonWealth REIT
Structural engineerWSP Cantor Seinuk
Main contractorTurner Construction
References
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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]

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]

The lobby of this building made an appearance in the 1993 film Philadelphia, starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "BNY Mellon Bank Center". The Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  2. ^ Wesser, James (May 30, 2023). "10 of the tallest buildings in Pennsylvania". ABC27. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  3. ^ Heaney, Vince (June 2008). "The Bank of New York Mellon – Proving a multinational can achieve the boutique approach". The Hedge Fund Journal. No. 38. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  4. ^ a b Koloski, Thomas (June 7, 2021). "A Look at the BNY Mellon Center at 1735 Market Street in Center City". Philadelphia YIMBY. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  5. ^ a b Adelman, Jacob (January 30, 2019). "BNY Mellon Center on Market Street to sell for $451.6 million". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  6. ^ DiStefano, Joseph N. (August 1, 2022). "Proposed Sixers arena site would expand across Filbert Street". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  7. ^ "UBS Financial Services Inc. | 1735 Market Street,19103 Philadelphia | Driving directions". UBS. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  8. ^ "Mellon Bank Center – An Icon of the Philadelphia Skyline". Turner Construction. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  9. ^ Dent, Mark (August 17, 2015). "Inside the Pyramid Club: $45 tequila shots, dining and dancing at eye-level with the skyline". Billy Penn. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  10. ^ "Sunoco will move out of Philadelphia to new headquarters in Pa. suburbs"
  11. ^ "FMC Locations" Archived 2012-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, FMC Corp.
  12. ^ Blumenthal, Jeff (June 18, 2025). "Hangley Aronchick latest law firm to cut Center City office space in half with move". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  13. ^ "BNY Mellon Center". CompStak. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  14. ^ "Top Movies Filmed In Philadelphia". CBS Philadelphia. April 25, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
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