BNY Mellon Center (Philadelphia)

For other places with the same name, see BNY Mellon Center (disambiguation).

BNY Mellon Center

General information
Location	1735 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°57′09″N 75°10′04″W / 39.95250°N 75.16778°W / 39.95250; -75.16778Coordinates: 39°57′09″N 75°10′04″W / 39.95250°N 75.16778°W / 39.95250; -75.16778
Completed	1990
Owner	HRPT Properties Trust
Height
Roof	792 ft (241 m)
Technical details
Floor count	54
Design and construction
Architect	Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Developer	CommonWealth REIT
Structural engineer	WSP Cantor Seinuk
Main contractor	Turner Construction

BNY Mellon Center is a 54-story skyscraper located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The height to its structural top is 792 ft (241 m). Construction was completed in 1990. The building was formerly called Mellon Bank Center until 2009, when it was renamed as part of a branding initiative for the newly formed Bank of New York Mellon.

The building was designed by the architectural firm of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates and is owned by HRPT Properties Trust.

The building stands on the former site of the city's Greyhound bus terminal. The address of the building is 1735 Market Street (between Market Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard, just east of 18th Street).

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. A shopping concourse underneath the building connects to an adjacent winter garden and Suburban Station. BNY Mellon Center is currently the 161st tallest building in the world and the fourth tallest building in Philadelphia.

A private club called the Pyramid Club occupies the 52nd floor of the building.

Tenants have included the headquarters of Sunoco and FMC Corporation.^[1]^[2] It also houses offices of Citizens Bank, Aberdeen Asset Management, Aon Corporation, The Boston Consulting Group, CrowdConnect Group,The PFM Group, Goldman Sachs, e-commerce company iDealster, and the law firm Ballard Spahr.

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

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Emporis

Skyscrapers in Philadelphia

Current	Comcast Center One Liberty Place Two Liberty Place BNY Mellon Center Three Logan Square G. Fred DiBona Jr. Building One Commerce Square Two Commerce Square Philadelphia City Hall The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton 1818 Market Street The St. James Loews Philadelphia Hotel PNC Bank Building Centre Square II Five Penn Center Murano One South Broad Cira Centre 2000 Market Street Two Logan Square 1700 Market evo at Cira Centre South 1835 Market Street Centre Square I Aramark Tower Wells Fargo Building 1706 Rittenhouse One Logan Square The Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia Lewis Tower PECO Building

Under construction	Comcast Technology Center FMC Tower at Cira Centre South Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Ambulatory Care Center One Riverside 1919 Market Street 1601 Vine Street 1213 Walnut Street

Demolished	One Meridian Plaza

Approved	W Hotel Philadelphia 3601 Market Street Eastern Tower Community Center 38th and Chestnut

Proposed	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Schuylkill Ave. expansion 1911 Walnut

See also: Tallest buildings in Philadelphia Architecture of Philadelphia

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BNY Mellon Center (Philadelphia)

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