A 25-story apartment tower is no longer part of the plans for the proposed 76ers arena coming to Center City, according to a report from the Philadelphia Business Journal.
The Philadelphia Sixers originally planned to build the massive $250 million apartment building on the north end of the proposed arena.
“This came as a request from me. Some members of the Chinatown community did not see this as a development that was affordable or benefited them. They thought that the plan was an insult and disingenuous that the developer added the tower for the Chinatown community,” Councilmember Mark Squilla said in a statement to NBC10. “We have agreed to support a 100% affordable project of 30, 50, 60% ami in Chinatown that would benefit the Chinatown community.”…