A relatively major change has been made to the 76 Place proposal that is awaiting the rubber stamp of City Council.
According to Paul Schwedelson of The Philadelphia Business Journal , the 25-story apartment tower that had been part of prior iterations of the plan for an arena in Center City has been scrapped:
“Eliminating the $250 million tower came at the request of Councilman Mark Squilla, whose district includes the Market East arena site, based on negative feedback from the community. …