Francis House of Peace

Philadelphia, PA

The new construction, 9-story, mixed-use building is located in the heart of Chinatown in downtown Philadelphia. The building includes 2,800 sq. ft. of ground retail space along Arch Street and received LEED® Silver certification. Six residential floors provide 13 efficiency apartment units per floor and two residential floors hold 8 efficiency apartment units as well as several amenity spaces including an exercise room, library/wi-fi space, administrative offices, and two terraces with cityscape views. Sustainable construction highlights energy-efficient lighting throughout and day-lighting features in stair towers. Certain building materials originated from recycled content and 80% of the roof area is reserved for a vegetative “green roof”.

Owner
Project HOME

Architect
Kramer + Marks Architects

Total Square Footage
78,000