Allentown to Harbor Tallest Building in Lehigh Valley
ByFive City Center will break ground in 2018 and will include a 24-story office tower, two residential buildings totaling 225 apartments and a 1.7-acre park.
Five City Center Campus bids defiance to Lehigh Valley’s Martin Tower and PPL Building. In a recent meeting with the board of the Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority, real estate investor City Center Investment Corp. presented its plans for a three-building complex in downtown Allentown, which will include the tallest office tower in Pennsylvania outside of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Estimated costs are $250 million and the project is set to commence next year at 700 Hamilton St. Development plans are under review for approval and a response from the board is expected by the end of May. The owners tapped Studios Architecture and Land Collective to handle the master development services…