PLAZA AT PPL CENTER

Allentown, PA

Plaza at PPL Center Rendering by Thomas Schaller for Robert A. M. Stern Architects

Primary Project Team

• Owner: Liberty Property Trust

• Primary Tenant: PPL Energy Plus

• Architect and Landscape: Robert A. M. Stern Architects

• Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc.

• Structural Engineers: Thornton-Tomasetti

• Civil Engineers: Pennoni Associates

• Lighting Consultant: Quentin Thomas Associates, Inc.

• MEP, Fire Protection: PPL Energy Services Mid-Atlantic

• Construction Manager: L.F. Driscoll

The Building

• Eight-story multi-use building with a glass facade

• 256,000 square feet of which PPL subsidiaries will lease around 200,000

• $29 million base building cost

• LEEDS Certified

• First floor is reserved as rentable retail space

• Second through eighth floors are for PPL companies

• 3rd and 5th floor winter gardens and a roof-top garden

• 85’ setback from Hamilton Street provides space for a plaza

The Tenant

• PPL Corporation’s headquarters occupies the PPL Tower, Allentown’s tallest building

• The Plaza at PPL Center is being built to house the unregulated subsidiaries of PPL Corp.

• Second through sixth floors will provide office space for the PPL companies

• The two upper floors will be used as energy trading floors.

The Site

• Former site of Hess’s Department Store in downtown Allentown, PA

• Adjacent to PPL Corporation’s current headquarters, the PPL Tower

• Poor soil conditions and sink hole susceptibility

Plaza at PPL Center Site Plan by Robert A. M. Stern Architects

This page was last updated on Tuesday, April 22, 2002 by Amy S. Graver and is hosted by the AE Department.