After breaking ground in June 2016, the 15-story Cambria Hotel at South Broad and Locust topped off at just under 200 feet in March 2017. When it opens in winter 2018, the DAS Architects-designed project will bring  223 hotel rooms to the block, as well as a fitness center, a business center, and a 3,000-square-foot rooftop bar, the first for Broad Street, according to developer Pearl Properties.

Fun fact: The site of the hotel used to be a parking garage. Before that? It was a natatorium, one of the most popular indoor swimming pools in Philadelphia during the mid-19th century.

The Merriam Theater has graced the Avenue of the Arts on South Broad Street since 1918. Now, the venue is about to embark on a massive renovation to create a better experience for theater-goers. There are no concrete plans set in stone, but the goal of the renovation is to keep the theater as its core, while taking advantage of the site’s air rights, too. That could include something like a 23-story tower.

After buying this 21-story office tower in 2014, local developer Post Brothers has been outfitting it with 160 rental units, 40 condos, and 13,000 square feet of retail. Rafael Viñoly Architects, which designed the nearby Kimmel Center, was tapped for the design. Construction is expected to finish up in fall 2018.

After receiving city and design approval, Carl Dranoff and Cecil Baker+Partners are teaming up to bring a 28-story condo tower to the corner of Broad and Pine, which is currently home to a Starbucks and a parking garage. The tower will feature 56 condos, a 92-car underground parking garage, and 2,900 square feet of ground-floor retail.

There are a lot of eyes on the midcentury modern Health Center No. 1 after the city issued an RFQ for the 55,880-square-foot building at the corner of Broad and Lombard streets earlier this year. It promptly received historic designation, which preserves its facade, but the city is looking for a proposal that brings active uses to the ground floor level, while the upper stories could be residential, hotel, or more commercial space. It’s zoned CMX-4 for commercial mixed-use.

Future development of this big, vacant lot on the corner of Broad and Washington Avenue has been hotly contested over the years, with the latest plans calling for 1,000 apartments and 160,000-square-feet of retail. Developer Bart Blatstein is behind the proposed project, after buying the lot for $19,550,000 earlier this year.

Next to the Rock School of Dance, plans are in store for 53 one- and two-bedroom units with a roof deck, 12 parking spaces, 15 bike spaces, and retail. The project received Civic Design Review approval in April 2016 and was just issued a new construction permit in October.

As the rest of South Broad gets developed and redeveloped with luxury condos and apartments, a parking lot next to St. Rita’s Church is poised for senior affordable housing. Plans are in the works to build a five-story apartment building designed by Cecil Baker + Partners, with 46 one-bedroom units, for income-qualified senior citizens. It’s a $17.3 million project that’s in the fundraising stages, though it does have zoning approval. Keep an eye out for the finished project in 2020.