The former West Philadelphia High School has been transformed into West Lofts, and folks have already moved into their new classrooms-turned-apartments as of July. But construction continues on this 442,200-square-foot school, and in the end there will be a total of 268 apartments. Future plans also include turning the stunning auditorium into a co-working space.

Design Collective is behind the design of this mixed-use building, which will sit on the site of the shuttered Alexander Wilson Public School. The mostly brick building will be six stories tall and feature 426 student beds, study rooms on the corners, and ground-floor retail. It’s expected to finish construction in the winter of 2018-19.

Campus Apartments continues work on the second phase of its development at 41st and Walnut, which will add a 130,000-square-foot office building to the 136-room Homewood Suites hotel at 4109 Walnut. It’s expected to finish construction in 2020.

Renderings of the new-and-improved Ronald McDonald House were revealed in April 2016. Two Frank Furness-designed homes had to be demolished to make room for the expansion, which will bring more overnight rooms to accommodate more families. The renovation is expected to finish in late 2018 or early 2019.

The renovation of the historic Hamilton Court Apartments by the Post Brothers has been ongoing, and the apartments have already been updated. When all is said and done in spring 2018, there will be more than 20,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and restaurants, plus a new 10,000-square-foot amenity facility designed by Coscia Moos Architecture.

The innovation tech hub Pennovation Center has been up and running in Grays Ferry for more than a year now, but the University of Pennsylvania’s plans for the 23-acre site are still ongoing. The old DuPont campus has plenty of other buildings that will likely be repurposed into more space for Pennovation.

This 18-story tower broke ground in May 2017. The building, which will serve as a spot for corporate functions, will be a white, pre-cast concrete structure built in two phases. The first phase will result in an 8-story building, while the second phase will bring the building up to 18 stories. The first phase should wrap up in early 2019.

The first new building at uCity Square, a 6.5 million-square-foot mixed-use community in University City, broke ground in January 2017. All 342,000 square feet of this 14-story tower will serve as a retail, business, office, research, and development space. It’s expected to finish up in early 2018.

This 300,000-square-foot mixed-use is slated for the corner of Powelton and Lancaster and will be the second residential project for uCity Square. Designed by Erdy McHenry, it will feature 300 market-rate studio, 1-, and 2-bedroom apartments and retail. It won’t deliver until spring 2020, though.

The Foster+Partners-designed Pavilion will be replacing the already demolished Penn Tower. Construction began on the 17-story project in May 2017, and its July concrete pour was the largest in Philly’s history. The Pavilion will include 500 patient rooms and four floors of operating rooms. Foster+Partners’ renderings for the project were first revealed in November 2016. Construction is set to finish up in 2021.

On the first of November, the University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archeology and Anthropology (i.e. Penn Museum) broke ground on its first major renovation in nearly a century. The first phase of the makeover, led by Gluckman Tang Architects, will make the museum lighter, brighter, and just more easy to navigate. There will also be 40,000 square feet of new-and-improved galleries. The first phase is expected to finish in 2019.

Now that construction on the 16-story apartment tower Vue32 is officially complete, now begins work on the 12 for-sale townhomes at the foot of the building. Summer12 townhomes range from $375,000 to $425,000 and is the second phase of the site’s larger mixed-use development by Radnor Property Group. 

Scaffolding has been up at 30th Street Station for a couple of years now, but that's just scratching at the surface of what's in store for the neighborhood. After years of discussions and community input, the 30th Street Station District Plan was revealed in June and involves major renovations to the station itself, 40 acres of open space, pedestrian bridges across the Schuylkill, and the new neighborhood over the Rail Yards. 

Expected completion: 2050