The Girard, part of Center City's East Market Street revitalization, is a 240,000-square-foot, LEED Silver-certified, 26-story mixed-use tower located at 12th and Market Streets. Built on an exceptionally tight urban site, the project comprises 240 residential units — 60 of which are operated by The ROOST Apartment Hotel — positioned above 30,000 square feet of retail space and underground parking. Its structure features 4,375 pieces, including 2,500 precast concrete slabs, and is clad in a composite metal facade with expansive window walls. The building’s infrastructure includes a water source heat pump HVAC system, a central hot and cold water supply, and a rooftop gas co-generation plant that supplies most of its electricity while also heating the rooftop pool.
The luxury apartments boast floor-to-ceiling windows, exposed concrete ceilings, wood floors, white oak cabinetry, and high-end fixtures. Residents enjoy a robust third-floor amenity level featuring a movie theater, dog run, children's indoor and outdoor play areas, a conversation lounge, game room, demonstration kitchen, lending library, fitness center, green roof, and an olympic-sized outdoor pool. The pool, heated by rooftop micro-turbines, sits on a landscaped terrace with precast concrete pedestal pavers. Its chemical treatment and mechanical systems are located within the podium 200 feet away, with the pool itself craned into place in four pieces, seam-welded, tested, tiled, and connected to the remote equipment systems.
