In 1925, the eminent architect Horace Trumbauer, who had already designed the Philadelphia Museum of Art, enriched the strategic location of South Broad Street with the Gothic-revival structure now known as 230 South Broad Street.
230 South Broad is located in the heart of Center City Philadelphia at the northwest corner of Broad and Locust Streets amidst the city's most venerated cultural institutions on the Avenue of the Arts. In addition to being at the center of Philadelphia's primary cultural corridor, this location places the property within four blocks of Rittenhouse Square as well as within four blocks of the West Market Street office core. The historic Academy of Music, home to both the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Pennsylvania Ballet, is located directly across Locust Street and the new $250 million Regional Performing Arts Center is under construction just one block to the south of the property. Finally, the property is located adjacent to the Broad Street Subway, one block from the PATCO high-speed line to suburban New Jersey and only four blocks from Suburban Station, which is the hub for all regional rail lines serving the Pennsylvania suburbs. Its proximity to multiple mass-transit lines enables the property to offer its tenants superior commuting alternatives.