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Pricey townhouses planned at former Lombard St. garage site near Rittenhouse Square

U.S. Construction aims have the four-story, 5,000-square-foot houses that make up what it calls the Moderna at Rittenhouse project ready for occupancy by August 2019.

Artist's rendering of townhomes planned on 2000 block of Lombard Street in Center City.
Artist's rendering of townhomes planned on 2000 block of Lombard Street in Center City.Read moreAtrium Design Group

Philadelphia-based developer U.S. Construction Inc. has begun work on a row of eight townhouses with multimillion-dollar price tags at the former site of a parking garage on Lombard Street between 20th and 21st Streets, across the street from the Lombard Swim Club.

U.S. Construction aims have the four-story, 5,000-square-foot houses that make up what it calls the Moderna at Rittenhouse ready for occupancy by August 2019, Jim Onesti, a real estate agent with a Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices unit in Philadelphia, said in an email this week.

The houses, which are to be listed at a starting price of $2.8 million, will have five bedrooms, an office, five full baths, two half-baths, two-car garages, finished basements, elevators, plunge pools and roof decks with outdoor kitchens, Onesti said in a news release, which also mentions the project's eligibility for the city's 10-year property tax abatement for new construction.