The 131 residences and 20,000 sq. ft. of retail at Coulter Place, the first apartments in the nearly 100-year history of Suburban Square. The shopping center’s owner, Kimco Realty, partnered with Bozzuto Construction. Leasing and operations are being handled by Bozzuto’s property management division.
With 70 swanky shops and restaurants literally at your feet, life at the new Coulter Place apartments offers copious conveniences – if not a whole lot of personal square footage.
It took five years for Suburban Square’s first residences to go from concept to completion.
Are they worth the wait … and their steep price tags?
Well, here’s what Suburban Square owner Kimco Realty and partner Bozzuto are selling.
First, location.
Coulter Place has nearly one-and-a-half football fields of communal play-and-work space but its biggest amenity is where it sits. “Second to none on the Main Line,” enthuses Pete Sikora, VP of Bozzuto Development.
The “active courtyard’s pool deck faces Coulter Ave.
The quiet courtyard in the building’s rear is for passive pursuits.
Indeed, it’s hard to put a price on bird’s-eye views of Trader Joe’s and Ardmore Farmers Market. If their parking lot looks especially hairy (you’ll never have to deal with that nightmare again!), peek out your apartment window. When the lot clears a bit, head over. Both markets are right across the street.
A corner bedroom in a 4th-floor, 1,411 sq. ft. three-bedroom offers views of Gap, Sweetgreen and Warby Parker.
Fancy a dinner reservation? Coulter Place’s full-time concierge will be happy to assist.
Ordering in? Uber Eats and Door Dash drivers have a designated corridor and callbox.
Online shopaholic? Your Amazon boxes and IG finds will be neatly arranged in a pristine, 400 sq. ft. package room, freeing you from porch pirates and dark, sloppy mailrooms forever.
The wallpaper in the corridor between the Coulter Place garage to shops depicts historic images of Suburban Square.
Calling a rideshare? Watch for it in the comfort of the Uber lounge and do grab a coffee en route. It will be brewing 24/7.
Goes without saying that you’ll also be able to swim, barbecue, hang by the fire pit, exercise, and shoot pool and play shuffleboard while you watch the Phillies with your new pals – without ever throwing on a jacket.
The Coulter Place clubroom opens to the active courtyard. Interiors were created by Hartman Design Group.
You’ll also be busy at craft nights, guided tastings and whatever else the property manager dreams up a few times a month.
And if you must work (sigh) to afford the rent, you can Zoom in peace in a glass-walled, sound-muffled pod. Your one-bedroom may simply be too snug.
Coulter Place has assorted workspaces including booths and private pods.
When you do venture out, find your car in its assigned space in the garage. Drive an EV? Take your pick of 16 chargers.
On second thought: you may not need a car. The SEPTA/Amtrak station and every conceivable service are just steps away – even stuff you don’t yet know you need like “sugaring” away unwanted hair at Sugared + Bronzed, regenerative stem-cell facial injections at Skin Laundry, and beating your body to a pulp – in a good way – at Barry’s Boot Camp. All three will be right downstairs.
Lease here and you’ll have plenty of company. When Coulter Place is fully occupied, you’ll have neighbors in 130 other apartments. (That’s 20 more than One Ardmore on Cricket Ave. and half the size of The Piazza at Ardmore, now under construction on Lancaster Ave.)
Who knows? With all those communal spaces, you might even stop swiping right. Your dream partner could be swinging on the hammock next to you.
Naturally, ease of this magnitude won’t come cheap: $3,000/month for a “cozy” 673-sq. ft. one-bedroom to $7,300 for the largest three-bedroom, not counting garage and amenity fees.
Your new home will, of course, be nicely appointed, befitting and reflecting its surroundings.
The light-brown brick and subtle Art Deco flourishes on the facade above the main entrance (below) mirror the Times Building, the centerpiece of Suburban Square.
As for the apartments themselves, they’re a tick more schmancy than Bozzuto’s most recent Main Line project, the 250-unit Point at Berwyn (formerly Ember).
“The closet upgrades, fixtures and finishes are a step above” and “the amenity package is a little bit more sophisticated,” shares Bozzuto’s Sikora.
A furnished, one-bedroom model at Coulter Place.
“You have to design to the clientele,” Sikora says. (Bozzutto is also building 5-story, 197 Life Time Living apartments next to Life Time Athletic in Tredyffrin.)
It seems the Ardmore clientele is intrigued. A dozen apartments were leased well before the building was finished and Property Manager Ariel Kutzor tells us she’s giving nine tours nightly to people of all ages: yo-pros through retirees.
Sikora foresees strong demand. “The younger demographic – they’re renters by choice. A lot of them don’t have an interest in owning.” And down-sizers will appreciate the extra space of the three-bedroom units and the building’s optional on-site storage, he says.
So, here it sits, spit-shined and au courante on Coulter Ave., awaiting only your signature: a life of convenience fueled by the apps on your phone, your appetite for the good life, and, er, your flush bank account.
It’s so sad we can’t seem to build affordable housing. It’s great these apartments are near shops, but where are the people who WORK in the those shops supposed to live?