Good experience living here (staff, neighbors, neighborhood, access to public transportation), and good experience touring complex, but had massive issues getting paperwork/approval for renting. Online system was broken and staff didn't know how to use it. Almost lost apartment in the process, during final exams.

The arch is in a great location directly across from the Comcast building close to love park and city hall. They have a great gym on the second floor of the building. The apartments are definitely on the smaller side but they are very modern and nice. Quiet building I can never hear anyone else on my floor, I am on the 12th. Would highly recommend

We lived in The Arch for 4 years and had no serious complaints. Teresa is a great building manager. Overall, nice apartments, though a little on the small side. Gym, study room, and TV room are nice though basic. Liked the ease of bill pay/rent payments and online management system. Good location near Rittenhouse though street parking is terrible for visitors. Decent garages nearby. Bike share stops closeby which makes traveling around the city easy. Would recommend this building to anyone looking to live in Center City.

The Arch is a nice and beautiful building. Apartments are small, but more than large enough and brand new (building was converted from an early 20th-century office building a few years ago). It has a small gym, a media-viewing room, and a common lounge. Doormen are on duty 24 hours a day. My experiences with the management company have been mostly positive. The residents seem to be a mix of young-to-middle age professionals, with some graduate students thrown in. The main drawback is the location. The Arch is certainly in the center, located in the financial district just across from the Comcast Tower, but is a bit farther from campus than buildings closer to Rittenhouse Square. The walk to campus takes roughly 30 minutes; however, access to public transport is good. Its location in the financial district has two additional drawbacks: first, the surrounding area doesn't feel like a 'neighborhood' and is very corporate, and second, the area can be quite noisy especially during the week. Street noise tends to echo off the surrounding skyscrapers, and the Comcast building's loading dock is just below. Truck noise (backup beeps, etc.) is frequent. There are also no 'normal' grocery stores nearby. However, the building is equidistant to Trader Joe's and also the Reading Terminal Market (which is excellent surprisingly cheap for produce). There is also a Wawa open 24 hours located in the building. One final note: be aware that Comcast will be constructing its new skyscraper a block away, starting in the summer of 2014.