Building shuttle to and from school, gym with extended hours, free rental for garden patio, conference room, free laundry, and inexpensive parking and rent add up to a great deal. Because this building is 5 minutes further away from Rittenhouse than other buildings, the monthly rent is hundreds of dollars cheaper. However, it's literally right by 2401 Walnut and Schuylkill river park. It's also closer to campus, Penn park, etc. than most other Wharton-heavy buildings, save for RiverLoft. Usually, more than 40-50 Wharton students live here each year, so frequent dinner parties are a great way to meet your neighbors.

Pros:
1) 2400 Chestnut is located midway between the school and Rittenhouse square, and is right next to the river for those who are interested in going for long runs along the river trail.
2) Fantastic management that is always supportive and reasonably responsive to requests. 3) The doormen are friendly and are a big help in attending to your requests as well.

Cons:
This is not a high ceiling building which some of the brownstone or other fancier apartment buildings can offer.

2400 Chestnut is a great apartment building that has 33 floors and about 12 apartments on each floor. It is located in Centre City but is very close to University City. The building offers great value and even has a free university shuttle service that is very helpful in the winter. There are about 30-40 Wharton students staying in the building right now. There are two drawbacks - washer/dryers are on every floor so need to shared, and there is no official "lounge" area in the building. It is right by the river and offers spectacular views! Would I move elsewhere after 1st yr? No.

Lots of Penn grad students and residents live here, in addition to young families and some elderly people. The location is convenient to both Penn and Center city. It has a shuttle to Penn in the mornings that's convenient especially in cold weather, a nice gym with a television, and a lot of quickly responsive repairmen. There is are 24 hour doormen, who are all generally nice, and good package/mail delivery, etc. It's a reasonably quiet building. The apartments themselves are on the older end, but very nice and clean and the appliances work fine. The most important thing to note, however, is that electricity for heating and cooling (especially in the cold winter months and hot summer months) costs a LOT. Expect to budget about $100-$200 for your electricity bill during the coldest and hottest months of the year. The windows are not well insulated, and the heaters/air conditioners are right next to the windows. Other than that, it's been a great experience living here.

2400 Chestnut has been a great community. Lots of students, a shuttle to campus, excellent location near the Schuylkill River

The apartments are very spacious but a bit old. The gym is a bit old-fashioned and depressive. Common areas are always clean. The airconditioning system is old and thus very energy-consuming. There is carpet everywhere inside the apartment- good for the cold weather, bad for hygiene Very friendly and helpful personnel. The location is its best feature - close to both University and Center City.

Very good bldg with lot of facilities and well secured. very well located 5 min form center city and 10 min from university city.The only problem is that the bathrooms are old and need some renovation. Management representative are very helpful.

Good value, very close to law school, east side of Penn's campus

Convenient location, stunning view, great amenities

- The apartment building has good things which include the location of the building, it is in center city but within a mile radius from the campus and it is close to the train station; trader Joe's groceries and to the river walking and biking track. They