Rivers Casino has transformed a former PECO power plant on the Delaware River waterfront into a new boutique hotel, writes Michael Tanenbaum for Phillyvoice.

The new Riversuites Hotel just began taking reservations for the 62-room apartment-style suites that will occupy four floors of The Battery, the mixed-use project at the former Delaware River Generating Station. 

The 11-acre property was purchased by Lubert-Adler Real Estate Funds in 2020. The $154 million redevelopment project includes residential units, offices, indoor and outdoor event spaces, and other amenities. 

Guest suites at the Riversuites are about 854 square feet on average, and the rooms all have full kitchens, featuring a mix of patios and bi-level lofts and one-, two- and three-bedroom units.

Hotel features include an indoor basketball court, pool table, lobby gathering spaces, and co-working space.

Casino guests can get to the hotel on foot using the Delaware Riverwalk.

The Riversuites is one of two hotels inside the complex, with the 45-room hotel, The Switch House, being the other.

The former Delaware River Generating Station opened in 1921 and was once the power provider to nearly half of Philadelphia. The PECO facility operated as a power plant into the 1970s and was decommissioned in 2008.

The building received both national and local historic designations in 2016. 

Read more about The Riversuites Hotel in Phillyvoice.

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