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Looking for Partner on 1801 Vine Street Redevelopment Philadelphia

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They are seeking LEED certification on the job while providing hotel, retail, and museum space. Proposals are being collected on a 250,000 square foot mixed use historical redevelopment in Center City Philadelaphia. The project is funded by the City but they are hiring a developer to propose a plan and oversee the project.

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Comcast to build second Philadelphia skyscraper, with Norman Foster-designed tower [slideshow]

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Comcast Corporation announced last week its plan to build a second skyscraper in Philadelphia, adjacent to its current global headquarters, the 58-story, 973-foot Comcast Center. Body Image: read more.

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Top 10 green building products for 2014

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Green Building Council’s Greenbuild convention in Philadelphia on Thursday, November 21. BuildingGreen, Inc., publisher of GreenSpec and Environmental Building News (EBN) today announced this year’s winners of its annual Top-10 awards. The winners were featured over a live BuildingGreen webcast and will be presented at the U.S.

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Philadelphia’s uCity Square kicks off major expansion drive

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On November 9, 3675 Market—a 14-story, 343,465-sf office building with space for lab, clinical, educational, and retail tenants—will open within uCity Square, a 14-acre innovation center in Philadelphia that, over the next decade, plans to more than double its leasable space to 6.5 million sf across 11 city blocks, from 2.5

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Five Below To Expand, Relocate National HQ In Philadelphia

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Five Below, a specialty value retailer catering to teens and pre-teens, will expand and relocate its national headquarters in Philadelphia, PA, a move that will create 154 new, high-wage jobs. “We We knew from day one we wanted Five Below’s headquarters to be in Philadelphia,” said Joel Anderson, CEO of Five Below.

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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts

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Photo © Sarah Mechling, courtesy Perkins Eastman Yomo Toro Apartments in New York City, Cedar Crossing in Seattle, and Harrison Plaza Senior Tower in Philadelphia are among the examples conceived as more than just a roof overhead. Harrison Plaza now favors residents 55 and older who are at or below 60% of AMI for North Philadelphia.

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Not your grandparents’ senior living community: Redefining aging in place

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For a long time, those of us in senior living knew there was a portion of us who wanted to stay nearby, near friends, familiar retail and services, and transit,” says Brad Perkins, the firm’s Co-founder and Chairman. The property, furthermore, is located less than a mile from a restaurant-and-retail hub of the city.