Posts By: WCRE

Brandywine Expects to Break Ground on $287M Schuylkill Yards Building in March

Brandywine Realty Trust has secured two partners — one an undisclosed global institutional investor — on the development of a $287 million project at Schuylkill Yards and is making progress on its lease negotiations with Dechert at Cira Centre. The Philadelphia real estate investment trust said Dechert, one of Philadelphia’s largest law firms, is in… Read more »

2000 Market Wraps Up $12M in Renovations

Nahla Capital has completed $12 million in interior and exterior renovations to 2000 Market St. and signed a handful of lease renewals at the Center City office building. “We have had good momentum even during the pandemic,” said P.J. Van Hoof, senior associate at Nahla Capital. “We had more smaller tenants that were expiring and with… Read more »

BakerHostetler Signs Deal to Move Philadelphia Office

BakerHostetler has signed a 16-year lease to relocate its Philadelphia offices from Cira Centre in University City to BNY Mellon Center at 1735 Market St. in the Central Business District. The Cleveland-based law firm leased 45,121 square feet, a reduction from the 80,000 square feet it had occupied at Cira Centre. BakerHostetler’s lease was scheduled… Read more »

Axalta to Close Center City Headquarters Office

Axlata Coating Systems Ltd. plans to close its Center City global headquarters office and move out of the 36,000 square feet it has occupied at Two Commerce Square for the last seven years. Employees working out of Philadelphia will relocate to either its 55,000-square-foot North American headquarters off Applied Bank Way in Glen Mills or… Read more »

Suburbs are in Vogue’: Swedesford Road Office Buildings Hit the Market

The properties being marketed are: 656-676 E. Swedesford Road, a two-building complex that totals 147,000 square feet; and the Valley Forge Office Center, which includes 480 E. Swedesford Road, a 49,000-square-foot building, and 500 E. Swedesford Road, a 61,000-square-foot property. No prices have been set for the buildings. The complex at 656-676 E. Swedesford was… Read more »

Fully Approved Philly Medical Space for Sale or Lease

Wolf Commercial Real Estate, the leading Philly commercial real estate broker with experience in Philly commercial real estate listings and services, now has available fully approved, build-to-suit Philly medical space for sale or lease at 2201 East Allegheny Avenue Philadelphia PA. The main building of this Philly medical space for sale or lease contains +/-… Read more »

Imvax Picked the Iconic Curtis Building for its New HQ in Philadelphia

Imvax expected to host an event in April or May to unveil its new headquarters at The Curtis in the Old City section of Philadelphia, but the ongoing pandemic scuttled those plans. “Covid-19 clearly got in the way,” said John Furey, the former Spark Therapeutics executive who was hired as CEO of Imvax last year. “Once… Read more »