Chubb Closes in on Deal for New 475,000 SF Center City Office Building

Chubb Ltd. Offices for Philadelphia

Chubb Ltd., the giant insurance company, is nearing a deal to move forward with a proposed 475,000-square-foot building at 2000 Arch St. that would eventually serve as its new Philadelphia offices, according to several sources familiar with the plan.

The company had been evaluating over the last four years or so whether to have a new office building developed for its Philadelphia operations. Those discussions were interrupted for various reasons including the pandemic but gained traction over the last year.

Chubb currently maintains its offices at 436 Walnut St., a 361,000-square-foot building it owns, and leases 140,000 square feet at the Washington, a neighboring office building. 

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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Impact Museums, partner in the Immersive Van Gogh exhibit, leases space in Center City

Van Gogh Museum Philadelphia

A joint venture that brings the popular Immersive Van Gogh exhibit to cities across the country has signed a lease on 32,000 square feet in a Center City office building to provide a rotation of similar programming on permanent basis.

Lighthouse Immersive and Impact Museums signed a long-term lease on the space at the Washington at 510-530 Walnut St. The space, which has a bank vault in it, had been vacant for nearly 10 years after what had been Beneficial Bank relocated out of the building. While it has been a difficult space to lease to traditional office tenants, it worked for Impact Museums. 

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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Brandywine Realty Trust brings on JV partner to develop $307M building at 3151 Market

Chubb Ltd. Offices for Philadelphia

Brandywine Realty Trust has arranged another joint venture with an undisclosed global institutional investor to proceed with the development of 3151 Market St., a proposed $307 million building in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia that will cater to life sciences tenants. 

Brandywine (NYSE: BDN) is also exploring ways to expand its B.Labs incubator in Cira Centre to bolster its pipeline of prospective life sciences tenants. 

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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Capital One opening Philadelphia innovation center with plans to hire 100 tech workers

Capital One, Center City, PA

One of the nation’s largest banks is opening an innovation center in Center City that will house 100 new technology jobs. 

Capital One said it has leased space at 1735 Market St., where it plans to hire software engineers, product managers and technical roles to work on “challenging technology problems.”

Jay Michelini, head of technology strategy and business operations at Capital One, said because the company has two of its café locations in Rittenhouse Square and King of Prussia, it is familiar with the Philadelphia region and its talent pool. He said Capital One wants to deepen its ties here by hiring talent where they live to make retail banking products. 

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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Rite Aid Downsizes Headquarters in Relocation to Philadelphia

Rite Aid

Pharmacy chain Rite Aid has moved to accommodate a more remote workforce, downsizing and relocating its headquarters to Philadelphia and selling its former one in central Pennsylvania.

The retailer this week unveiled its new base on the second floor of 1200 Intrepid Ave. in Philadelphia’s Navy Yard district. It’s a 23,000-square-foot space that Rite Aid in a statement called its Collaboration Center, a place that aims to bring the company’s “remote corporate workforce and associates together in a modern space with state-of-the-art amenities.”

Rite Aid last September announced it was moving its headquarters from a 205,000-square-foot office building it occupies at 30 Hunter Lane in Camp Hill, which is near Harrisburg.

*Article courtesy of Costar

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NY company billed as ‘the world’s insight network’ to open 250-person Philadelphia office

Chubb Ltd. Offices for Philadelphia

Financial and information services firm GLG is opening its third major U.S. office in Philadelphia at the Bourse building. 

The company is investing $2.5 million in the office project, and also received $250,000 from the state in the form of a Pennsylvania First grant. GLG has opened a temporary office space in the Bourse already, but the permanent space will occupy 15,718 square feet in the historic office building at 111 S. Independence Mall East in Old City. 

Over the next three years, GLG expects the Old City office to house 250 employees. GLG also has the ability to double its office footprint in the city to accommodate future growth, a spokesperson said. 

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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WCRE Completes Office Lease in Philadelphia

Two Penn Center, Philadelphia, PA

WCRE is proud to have exclusively represented Sadek & Cooper, in the leasing of 3,468 square feet of office space located at Two Penn Center, 1500 JFK Blvd., Philadelphia, PA from Crown Two Penn Center Associates, LLP an entity controlled by ASI Management.

Sadek & Cooper is a multi-disciplinary law firm specializing in both Family Law and Bankruptcy. Sadek & Cooper offers an array of services to individuals who are seeking bankruptcy solutions to their debt problems. Their lawyers provide individuals a meticulous analysis of their client’s options in numerous areas; Chapter 11, Chapter 13, Mortgage Foreclosure, Student Loan Debt Relief, Tax Foreclosure and related areas of debt relief.

Two Penn Center is a Class “A” twenty story, 540,000 square foot office building at 1500 JFK Blvd.  Two Penn is directly across the street from Love Park providing tenants direct access to the recently renovated and iconic Philadelphia Park.  Two Penn also sits directly above Suburban Station and offers direct access to the Concourse, allowing employees to make the trip from desk to train in 5 minutes or less.  Built in 1960, Two Penn has undergone major renovations to the lobby and common areas and is professionally maintained.  Two Penn has numerous tenants who provide professional services in the fields of law, financial services, marketing and technology.

Todd Monahan, Executive Vice President and Managing Director at WCRE exclusively represented the tenant in this transaction.

Most Philly workers are still remote as city works toward pandemic recovery

Center City Return to Work

More than two years into the pandemic, thousands of employees continue to work remotely in the suburbs rather than commute into the city, according to a new report by Pew Charitable Trusts.

The permanent trend toward remote work is contributing to Philadelphia’s tepid economic rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic and a decline in the total workforce overall, Pew found. The full report, the latest in a series on Philadelphia’s Fiscal Future, published in partnership with the William Penn Foundation is available on Pew’s website.

The report raises concerns that Philly could experience an uneven, inequitable recovery inflicting particular pain on some of the city’s residents, especially people of color, said report coauthor Larry Eichel.

Amid the pandemic, lower-wage jobs in hotels, restaurants, and other leisure sectors disappeared, hurting already disadvantaged Philadelphians with lower incomes who held these service positions.

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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BET Investments pays $30M for Prudential Insurance Co. property in Upper Dublin

BET Investments Inc. has closed on the purchase of Prudential Insurance Co.’s 90-acre campus, paying $30.25 million for the property that is visible from the Pennsylvania Turnpike. 

The property at 2101 Welsh Road in Upper Dublin has three interconnected office buildings that total 861,000 square feet and surface parking lots that have 2,175 spaces. Prudential was the seller.

The Philadelphia Business Journal reported in April that BET Investments had put the property under contract. 

Prudential developed the buildings between 1972 and 1986 as its Central Atlantic home office and had hundreds of employees working from the campus. The insurer is expected to vacate the complex by the end of 2023. 

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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After seven years, South Philadelphia’s Bok building is 98% leased

Philadelphia

Seven years ago this July, Scout Ltd. closed on buying the 8-story, 338,000-square-foot Edward W. Bok Vocational School at 1901 S. 9th St. in South Philadelphia. 

The hulking building was vacant at the time and Lindsey Scannapieco, Scout’s managing partner, had ambitions to convert the former school, which she described in a recent interview as a “giant castle,” into an innovative mixed-use development. “We always knew it was going to be a long-term project,” Scannapieco said. “How does one eat an elephant? One bite at a time and that has been our approach to Bok.”

While that method has worked, it’s not one that can be deployed at just any building and the Bok isn’t just any building. The Bok is now 98% occupied with an eclectic mix of 250 different tenants that include artists, makers, nonprofits, and cultural organizations, among others. 

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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