Penn State University’s board of trustees on Friday unanimously approved the sale of two Philadelphia Navy Yard buildings to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 and the union’s apprenticeship arm for a combined $18.5 million. The buildings total 65,057 square feet. A 38,348-square-foot building at 4960 S. 12th St. was approved to sell… Read more »
Penn State University has listed two Philadelphia Navy Yard buildings totaling 65,057 square feet for sale as the school relocates remaining offices at the locations elsewhere. The buildings had been used for academic programming, research, startup incubator space and events. Those uses have already moved out while some administrative offices remain but will also eventually… Read more »
Ensemble Investments LLC is expanding its local reach outside of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, buying two top-tier office buildings in Wayne totaling 204,000 square feet. The Long Beach, California, real estate firm purchased 650 and 680 E. Swedesford Road from Prologis Inc. The latter picked up the buildings in its $13 billion acquisition of Liberty Property… Read more »
Harsco Corp., a global company that processes industrial waste and supplies equipment for the construction of railway tracks, is relocating its headquarters to Philadelphia and will leave Camp Hill, where it has been based since 1870. The company leased 22,550 square feet at Two Logan Square. Harsco joins Rite Aid Corp., another Camp Hill company, moving… Read more »
GlaxoSmithKline is relocating corporate operations now based at the Philadelphia Navy Yard into FMC Tower at Cira Centre South in University City, joining the University of Pennsylvania and Spark Therapeutics in the building and bringing it closer to one of the city’s burgeoning life sciences hubs. The global pharmaceutical company will be leasing 46,000 square… Read more »
Rite Aid Corp. will relocate its headquarters to the Philadelphia Navy Yard, after having spent decades based in Camp Hill. The company leased 23,500 square feet at 1200 Intrepid Ave. and will open what it is calling an “enterprise headquarters” as part of an effort to redefine how it envisions its employees working as a… Read more »
