Digitas Inc. is cutting in half its Philadelphia office space as the health care advertising agency moves from the Wanamaker Building to the Bourse in Old City. Digitas’ lease for 108,619 square feet in the historic Wanamaker expires in November. The company is taking about 55,000 square feet of space at the Bourse. *Article courtesy… Read more »
Fox Rothschild will be leaving its home of 46 years at 2000 Market St. — cutting more than 40% of its space in the process — to move across the street. The firm has signed a 15-year lease at Two Commerce Square at 2001 Market and will move in December 2024. Chairman Mark Morris said the firm… Read more »
WCRE is proud to have exclusively represented ReachMobi, in the subleasing of 10,500 square feet of office space located at the The Lits Building, 701 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Five Below, in their corporate headquarters. ReachMobi develops apps that enable end users to be more efficient, operate their devices more simply and connect to… Read more »
Comcast Corp. will begin requiring employees to come into the office four days a week beginning in mid-September, according to a source with knowledge of the company’s plans. One of the region’s largest employers, Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) had previously required some 8,000 Philadelphia employees to work in-person three days a week on Tuesday, Wednesday and… Read more »
A historic building on Market Street in Center City is up for sale. Again. The property for sale at 801 Market St. includes 11 stories of office space, or 703,466 square feet. The portion of the building for sale consists of floors three to 13. The building was built in 1931, renovated in 2002 and… Read more »
As Parkway Corp. CEO Rob Zuritsky stood along John F. Kennedy Boulevard between 21st and 22nd streets surveying the neighborhood, he pointed to a number of development sites that are changing the face of the western edge of Center City. Nearby, construction equipment was scattered on once empty lots, where soon looming structures will rise. Like the… Read more »
Despite challenges in the office market, Brandywine Realty Trust CEO Jerry Sweeney believes his company is well positioned moving forward because of the high quality of its buildings and shifting portfolio. In-person tours of Brandywine (NYSE: BDN) properties were up 40% in the first quarter compared with the same timeframe in 2022 and up 27%… Read more »
Global financial services firm Morgan Stanley renewed the lease for its office space in downtown Philadelphia’s One Liberty Place. The lease covers Morgan Stanley’s 31,000-square-foot space on the 42nd floor at 1650 Market St., a 61-story office tower owned by Chicago-based Metropolis Investment Holdings Inc. *Article courtesy of Costar For more information about Philadelphia office space… Read more »
After a period of noteworthy leasing recovery since mid-2021, the Philadelphia office market has hit another setback. Business decisions, and subsequently leasing momentum, have given way to inflationary measures and economic uncertainty in recent months. The past two quarters have recorded the lowest leasing levels since the height of the pandemic. After recovering to 80% of pre-pandemic… Read more »
Alarms Ringing for Office Market: When the loan on Philadelphia’s largest stand-alone office building at 1500 Market St. moved to special servicing in August, it didn’t register much alarm at the time, according to a new report by Morningstar Credit Information & Analytics. After all, the property’s performance metrics were significantly below underwritten expectations for a loan securitized… Read more »
