PHILADELPHIA-CAMDEN-WILMINGTON-ATLANTIC CITY-READING | Metro Development Thread

[hammersklavier]

Originally Posted by Arch+Eng

What the hell happened to the titles...is this the low rise thread?

No, the thread hierarchy is changed.

This thread is for the posting of news items and is in the global P&C subforum.

This thread is for all development talk about city related projects, and is in the Northeast subforum. If it's within city limits, it goes there.

And this thread is for urban development news and talk for the region (i.e. Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, and Chester cos. in PA; DE; and South Jersey). That would include places like Lansdale and Phoenixville and Ardmore and Camden and Wilmington and Collingswood and Dover and Trenton and Cape May, but it does not include projects within city limits.

Essentially, what we've done is moved chatter into the Northeast subforum while keeping news items in the global forum. We're considering retiring Thread IX as part of this project as well.

[summersm343]

Okay, here is the set up for now.

The Wilmington, Camden and Atlantic City threads have been merged into here. This thread will now be titled, and cover:

Philadelphia | Metro Developments Thread

This thread is for development updates for the surrounding Delaware Valley counties of the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area.

Counties & Cities/Towns included in this thread:

Pennsylvania
Montgomery: Conshohocken, King of Prussia, Bala Cynwyd, Ardmore, etc.
Delaware: Chester, Media, Upper Darby, Swarthmore, etc.
Chester: West Chester, Coatesville, Kennett Square, Phoenixville, etc.
Bucks: Bensalem, Bristol, Doyelstown, New Hope, etc.
Berks: Reading, Wyomissing, Kutztown, etc.

New Jersey
Camden: Camden, Cherry Hill, Collingswood, Haddonfield, etc.
Burlington: Burlington, Mount Laurel, Palmyra, etc.
Gloucester: Glassbroo, Paulsboro, Bridgeport, etc.
Salem: Salem, Penns Grove, Pittsgrove, etc.
Cumberland: Vineland, Bridgeton, Millville, etc.
Atlantic: Atlantic City, Pleasantville, Ventnor City, Brigantine, etc.
Cape May: Wildwood, Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Cape May, etc.

Delaware
New Castle: Wilmington, New Castle, New Castle, Middletown, etc.
Kent: Dover, Harrington, Milford, Smyrna, etc.

Maryland
Cecil: Elkton, Charlestown, Chesapeake City, etc.

[summersm343]

Conshohocken, PA

Sora West - office, hotel and retail
16 floors, 15 floors & 14 floors
Going through approval process now

Plans for SORA include two office towers with over 500,000 square feet of office space, three parking garages that will house over 1,500 spaces and a 16-story luxury hotel. Additionally, this complex will include restaurants, retail space, and a plaza for public events.

http://keystonepropertygroup.com/pen...-conshohocken/

Conshohocken, PA

Seven Tower Bridge - office
14 floors
Proposed

Seven Tower Bridge is the new centerpiece of the Tower Bridge development, maintaining the tradition of the finest, downtown-
quality architecture and appointments. This fourteen-story, 260,000 square foot office tower on the banks of the Schuylkill River offers highly efficient office space on 26,000 square foot floors.

http://www.towerbridgeproperties.com/seven_tb.html

Conshohocken, PA

400 W. Elm Street - office
8 floors
Going through approval process



http://400westelm.com/amenities/

[summersm343]

Could Bala Cynwyd's City Avenue Be the Next Rodin Square?

http://philly.curbed.com/2016/1/28/1...se-development

[summersm343]

King of Prussia, PA

Mall expansion. I'm sure you all probably know about this already. The expansion connects the Plaza and the Court, and will make on long continuous mall. The expansion is adding 170,000 square feet of retail space, or 50 new stores/restaurants. Some stores currently confirmed for the expansion include: Carolina Herrera, Vince, Stuart Weiztman, Robert Graham, Clarins, Diane Von Furstenberg, Bottega Veneta, etc.

The project is well under construction, and will be complete in August of 2016.



http://6abc.com/shopping/king-of-pru...rridor/818926/

King of Prussia, PA

SEPTA Rail Expansion. The expansion would extend the Norristown High-Speed Rail Line to King of Prussia. It will stop in King of Prussia Mall, at the King of Prussia business park, and possibly the Village at Valley Forge, the Valley Forge Casino, etc.



http://articles.philly.com/2015-03-2...ement-district

King of Prussia, PA

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Specialty Care and Surgery Center. The project is under construction.



http://www.chop.edu/locations/specia...d#.VyvtKD8t8fo

King of Prussia/ Valley Forge, PA

The Village at Valley Forge and King of Prussia Town Center.

The King of Prussia Town Center will add new stores and restaurants including Nordstrom Rack, Ulta Beauty, Fogo De Chao, Honeygrow, etc. The project is under construction.









http://www.phillymag.com/property/20...ng-of-prussia/

The Village at Valley Forge. 1 million square feet of retail. 500 residential units. 400 room hotel.





http://www.theeisengroup.com/project...-valley-forge/

[summersm343]

Ardmore, PA

47-65 Cricket Avenue. 5 floors. Luxury apartments and retail.



http://www.mainlinemedianews.com/art...b967077137.txt


Ardmore, PA

One Ardmore Place. 8 floors. Luxury apartments and retail.



http://www.phillymag.com/property/20...ardmore-place/

[summersm343]

Originally Posted by Urbanthusiat

I like that this thread exists; there is so much more development we can talk about! I'm pretty interested at what has been happening in Phoenixville. It's a really great urban center along the Schuylkill between Chester and Montgomery counties, with a ton of Victorian-era charm and post-industrial re-use from it's steel-producing heyday. Very quietly Phoenixville has been a great success story for historic preservation and reuse while adapting to modern urbanism.

Superb Phoenixville update! There is a good amount of urban development going on in Philadelphia's suburbs right now.

[summersm343]

Atlantic City, NJ

South Jersey Gas Headquarters, and Stockton AC Campus. 13 floor office building, 8 floor Stockton Student housing, and 4 floor Stockton Classroom building.

Thread for this here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...=Atlantic+City



http://articles.philly.com/2015-11-2...sey-industries

http://acprimetime.com/stockton-sj-g...opment-update/

[summersm343]

Camden, NJ

Liberty Property Trust Waterfront Towers. One 24 floors, 420 foot tower. One 22 floor, 350 foot tower. 1.7 million square feet of office space. 120 to 140 hotel rooms, and 325 apartments.

Thread for this here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ghlight=Camden









http://www.philly.com/philly/news/ne...and_shops.html

http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelp...us-camden.html

http://www.njbiz.com/article/2015092...den-waterfront

[dab]

Granite Run
Demolition of Mall underway
http://www.delcotimes.com/article/DC...NEWS/160419855



Making way for this:
http://www.delcotimes.com/article/DC...NEWS/151109631




Marple
Cardinal Crossings proposals continue to see a lot of push back from the community. Latest proposal eliminated Hotel, Carrige Homes and Community Center in favor of sports fields and more office space.

Huge parcel of land they are dealing with. (Don Guanella site)
http://www.delconewsnetwork.com/arti...0500735746.txt

[summersm343]

New Stores announced so far for King of Prussia Mall Expansion

Altar'd State
Anthropologie
BoConcept
Bottega Veneta
Carolina Herrera
Clarins
Diane Von Furstenberg
Jimmy Choo
Nic+Zoe
Primark
Robert Graham
St. John
Stuart Weitzman
Super Dry
Vince

[Knight Hospitaller]

Originally Posted by summersm343

New Stores announced so far for King of Prussia Mall Expansion

Altar'd State
Anthropologie
BoConcept
Bottega Veneta
Carolina Herrera
Clarins
Diane Von Furstenberg
Jimmy Choo
Nic+Zoe
Primark
Robert Graham
St. John
Stuart Weitzman
Super Dry
Vince

Unless they'll have a second site, Primark is already open in the lower floor of the former Sears. Dick's Sporting Goods took the upper level. Speaking of second sites, I heard that Shake Shack is going to open an outlet in the new connector.

[Knight Hospitaller]

Originally Posted by dab

Granite Run
Demolition of Mall underway

There goes a big piece of my childhood.

Since we're in the area, I appreciate the amenities going into the Don Guanella site, but that open space mitigated the feeling that you were in the middle of such a built-up county.

[MetaldDeth81]

Seeing the recap of all of those projects consecutively makes me cringe.. Specifically, the cookie-cutter "town centers" of KoP, Cardinal Crossings, and Granite Run.

[1487]

while conshohocken is dense for a PA suburb, all those parking structures really prevent it from being more like what you see outside of DC. The office buildings are somewhat urban in form and are hi rises, but they are either on top of or adjacent to huge parking garages. It's quite apparent that the developers don't expect many to do anything but drive to the jobs in Conshy.

[dab]

Originally Posted by Knight Hospitaller

Since we're in the area, I appreciate the amenities going into the Don Guanella site, but that open space mitigated the feeling that you were in the middle of such a built-up county.

http://www.savemarplegreenspace.com/
I live in Broomall... the save Marple green space signs are everywhere. I see both sides of it, but it is such a massive piece of land it'd be silly for it be left completely undeveloped unless they turn it into some sort of conservatory/park/arboretum/whatever (which ain't gonna happen)

the land as it is now is completely unused as far as I can tell... people claim there are trails being used, but I highly doubt that. I think this is mostly people concerned with increased traffic volume pretending they care about the green space.

Originally Posted by MetaldDeth81

Seeing the recap of all of those projects consecutively makes me cringe.. Specifically, the cookie-cutter "town centers" of KoP, Cardinal Crossings, and Granite Run.

It's definitely cringey, but an improvement over strip malls.

[Knight Hospitaller]

Originally Posted by dab

http://www.savemarplegreenspace.com/
I live in Broomall... the save Marple green space signs are everywhere. I see both sides of it, but it is such a massive piece of land it'd be silly for it be left completely undeveloped unless they turn it into some sort of conservatory/park/arboretum/whatever (which ain't gonna happen)

the land as it is now is completely unused as far as I can tell... people claim there are trails being used, but I highly doubt that. I think this is mostly people concerned with increased traffic volume pretending they care about the green space.




It's definitely cringey, but an improvement over strip malls.

We're on the far side of Havertown now (used to be in Wallingford). I was surprised about how massive the parcel is (sitting in on an Archdiocesan presentation on the subject made me realize that). Don Guanella barely makes a dent in it. It is screaming for development, but I hope they can accomplish that without entirely clear cutting it. If you can't have an actual town center, I'll take a "towncenter."

[Teakwood]

Originally Posted by dab

the land as it is now is completely unused as far as I can tell... people claim there are trails being used, but I highly doubt that. I think this is mostly people concerned with increased traffic volume pretending they care about the green space.

I can confirm the trails, I walk them somewhat frequently. However, since it isn't an official park or anything, there is a lot of dumping going on and there is trash strewn everywhere. It seems like more than anything else, it is a teenager hangout with multiple fire pits, mattresses, and bike jumps. If they can control the traffic aspect, I don't mind them developing along Sproul, but it would be nice for the side closer to Reed, which is somewhat limited in possible uses due to geography, to remain open space.

[Londonee]

This is an interesting title thread - as Philadelphia is one of the few (maybe the only) traditional big cities that never uses the term "Metropolitan" in any official capacity - whether talking about the area, the region, cultural entities, news sections, transit agencies, etc.

Instead of the Inky calling it "Local News" - it's so much grander to have a Metro Section.

[Teakwood]

Originally Posted by Londonee

This is an interesting title thread - as Philadelphia is one of the few (maybe the only) traditional big cities that never uses the term "Metropolitan" in any official capacity - whether talking about the area, the region, cultural entities, news sections, transit agencies, etc.

Instead of the Inky calling it "Local News" - it's so much grander to have a Metro Section.

Isn't the Delaware Valley the fancy name for the Philly Metro?