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

[iheartphilly]

I thought I saw an article in WSJ that USPTO rec'd a significant increase in patent apps from China. Lawyers hired here to file on their behalf. A good bit were fake. Don't know why?

[eixample]

Originally Posted by Nomad9

Yeah that bill is bad. Pretty blatant attempt to score political points by bringing a hollow “victory” to the little guy and punishing big corporations. The bankruptcy court here is expert at handling large corporate bankruptcies. The idea that handing those over to judges used to personal/small-time bankruptcies will somehow help employees and consumers is asinine.

The idea, I think, is that small-time creditors won't have to travel so far. Elizabeth Warren is one of the co-sponsors of the bill with a republican senator. I realize Warren is a polarizing figure but bankruptcy is her speciality. I don't really have an opinion on the bill besides not wanting Wilmington to suffer.

[Orlando]

Originally Posted by hammersklavier

I was over in Upper Darby grabbing stuff at the H-Mart the other day and I thought to myself, "Self, y'know that this part of town is probably the largest intact collection of 1920s-style commercial architecture in the region, right? Well ... maybe it should be made an historic district then, doncha think?"

Also most of the interesting stuff in Upper Darby's over by the Terminal Square H-Mart. The 69th Street area's extremely dull once you get past the lovely terracotta building the H&M's in and Tower Records.

I lived in Upper Darby in the 90's and took the blue? line to the terminal and rode the smaller street car down Garrett Road all the time. I really liked the urban feel of that area next to the terminal.

[PhillyEngineer]

Update on One Ardmore Place taken on 6/3/2018:







Construction has started on The Cricket Flats across from One Ardmore Place. This will be a 175,000 sf five story mixed use building with 77 luxury apartment units, 12,000 SF of retail space and a 105 space parking garage.

[Mr Saturn64]

First look inside Ocean Resort Casino before it opens in Atlantic City

http://www.nj.com/atlantic/index.ssf...ms_spas_a.html

[jonesrmj]

http://www.towntopics.com/wordpress/...ercer-airport/

Just wondering, why do you think Trenton Airport was much more successful than Wilmington airport? Both are close to Philly and both were small alternatives, but now, Trenton has two airlines and a huge terminal planned:



Do you think Wilmington has a change to get commercial air service again? I really would like it and the people at the airport are working hard to upgrade the airport to try to get airlines attracted.

[Mr Saturn64]

Originally Posted by jonesrmj

http://www.towntopics.com/wordpress/...ercer-airport/

Just wondering, why do you think Trenton Airport was much more successful than Wilmington airport? Both are close to Philly and both were small alternatives, but now, Trenton has two airlines and a huge terminal planned:

Do you think Wilmington has a change to get commercial air service again? I really would like it and the people at the airport are working hard to upgrade the airport to try to get airlines attracted.

Because it's closer to North Jersey and Princeton, and is roughly equidistant from Philly and New York.

[3rd&Brown]

Originally Posted by Mr Saturn64

Because it's closer to North Jersey and Princeton, and is roughly equidistant from Philly and New York.

And because infrastructure investment is in the ethos of NJ, as most people there (at least north of 195), rely on public transit etc to function to some degree in their day to day lives.

Even if you live in North Jersey and don't take the train every day to work, you use it occasionally enough to see the value. Hell, even if you drive to some far flung suburban campus on 78 each day, you understand as a NY Metro commuter how much more dire your personal commute would be if there weren't hundreds of thousands of people each day getting to their destination via rail or bus.

That, and it's closer to NYC.

[hammersklavier]

Originally Posted by jonesrmj

http://www.towntopics.com/wordpress/...ercer-airport/

Just wondering, why do you think Trenton Airport was much more successful than Wilmington airport? Both are close to Philly and both were small alternatives, but now, Trenton has two airlines and a huge terminal planned:



Do you think Wilmington has a change to get commercial air service again? I really would like it and the people at the airport are working hard to upgrade the airport to try to get airlines attracted.

Two words:

1. New
2. York

[Milksteak]

Originally Posted by hammersklavier

Two words:

1. New
2. York

Yep, plus it can potentially service North Jersey and the Northern Philly suburbs if it starts having more regular flights (not sure what the long term plan is) - not to mention the massive Jersey pharma corridor, of which everybody flies into Newark for (and bitches about it in the process). I'm in Lower Bucks and use Trenton to visit family in Florida, it is a quick, painless 20 minute drive and 10 minutes to get through security.

On an off topic but related note, sometimes I get exhausted being on the East Coast and want to move to a field in the middle of Montana, but as I'm planning a vacation for this summer, I am searching 2 major airports (Philly and Newark) and potentially a 3rd (JFK) for the cheapest flights...I definitely take that for granted.

[El Duderino]

Originally Posted by Milksteak

On an off topic but related note, sometimes I get exhausted being on the East Coast and want to move to a field in the middle of Montana, but as I'm planning a vacation for this summer, I am searching 2 major airports (Philly and Newark) and potentially a 3rd (JFK) for the cheapest flights...I definitely take that for granted.

For those farther south in the metro area, BWI is also a very legit option for certain destinations. My wife was flying to New Orleans recently and Amtrak/BWI was a cheaper option with more flight departure/return flexibility. So yeah, we are pretty spoiled...though I heard Billings’ airport is hopping, too

[iheartphilly]

Pa.’s $10M helps AmerisourceBergen decide on new Conshy HQ, with 550 new jobs:

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/i...-20180606.html

Camden and Delaware poached too, but glad it is staying in the area. Anyone know if this 400k square foot building in Conshy will be a new build and where?

[Urbanthusiat]

Originally Posted by iheartphilly

Anyone know if this 400k square foot building in Conshy will be a new build and where?

It's buried in the article, but the HQ will anchor Keystone's SORA West development

Project site: http://keystonepropertygroup.com/pro...-conshohocken/

[Nova08]

Good to get an anchor tenant there. Hopefully this sparks some movement on the residential development started next to the train station that is now a big dirt hole. And for Septa to build an adequate station.

[Jawnadelphia]

The 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue project is well underway now.



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Riverfront ::
not sure when building 2 of the Capano 'Avenue of Arts' project will begin. Just a parking lot right now. People are starting moving into the completed building.

[jonesrmj]

Originally Posted by TallCoolOne

The 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue project is well underway now.



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Wow. I feel like this took a while to begin construction, but then again, It's been a while since I've driven by it.

Riverfront ::
not sure when building 2 of the Capano 'Avenue of Arts' project will begin. Just a parking lot right now. People are starting moving into the completed building.

Looks nice! I really like the look of this project, can't wait for Phase 2 because it will involve a 12 story building and the last time we had construction for a 10+ story building in Wilmington was the Gateway Plaza (or WSFS Headquarters) at 15 floors in 2007.

Originally Posted by hammersklavier

Two Words:

1.) New
2.) York

I don't understand how this would make sense because New York has like 3 airports and how would that benefit Trenton? Also, Wilmington is in between Philly and Baltimore. Yes Wilmington is closer to PHL than Trenton is, but the Wilmington Airport got much better reviews than the Trenton Airport when Wilmington Airport was still in operation. Plus New Jersey has like 3 other commercial airports (or maybe more) and Delaware has 0 now. I hope I don't start another debate or make people hate me, but it pains me that Wilmington with a skyline much bigger that cities with higher populations that Wilmington get commercial airports and yet we don't get a commercial airport, especially with all of the corporations in Wilmington.

[hammersklavier]

Originally Posted by jonesrmj

I don't understand how this would make sense because New York has like 3 airports and how would that benefit Trenton? Also, Wilmington is in between Philly and Baltimore. Yes Wilmington is closer to PHL than Trenton is, but the Wilmington Airport got much better reviews than the Trenton Airport when Wilmington Airport was still in operation. Plus New Jersey has like 3 other commercial airports (or maybe more) and Delaware has 0 now. I hope I don't start another debate or make people hate me, but it pains me that Wilmington with a skyline much bigger that cities with higher populations that Wilmington get commercial airports and yet we don't get a commercial airport, especially with all of the corporations in Wilmington.

Let me put it this way: New York has three airports and is currently looking for a fourth. Newark, La Guardia, and JFK are all massively congested; in fact, the extreme congestion of the New York airports is what is driving the expansion in European services at Philly Int'l.

DC has BWI and the ludicrously large Dulles Airport as well as Ronnie Raygun Nat'l (assuming that thing's still open). Baltimore isn't really a big enough city to need more than one large international airport, which it shares with DC, where Dulles is DC's primary airport.

This is why Trenton is seeing a growth in usage -- without a fourth airport for the NYC region, air services are going wherever they can go. Transatlantic flights are relocating to the closest available international airport with some capacity and in the same vein budget airlines are relocating to the closest available airport with some capacity, and that airport's Trenton.

[Milksteak]

Originally Posted by jonesrmj

I don't understand how this would make sense because New York has like 3 airports and how would that benefit Trenton? Also, Wilmington is in between Philly and Baltimore. Yes Wilmington is closer to PHL than Trenton is, but the Wilmington Airport got much better reviews than the Trenton Airport when Wilmington Airport was still in operation. Plus New Jersey has like 3 other commercial airports (or maybe more) and Delaware has 0 now. I hope I don't start another debate or make people hate me, but it pains me that Wilmington with a skyline much bigger that cities with higher populations that Wilmington get commercial airports and yet we don't get a commercial airport, especially with all of the corporations in Wilmington.

The NYC metro population is bigger than the Philly, DC, and Baltimore metro populations combined. Now obviously those in Long Island aren’t going to use the Trenton Airport, but my point is that the closer you get to NYC, the more populated it gets. Take the NJ turnpike from the PA connector straight up to Newark to see what I mean. NJ is the most densely populated state in the country, it isn’t about Trenton and it’s skyline (nobody wants to live in Trenton, be thankful Wilmington is at least attracting people), it’s about the surroundings. Trenton can potentially cater to millions of people in NJ alone, add in the dense northern Philly suburbs and it’s no surprise that the airport is expanding.

[Nova08]

The Trenton airport having a handful flights a day on an ultra low cost carrier is really nothing to write home about. Wilmington is not losing out on business because of the lack of air service and vice versa, the increase in business does not mean Wilmington needs a bustling airport. There are so many options around...which is where this topic originated.

The city of Wilmington is seriously closer to PHL (20 miles) than DFW is to Dallas (~26 miles) and IAH is to Houston (21 miles). ORD from Chicago is just a bit closer at 17 miles, but those 17 miles easily take 1 hour in the car throughout much of the day.

[Kidphilly]

Originally Posted by jonesrmj

Wow. I feel like this took a while to begin construction, but then again, It's been a while since I've driven by it.



Looks nice! I really like the look of this project, can't wait for Phase 2 because it will involve a 12 story building and the last time we had construction for a 10+ story building in Wilmington was the Gateway Plaza (or WSFS Headquarters) at 15 floors in 2007.



I don't understand how this would make sense because New York has like 3 airports and how would that benefit Trenton? Also, Wilmington is in between Philly and Baltimore. Yes Wilmington is closer to PHL than Trenton is, but the Wilmington Airport got much better reviews than the Trenton Airport when Wilmington Airport was still in operation. Plus New Jersey has like 3 other commercial airports (or maybe more) and Delaware has 0 now. I hope I don't start another debate or make people hate me, but it pains me that Wilmington with a skyline much bigger that cities with higher populations that Wilmington get commercial airports and yet we don't get a commercial airport, especially with all of the corporations in Wilmington.

TTN has probably 2-3 times the population within 20 or 30 miles and maybe 4 times the population within 60 minutes drive there lies the answer