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April 25, 2024
Navy Yard Celebrates Earth Day with Sustainability Symposium
April is Earth Month, a time to celebrate our planet and take action to protect it. To raise environmental awareness and highlight how the Navy Yard has become Philadelphia’s most sustainable neighborhood, PIDC and our development partners Ensemble/Mosaic hosted a Sustainability Symposium April 24 at Ensemble/Mosaic’s marketing center. The event featured an engaging presentation and panel
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February 8, 2024
Navy Yard Plan Highlight: Guiding Principles
Each facet of the 2022 Navy Yard Plan is guided by framework principles that were intentionally crafted to create a new standard of equitable development. The vision put forth in the 2022 Plan reflects the Navy Yard’s future as a place that is Inclusive & Welcoming, Connected & Multimodal, a Hub for Equitable Growth & Job Creation, Vibrant & Active, and Innovative & Resilient.
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February 6, 2024
Feasibility Study for Redevelopment of Building 611
Seeking to engage an experienced, capable, and qualified team to perform the feasibility study for the redevelopment of Building 611. PIDC is releasing this RFP to perform a feasibility study of bisecting and redeveloping Building 611 into a mixed-use, creative office space for small to large businesses. As envisioned in the 2022 Plan, bisecting the
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February 1, 2024
PIDC & Ensemble/Mosaic Host Retail Tenant Event
PIDC and Ensemble/Mosaic partnered to host a retail tenant outreach event at the Navy Yard on February 1. The event was held at Ensemble/Mosaic’s office in the heart of the Navy Yard. The goal of the event was to attract and engage with qualified tenants interested in leasing retail spaces in the emerging Navy Yard
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January 4, 2024
Broad Street to Reopen to Traffic Beginning January 8, 2024
Beginning January 8, 2024, Broad St. will be reopening to traffic after nearly 18 months of construction and critical improvements! The improvements on this 734-foot section of Broad St. (between Crescent Dr. and Intrepid Ave., known as the quay wall) will help ensure the safety and increase accessibility to the Navy Yard for the more
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December 1, 2023
Navy Yard Chapel Getting New Roof and Preserving History
The Chapel of the Four Chaplains at the Navy Yard is receiving some needed upgrades with the installation of a new roof and other cosmetic updates. The project will cost approximately $380,000, with more than a quarter of a million dollars being funded through a through a Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED)
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October 27, 2023
Recap: 2023 Navy Yard Executives Breakfast
For the first time since the pandemic, the Navy Yard Executives Breakfast returned to the Navy Yard campus October 25 when more than 100 leaders from Navy Yard businesses and organizations, as well as external Navy Yard stakeholders and partners, gathered to hear about the ongoing development projects and be introduced to Jodie Harris, PIDC’s
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October 24, 2023
Groundbreaking on First Residential Buildings at Navy Yard
Ensemble/Mosaic and Korman Communities Break Ground on the First Private Residential Buildings at the Philadelphia Navy Yard $285M Mixed Use Development to Open in 2025 with a Variety of Apartment Options and Extensive Amenities and Retail Release and photo courtesy of Ensemble/Mosaic – Renderings of AVE Navy Yard can be found HERE PHILADELPHIA –
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October 19, 2023
Ensemble/Mosaic Secures Minority-Led Capital for First Navy Yard Residential Project
Ensemble/Mosaic Continues to Deliver on Its Unprecedented DEI Strategy as it Secures Minority-Led Capital through Basis Investment Group for the First Residential Project at Philadelphia Navy Yard. Basis Investment Group Leads $100M+ Equity, Representing Minority-Led Involvement at Every Level of the Project
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October 7, 2023
Navy Yard Supports Diversity in Business Development through MED Week Workshop
The Navy Yard hosted to members of the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) community for a Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week workshop on October 4. The workshop held at FS Investments on the Navy Yard campus was one of more than 40 separate events and workshops in the region during the 39th annual Philadelphia MED Week,
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March 29, 2023
Ensemble/Mosaic Signs First Lease at New Navy Yard Life Science Building with bioMérieux, Inc.
This blog is courtesy of Ensemble/Mosaic. Read the release on the Ensemble/Mosaic website. PHILADELPHIA – March 29, 2023 – Ensemble/Mosaic, a joint venture between Ensemble Investments, LLC and Mosaic Development Partners, has announced the signing of its first tenant, bioMérieux, Inc., at 1201 Normandy Place, the newest life science facility at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The building
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October 7, 2022
Navy Yard Supports Diversity in Business Development through MED Week Workshop
The Navy Yard hosted to members of the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) community for a Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week workshop on October 7. The workshop at the Navy Yard was part of more than 40 other events in the region during the 38th annual Philadelphia MED Week, which was organized by the City’s Department
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September 16, 2022
Broad Street Quay Wall Reconstruction Ceremony
Broad Street Quay Wall Reconstruction at Philadelphia Navy Yard from Urban Video Productions® on Vimeo.We were excited to finally be able to hold a ceremony to kick off the Broad Street infrastructure improvement project on September 14. Reconstruction of a critical 734-foot section of Broad Street (referred to as the Quay Wall) officially started at
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July 21, 2022
Infrastructure Project to Bring Added Trees to Navy Yard
With more than $40 million in infrastructure projects and approximately $500 million in new development for 2022, the recently released Navy Yard Plan is off to a fast start. In addition to new buildings and a rebuilt Broad Street, these projects will also bring new trees and greenery throughout the campus and thoughtful public amenities
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July 1, 2022
Broad Street Quay Wall Reconstruction Announcement
BACKGROUND Starting later this month, the Navy Yard will begin the reconstruction of the section of Broad Street between Crescent Dr and Intrepid Ave, also known as the “quay wall”. It’s a very complex project that has been in planning and procurement for many years, and once finished, will have four lanes for vehicles, a
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