Community
August 29, 2022
Navy Yard Businesses Come Through Big in Back-to-School Supply Drive for Local Elementary School
The Navy Yard business community came together to support a local elementary school with a back-to-school supply drive during August to support the incoming kindergarten class at F. Amedee Bregy Elementary School, Bregy for short, in South Philadelphia. The Navy Yard Engagement Committee, a collection of representatives from Navy Yard businesses whose goal is to plan community
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Amenities
August 18, 2022
The Navy Yard Welcomes Concierge Spine & Sports Medicine
The Navy Yard is pleased to welcome Concierge Spine & Sports Medicine to the Navy Yard community. Located at 1200 Constitution Ave in the Vincera Institute building, Concierge Spine and Sports Medicine is focused on getting patients back to maximum function by providing fast, effective non-surgical pain relief services, and a wellness treatment plan that
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News
August 16, 2022
Navy Yard Skills Initiative Begins Recruitment for Philly Shipyard, Inc. – Union Apprentice
University City District’s West Philadelphia Skills Initiative (WPSI) and PIDC’s Navy Yard Skills Initiative (NYSI) are recruiting across Philadelphia for training and job opportunities as a Union Apprentice earning $17.13/hour to start in partnership with Philly Shipyard, Inc. Register online for a virtual info session to learn more about the program: August 25th at 1PM
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Health & Wellness
August 11, 2022
Easily Fill Your Prescriptions at the Jefferson Navy Yard Pharmacy
Did you know that the Navy Yard has a pharmacy? That’s right, the Jefferson Navy Yard Pharmacy at 3 Crescent Drive features a full-service pharmacy that accepts all Rx plans. “I think people are under the assumption that the pharmacy is only for patients at Jefferson Health,” said Ernie Cotilus III, RPh, Pharmacy Supervisor at
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Life Sciences
August 8, 2022
The Navy Yard Welcomes Vinta Bio
The Navy Yard is pleased to welcome Vinta Bio, our newest life sciences company, to the Navy Yard community located at 4050 S. 26th Street, Suite 200. Vinta Bio, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), is focused on helping customers develop and manufacture viral vectors and cell therapy products. Its vision is to grow
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News
July 27, 2022
The Navy Yard Welcomes FKB Studios
The Navy Yard is pleased to welcome FKB Studios who recently located to Building 990! FKB is a cutting edge and innovative design and fabrication company specializing in creating immersive spaces. It is the exciting result of the recent merger of two established Philadelphia-based design and fabrication companies: FK Productions and B Fabrication. Together, FKB
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Development Updates
June 28, 2022
2022 Navy Yard Plan Unveiled
Media contacts:Jennifer Tran, PIDC, 215-218-2854Robbie Tarpley Raffish, a.s.a.p.r., 410-430-9705 Press Kit with Renderings Available at https://bit.ly/navyyardplanpressCREDIT: Renderings by James Corner Field Operations, courtesy of PIDC and Ensemble/Mosaic 2022 Navy Yard Plan Unveiled, Focused on Job Creation, Equitable Growth, & Increased Accessibility PIDC and Ensemble/Mosaic today unveiled the 2022 Navy Yard Plan, a transformative roadmap for equitable
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News
April 4, 2022
The Navy Yard Welcomes: Maho Construction
We are pleased to welcome Maho Construction LLC to the Navy Yard community. Maho Construction was established in 2019 as a commercial carpentry outfit specializing in all aspects of carpentry. With over 40 years of combined construction experience Maho Construction has established quality relationships with several property developers, Higher education, Industrial & Healthcare facilities management
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News
March 30, 2022
The Navy Yard Welcomes: TB12
The Navy Yard is pleased to welcome TB12 Performance & Recovery Center to Philadelphia and the Navy Yard community! TB12 is transforming global health & wellness by empowering athletes and everyone looking to live an active lifestyle, to prevent injury, improve longevity, and perform their best. The TB12 Method, inspired by the training method of
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Development Updates
November 15, 2021
WuXi ATU Opens New Facility in Philadelphia, Tripling Testing Capacity to Support Global Customers
WuXi Advanced Therapies (WuXi ATU), a wholly owned subsidiary of WuXi AppTec, announced the official opening of its advanced therapies testing facility at 400 Rouse Boulevard in Philadelphia’s Navy Yard. The new facility, which includes 140,000 square feet laboratories, will further enhance the company’s Contract Testing, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CTDMO) business model by tripling the company’s previous
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Energy
November 1, 2021
Navy Yard Electric Utility Transitions Operations to Dominion Energy
Today Dominion Energy takes over the 10-year electric utility Operations and Maintenance (O&M) services contract for the Navy Yard. This contract was the culmination of a lengthy, highly competitive solicitation process announced in May 2021. Dominion Energy will provide responsive on-site management to the Navy Yard and its customers, who will gain industry-leading service reliability, financial
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Life Sciences
September 29, 2021
Iovance Biotherapeutics Celebrates Grand Opening of Iovance Cell Therapy Center (iCTC)
Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: IOVA), a late-stage biotechnology company developing novel T cell-based cancer immunotherapies (tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte, TIL, and peripheral-blood lymphocyte, PBL), is celebrating the official opening of the Iovance Cell Therapy Center (iCTC). The iCTC, located at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, is the first centralized, scalable, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility dedicated to producing TIL cell therapies for patients with
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News
September 24, 2021
Philly Shipyard Hires 13 PIDC Workforce Development Program Graduates
PIDC and University City District’s West Philadelphia Skills Initiative is thrilled to announce that we graduated and placed 14 program participants from our second Navy Yard Workforce Development Initiatives training program today! These participants completed the three-week Shipyard Laborer Program in partnership with Philly Shipyard Inc. and 13 were extended a job offer for full-time permanent employment in the government and commercial shipbuilding industry starting at $14.00/hour. We partnered
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Amenities
July 22, 2020
Welcome Half Mad Honey with New Apiary
To further our place in Philadelphia’s ecological environment, we are pleased to announce that Half Mad Honey chose the Navy Yard as the site for its second apiary. The founders Amelia Mraz and Natasha Pham are the beekeepers behind this organization. Their overall goal is to empower people with mental illness through the therapeutic realm
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Community
July 10, 2020
Cool Jobs at the Navy Yard: Michael Giuliante’s 50th-Year Edition
The Navy Yard, home to 15,000 employees working at 170 companies, is full of awesome people doing great things. Each person here has a cool job with a unique story! Meet Michael Giuliante, Site Operations Manager with DTE Philadelphia, who is celebrating 50 years at the Navy Yard this summer. Recently, we had a chance to chat
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