Navy Yard Blog

Tenants

July 25, 2013

The Navy Yard Welcomes: BMT Syntek Technologies

To further strengthen its engineering expertise and capabilities, BMT Syntek Technologies (BMT) has opened a Philadelphia office at The Navy Yard. For the past 20 years, BMT has equipped R&D decision makers with focused, powerful insights on programs and technology.

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Tenants

July 24, 2013

The Navy Yard Welcomes: ZSX Medical

ZSX Medical, a privately-held medical device development company focused on developing products to help surgeons do their job well, relocated from King of Prussia to The Navy Yard in Quarters M-2. ZSX Medical believes that making surgeons’ work easier will help patients, save hospitals money, and reduce overall healthcare costs.

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Tenants

July 23, 2013

The Navy Yard Welcomes: Graboyes Commercial Window Co.

Graboyes Commercial Window Co., a commercial window installer with deep roots in custom window and door replacement throughout the Philadelphia region, has relocated its corporate headquarters from 7th & Callowhill Streets to The Navy Yard in June 2013.

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Amenities

July 15, 2013

The Navy Yard Welcomes: Nava Yoga Center

Nava Yoga Center is a new yoga studio at The Navy Yard, located in Vincera Institute’s newly renovated Building 489 at 1200 Constitution Ave. Co-founders Biz Magarity & Kayla Fell are passionate about providing authentic, accessible yoga conveniently located for Navy Yard employees and the local South Philadelphia neighborhood. Nava offers a full schedule of

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Amenities

July 10, 2013

The Navy Yard Expands its Food Truck Program

Edited on July 22, 2013 to reflect updated schedule. The Navy Yard’s Lunch Truck Lineup (#TNYLTL), a weekly event on the Marine Parade Grounds, has been called a “hot venue” and a “food truck hub” by food critics and bloggers. As of July 1, The Navy Yard has expanded the popular food truck program with

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Amenities

June 17, 2013

Announcing a New Restaurant at The Navy Yard!

PIDC is pleased to announce that the Vetri Family will be opening a new, full-service restaurant and bar at The Navy Yard.

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Community

June 6, 2013

The Sustainability Workshop Year-End Celebration at The Navy Yard

The school year has come to a close at the Sustainability Workshop, a project-based school at The Navy Yard that challenges Philadelphia public school seniors to solve the world’s toughest problems. The organization celebrated the end of the school year on June 4th with a large exhibition event, where its 30 graduating high school students

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Energy

May 15, 2013

MaGrann Associates’ Navy Yard Office Achieves LEED® Gold Certification

MaGrann Associates is a national leader in energy efficiency/green building consulting and engineering, specializing in in energy efficiency and green building. MaGrann opened their Philadelphia office in One Crescent Drive at The Navy Yard in 2011. For 30 years, MaGrann has focused on bringing applied building science to the residential housing market helping builders, developers,

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Tenants

May 15, 2013

The Navy Yard Welcomes: Nuvon

Nuvon is a leading provider of Medical Device Integration capabilities and real-time decision support in hospital and health care environments.  Nuvon’s FDA cleared and patent pending VEGA (Vectored Event Grid Architecture) platform provides real-time medical device data availability, cost-effective scalability and integration efficiency that improve decision-making and patient safety at the point of care while

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Tenants

May 15, 2013

The Navy Yard Welcomes: GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) officially opened its new double LEED® platinum certified facility in April with employees, families, and friends. GSK’s President of North America Pharmaceuticals Deirdre Connelly led the ribbon-cutting ceremony with Liberty Property Trust Chief Executive Officer Bill Hankowsky, Synterra Partners Principal Bill Wilson, design architect Robert A.M. Stern, workplace strategist and interior architect Francis

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Tenants

May 15, 2013

The Navy Yard Welcomes: RevZilla

RevZilla is a rapidly growing retailer specializing in technical motorcycle apparel. The company was founded only five years ago and was originally located nearby in South Philadelphia. RevZilla’s proprietary in-house technology, coupled with a highly personalized and knowledge driver approach to customer interaction, allows enthusiasts to “look under the hood” of motorcycle apparel, much of

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Amenities

May 15, 2013

Join Greensgrow Farms’ Summer CSA Program at The Navy Yard

Kick off the summer on May 23rd with a season of fresh, local produce and more, delivered right here to The Navy Yard, by becoming a member of Greensgrow Farms’ Summer CSA program. CSA, which traditionally stands for Community Supported Agriculture, has been rebranded by Greensgrow as City Supported Agriculture.  The pickups will be conveniently

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Amenities

May 15, 2013

Weekly Lunch Truck Lineup is a Fun Campus Dining Destination

The spring season of The Navy Yard’s Lunch Truck Lineup (#TNYLTL) program kicked off this spring, with food trucks serving everything from burgers to pizza to soul food to tacos every Thursday, 11 AM to 2 PM or until sell out. The lunchtime destination at the Marine Parade Grounds includes an ever-changing rotation of the

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Energy

May 13, 2013

GridSTAR Net Zero Energy Demonstration Project Underway

A powerful collaboration of researchers, manufacturers and economic development officials are embarking on a groundbreaking demonstration project for smart-grid, net zero energy buildings called the GridSTAR Center — a Smart Energy Campus initiative at The Navy Yard in Philadelphia. Spearheaded by Penn State with support from the U.S. Department of Energy, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and

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Development Updates

May 2, 2013

Groundbreaking for the Energy Efficient Buildings Hub

The groundbreaking ceremony for the Energy Efficient Buildings Hub (EEB Hub) took place on April 24th to celebrate the development of two new buildings at The Navy Yard. With support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Economic Development Administration, Penn State University is developing two buildings to advance the EEB Hub’s unique dual

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