Navy Yard Blog

Community

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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Development Updates

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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Community

October 17, 2023

RECAP: Navy Yard 5K Returns!

The sound of hundreds of feet hitting the pavement permeated throughout the Navy Yard with the return of the much-anticipated Navy Yard 5K on October 11. This is the first Navy Yard 5K in four years since the event had been shutdown due to COVID-19. Nearly 400 dedicated runners, joggers, walkers, and spectators enjoyed a

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Community

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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Press Releases

September 18, 2023

Partnership Announced to Connect Philadelphians with Career Training in the Skilled Trades Starting at $25/hr

The West Philadelphia Skills Initiative and PIDC’s Navy Yard Skills Initiative Launch Professional Development Program with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division for Union Careers University City District’s West Philadelphia Skills Initiative (WPSI) and PIDC’s Navy Yard Skills Initiative (NYSI) launched a program to train Philadelphia residents for permanent, full-time, union careers starting at

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Amenities

September 18, 2023

Navy Yard-Center City Express Shuttle Stop Relocation Effective Oct. 2

Navy Yard-Center City Express Shuttle Stop Relocation from 10th & Filbert to 10th & Market Effective Oct. 2 Attention Navy Yard Transit Riders! Be advised that there will be upcoming changes to the Navy Yard-Center City Express that will impact your commute. Beginning Monday, October 2, the Navy Yard-Center City Express stop at 10th St

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Innovation

August 14, 2023

Award-Winning Biotech Training Program to Begin Second Recruitment

Award-Winning Biotech Training Program to Begin Second Recruitment to Connect Philadelphians with Quality Jobs in the Region’s Rapidly Growing Life Sciences Sector The Wistar Institute, the West Philadelphia Skills Initiative, Iovance Biotherapeutics, PIDC, and The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia Launch Second Recruitment for the Award-Winning Program on August 22 Partners in Greater Philadelphia’s

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Community

July 24, 2023

Navy Yard to Host Inaugural Night Festival Event This Fall

Featuring Food Trucks, Live Music, Family-Friendly Games and More  The Navy Yard is scheduled to hold its first Night Festival Thursday, September 7, from 4 p.m.-8 p.m. The inaugural event will be held at Central Green, the family-friendly, open-to-the-public event will feature a diverse lineup of vendors, including food trucks, musicians, games, and crafters and

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Community

July 21, 2023

Get Your Green Thumbs with an Urban Homestead-ish Workshop

Caring for and tending to plants in an urban environment can be a difficult task. That’s why at the Navy Yard we offer fun and free programming to strengthen your understanding of plant care and connecting with nature. During a recent Urban Homestead-ish Houseplants 101 class hosted by Black Girls with Green Thumbs, Latiaynna and

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Community

July 5, 2023

Support the Navy Yard Back-to-School Drive

The Navy Yard will be collecting school supplies to support two local elementary schools. F. Amedee Bregy Elementary School and D. Newlin Fell School are both K-8 elementary schools located in South Philadelphia. The collection will take place Monday, July 17 through Friday, August 25 with drop-off locations throughout the Navy Yard campus. Being part

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Community

June 30, 2023

High School Students Tour The Navy Yard During Global Entrepreneurship Program

High school students aspiring to be future leaders in global business visited the Navy Yard June 29 as part of Lehigh University’s Iacocca Global Entrepreneurship Intensive (IGEI) program. Nearly 50 students from Pennsylvania, surrounding states, and from around the world (representing 12 total countries), took part in the day trip to Philadelphia where their first

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Community

June 22, 2023

Business Seminar Focused to Help Disadvantaged Businesses Held at Navy Yard

Philadelphia City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson and his staff hosted a workshop titled “Doing Business with the City” June 21 at The Navy Yard with city-affiliated organizations. The free and open-to-the-public event focused on engaging with minority- and women-owned business enterprises and provide them with resources to better prepare them when it comes to available opportunities

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News

June 13, 2023

Navy Yard Welcomes New General Manager

We are pleased to welcome Lucy Bitton as the new Navy Yard general manager. Bitton is taking over for Poe Leggette, who served in that role for the past 11 years and is moving into a new, expanded role with CBRE (PIDC contracts with CBRE to run daily campus operations at the Navy Yard). “Our

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Community

June 5, 2023

Elementary School Students Celebrate End of School Year at The Navy Yard

Students from F. Amedee Bregy Elementary School (Bregy Elementary) celebrated the end of the school year with a fun day of activities at The Navy Yard last week. The students participated in a field day with  activities such as tug-o-war, 3-legged race, potato sack race, obstacle course, egg relay race, water carry race, kite flying,

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Community

June 5, 2023

Long-time Navy Yard Security Officer Gets Promoted

Brandon Capone has seen a lot in his nearly nine years of working as a security officer at the Navy Yard. Most recently, he saw his role and responsibilities with Allied Universal Security Services (Allied) increase. (Allied is the contracted security company at the Navy Yard for PIDC.) Capone, who lives in South Philadelphia with

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