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ColdJay64 t1_jd3k4sy wrote

Yes, here's an update from January: https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2023/01/31/quartermaster-life-sciences-philadelphia.amp.html

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hockeystuff77 OP t1_jd3m5yx wrote

I saw that earlier today, and was part of what got me to make this post. Definitely an awesome development, but it got me wondering about the retail developments that were supposed to happen 2-3 years ago

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Ams12345678 t1_jd3mysg wrote

Genuine question: Why would any biotech company go to this development when there are tax incentives at the Navy Yard?

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NYJets18 t1_jd43ced wrote

I'm an architect actually toured this space with SkyREM (the developer) when they were looking for proposals. It has a massive amount of square footage for space. There's not unlimited amount of space in the navy yards and there are a lot of biotech companies coming to Philly. Though most of them are going to the navy yards and west Philly.

The quartermaster had a cool history and there could be cost benefits for renovating and repressing historic buildings that are on the site. There's even still an orginal bowling alleys that the officers of the time used.

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