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Originally Posted by cafeguy
I think the only reason to move out would be to get those Camden tax credits they are throwing around.
Summer usually does a run down of projects in Philly... how bout a run down of projects in camden! I know there are a ton, even the trade center ontop of the prison! Would be neat to sit and take a look at the landscape of camden 10 years from now. Its technically more convenient to center city than some parts of "greater center city" since it has two subway stops.
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Not exactly what you meant, but you might find this map I made a few weeks ago interesting. It's a map of all entities in the city who've received GrowNJ tax credits since the law was passed last year. I'll certainly be adding whoever gets this $100m to it when it's officially announced.
http://thegreengrass.net/camden
The problem with Camden is that everyone's always really secretive about the deals they do. Not having an inside contact, the best thing I can do is read redevelopment authority agendas, but that's only what they chose to talk about publicly. That said, there's a few things I know are being talked about.
- The Steiner + Associates plan for the waterfront is still in the works, and I was told by someone there over email "We are working on plans to develop the site and will begin some time next year", though last year they amended their development agreement to leave out a few smaller parcels, I believe near the baseball stadium. I also believe Dranoff might be involved with developing this, http://southjerseyist.wordpress.com/2014...ff-on-the-way-for-the-camden-waterfront/.
- Speaking of Dranoff, he recently had this to say about his Radio Lofts building next to the Nipper building he rennovated a decade ago: "Noting that the state's cleanup standards are lower for structures that will not be put to residential use, Dranoff says reconfiguring Radio Lofts as an office and retail project may be the way to go." Of course, he's sat on that building for 10 years, so who knows what his real intention is.
- It seems there's a plan to develop the large building at 300 N. Deleware Avenue, which is directly east of the baseball stadium. I don't believe that's part of the waterfront master plan, and it kinda crept up, but it seems like there's a meeting on the 11th to unveil some plans. The building no longer has a for sale sign on it (something it's had for years), and every loopnet/real estate site I find an entry on it for is either stale or "this building is no longer for sale".
- The LEAP Academy is going to be renovating and moving into the Wilson Building, Camden's "first skyscraper", at Broadway and Cooper. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/20141201_Academy_prepares_a_LEAP_forward.html
- The KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy at Lanning Square is currently under construction right next to the Cooper/Rowan medical building http://foundation.cooperhealth.org/who-w...r-community/kipp-cooper-norcross-academy
- Across from that, a residential conversion of historical buildings is also underway http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/...7m-residential-development.html?page=all
- Though Christie et al had a "groundbreaking" last year, the Rutgers nursing building at 5th & Federal should be going up next year. Should. http://articles.philly.com/2014-11-16/ne...-south-jersey-projects-building-projects
- I was told that Rowan is planning to expand the back of their campus in the city, which is housed in an awesome old bank also at Broadway and Cooper
- And of course, the Sixers are building a "world class" basketball complex complete with helipad and huge sign.
There are other infill-y type of projects humming along, like
M&M Development building new townhomes in Lanning Square, and also planning on converting a historical building on Cooper Street to apartments. And the Cooper-Grant neighborhood association is trying to work with the city to get phase 2 of a townhome project near Rutgers completed. Something that holds up a lot of these projects is environmental remediation from Camden's legacy as an industrial center, and while there are apparently brownfield grants available and regularly awarded to sites in the city, it's so slow to happen. Lastly, something important is that the city seems to finally have a bidder for the start of demolitions of dilapidated buildings around the city. It might sound boring, but those buildings are an impediment to all kinds of things.
As for the waterfront trade center project, I have no idea what the real validity of that project is. For now, the former prison site is a parking lot to offset those spots that'll be lost when the Sixers project happens across from the entertainment center. I haven't heard anything about the trade center since that one article came out.
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