Philadelphia vs Pittsburgh (Allentown, Harrisburg, Carnegie: apartment complex, tech jobs, taxi)

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Originally Posted by DavePa

I'm getting a kick out of All this bragging in wealthy suburbs of Philly through NJ and Delaware. Then Colonial CC and other core areas. It just keeps proving how the gap between rich and poor between Philly's core, suburbs? As It's in Stark Contrast to its blighted (in appearence) poor neighborhoods? Perhaps more then any other major city?

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Every suburb mentioned was in Pennsylvania, not NJ or DE.

Originally Posted by MarketStEl

Delaware County is actually split between its more affluent northern/western precincts and its more blue-collar/poorer territories that make up most of its eastern half.

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Delaware County is quite interesting in its makeup. Probably one of the most socio-economically diverse counties in the region. And considering the collection of blighted municipalities in the southeasten section, the county still posts impressive numbers, which shows how well the more affluent towns balance out the blighted ones.

[RightonWalnut]

Mixed news (both positive and negative) out of Philadelphia the past two days.

Equus Capital is moving from Center City to Newtown Square and taking 110 mid to high-wage jobs with it
Real estate investor Equus leaving Center City for Newtown Square

Iron Hill Brewery is opening in Philadelphia which will add 100 low to mid-wage jobs
The two residential towers (which will rise 20 and 24 floors respectively) should add about 20 management and maintenence positions as well, which are usually low to mid-wage jobs. The other retailers (Design Within Reach, MOM's Organic Market, etc. - should add another 100 low to midwage jobs).
Iron Hill to open brew pub in Center City's East Market mixed-use complex

Cloudamize, a tech company based in Center City will add 23-26 high-wage positions by years end
Cloudamize doubles staff, plans more hires

The first phase of the Hamilton apartment complex - which will rise 10 floors - is set to break ground this spring. The second phase will rise 16 floors.
The total jobs for maintenance and management should be about 20 low to mid-wage jobs.
http://philly.curbed.com/2017/2/6/14...groundbreaking

[RightonWalnut]

Israeli companies find much to like about Philadelphia, 6 have now set up HQs here

Two more Israeli companies have established U.S. headquarters in Philadelphia, making it six since the beginning of last year.

Both companies initiated soft launches last fall, joining four other Israeli companies that set up shop here in the first half of 2016.

GB WAWA, short for Green Building Wall to Wall, is a consulting and design company for sustainable buildings. The company, which coordinates and leads green projects and manages LEED certification, moved into a small location at 1735 Market St. in September.

The second Israeli company to choose Philadelphia for its U.S. headquarters is Golden Number Solutions (GNS), an aerospace defense and aviation company owned and managed by a team of former high-ranking officers of the Israeli Air Force. It provides advanced maintenance, logistics, and fleet management programs to government and private air operators. The company set up operations at 434 Fairmount Ave. in Northern Liberties late last year.

GB WAWA and GNS join four other Israeli companies that set up Philadelphia operations last year, according to Vered Nohi, executive director of the Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce.

-Simlat, which provides training services for operating unmanned vehicles, opened an office at Drexel University in January. It first became connected to Philadelphia during then-Mayor Nutter’s November 2013 visit to Israel, which also included Drexel President John Fry.

-Pango, a tech company that recently launched a mobile parking app in the region, opened an office at Pipeline, a shared working space in Center City’s Graham Building, and works with the Philadelphia Parking Authority.

-Cogress, a real estate investment company, opened its U.S. headquarters at 105 N. 2nd St. in Old City.

-Pico, a photo-sharing technology company that visited Philadelphia in September 2015 and looked close to opening an office here, initially chose to expand in Europe instead of the United States but then chose to come here.

Nohi said PICC expects seven more companies to consider Philadelphia this year for a U.S. headquarters or a manufacturing facility.

http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelp...ike-about.html

[DavePa]

^^^ Might be a good idea to start a thread on the Philly forum for these post. Title examples;

"New companies relocating to Philly"
"Philly Business relocations thread"
"What's New in Philly" <---- my favorite 😃

You can continually post news of them.

[MarketStEl]

Originally Posted by DavePa

^^^ Might be a good idea to start a thread on the Philly forum for these post. Title examples;

"New companies relocating to Philly"
"Philly Business relocations thread"
"What's New in Philly" <---- my favorite 😃

You can continually post news of them.

We already have a couple of these:

"Philadelphia2035" is a catchall thread discussing development issues; it started with the runup to the release of the city's new 25-year comprehensive plan, whose name is the title of the thread, in 2010.

"Retail coming to Philadelphia" (self-explanatory) is another.

[RightonWalnut]

Originally Posted by DavePa

^^^ Might be a good idea to start a thread on the Philly forum for these post. Title examples;

"New companies relocating to Philly"
"Philly Business relocations thread"
"What's New in Philly" <---- my favorite ��

You can continually post news of them.

Oh, so you and She Who Must Not Be Named can post disparaging, negative - and most of the time - downright untruthful things about Philadelphia, but when we start posting positive things happening - in a thread about Philadelphia mind you - it's not welcome here? You are truly interesting individual Steeps.

[RightonWalnut]

On that note:

Vanguard chooses 2300 Chestnut St. offices for Center City R&D facility

16,000 square feet of office space. 100 high-wage employees. Vanguard is one of the best/top financial companies in the world.

Vanguard chooses 2300 Chestnut St. offices for Center City R&D facility

[wpipkins2]

Small Street revamp.

New designs reveal big changes for Smallman Street - NEXTpittsburgh

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UBER

Forbes wonders why Uber picked Pittsburgh. Mayor Bill Peduto has the answer - NEXTpittsburgh

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University of Pittsburgh advances new technologies with help from Philadelphia