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ULI Philadelphia: North Rail Station Technical Assistance Panel Report Released

May 23, 2018 / Comments Off on ULI Philadelphia: North Rail Station Technical Assistance Panel Report Released

The Urban Land Institute (ULI) Philadelphia released a report capturing the conclusion of the Technical Assistance Panel (TAP), which convened on January 25-26, 2018 to study the potential redevelopment of the area surrounding the North Philadelphia Rail Station. The panel consisted of volunteer architectural, planning, development and design professionals, including ESI Principal Peter Angelides as co-chair […]

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Take PREC’s Survey on the Region’s Real Estate Market

May 21, 2018 / Comments Off on Take PREC’s Survey on the Region’s Real Estate Market

We’re here to listen. Please take the time to fill out the Philadelphia Real Estate Council’s Mid-Atlantic Real Estate Sentiment Survey. You have until June 29 to complete the survey for Q2 2018. This quarterly survey asks respondents to think about how the market has performed in the current quarter and their expectations for the […]

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Fishtown is Booming, Where’s Next?

May 18, 2018 / Comments Off on Fishtown is Booming, Where’s Next?

For this month’s Philadelphia Housing Index (PHI) blog post, we decided to take a look at new construction permit data from Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspection. We filtered the data to examine only new construction building permits to see how Philadelphia’s development pipeline stacks up compared to previous years and which neighborhoods are showing […]

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Mixed Results on 2018 Being “The Year of the Woman”

May 17, 2018 / Comments Off on Mixed Results on 2018 Being “The Year of the Woman”

On Monday, we asked whether 2018 will be the “Year of the Woman” in Pennsylvania. Although it’s ultimately too early to tell – the gap between Pennsylvania and the national average in the percentage of women elected to Congress is due to election outcomes, not the percentage of women running for office or winning primary […]

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KPMG 2018 Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index

January 16, 2018 / Comments Off on KPMG 2018 Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index

Autonomous vehicles are the future of global transportation, offering many economic and social benefits for society. Already piloted in several countries, including the US and Singapore, AVs could eliminate 90-95 percent of road accidents caused by human error as well as reduce road pollution. But are countries ready for an AV-driven future? KPMG commissioned ESI […]

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