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The Rise of Multifamily Housing in the Philadelphia Region
Housing investment has transformed in the years following the real estate market crash of 2008. The number of privately constructed housing units…
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…
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…
Will 2018 be “The Year of the Woman” in PA?
There has been significant coverage that the 2018 primaries have drawn an historic number of women candidates, with 2018 being dubbed “The…
What Influences the Spread of Kitchen Incubators?
In a prior Present Value post, we discussed the power of food as an economic driver, impacting several industries in the economy.…
City Governance – What’s Design Got To Do With It?
A Q/A with Liana Dragoman Recently I chatted with Liana Dragoman, Service Design Lead and Deputy Director with the City of Philadelphia’s…
ESI Introduces New Way to Visualize the PHI
For this month's update on the ESI Philadelphia Housing Index (PHI) we introduce our new interface, which allows users to more closely interact…
Indego Ridership
For a small economics company, ESI appears to have a high number of cyclists and, unsurprisingly, a high number of data geeks.…
Digging In: Women in Agriculture
Last week, during yet another Nor’easter, I found my mind wandering to summer weather – and the fresh produce that comes with…
The Rise of Autonomous Vehicles
The idea of self-driving vehicles has been touted by Richard Threlfall, Global Head of Infrastructure at KPMG, as a “transport revolution” with…
Center City District and the PHI
Last week, the Center City District (CCD) released Housing Development in Perspective: 2018, which examines housing development in Greater Center City—an area…
A Conversation on Design Thinking
Last month, we convened our Senior Advisors to a roundtable on design thinking. Facilitated by ESI Senior Vice President Lee Huang, we…
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