January 13, 2017 - Amtrak
PHILADELPHIA – The 30th Street Station District Plan has been honored with the architecture industry’s most prestigious award – a 2017 Institute Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design from the American Institute of Architects. The District Plan was selected from more than 500 submissions from around the world.
December 9, 2016
The Philadelphia Chapter of Women in Transportation, an international organization dedicated to building the future of transportation through the global advancement of women, honored Philadelphia 30th Street Station District Plan Project Director Natalie Shieh as its “Woman of the Year” at a ceremony on Dec. 1. The award “honors a woman who is an outstanding role model and has contributed to the advancement of women and minorities in transportation.”
November 16, 2016 - Philadelphia Inquirer (John A. Fry and Stephen J. Gardner)
Without even putting a single shovel in the ground, the far-reaching plan that we and our public partners just launched to transform Philadelphia's major transportation hub may well be changing the way business and state and local leaders look at the future of the city's downtown.
November 15, 2016 - Amtrak
PHILADELPHIA – Following the launch of the 30th Street Station District Plan earlier this year, Amtrak has engaged Newmark Grubb Knight Frank to issue a Request for Proposals (“RFP”) for the long term lease and development of property adjacent to its third busiest station.
November 15, 2016 - Philadelphia Inquirer
Amtrak is seeking a developer for a three-quarter acre site near 30th Street Station that Brandywine Realty Trust previously had in mind as the location of its so-called Cira II office tower.
September 12, 2016 - Philly.com
Aramark Corp. is moving its headquarters from its namesake high-rise at 11th and Market Streets to the banks of the Schuylkill, continuing Center City's westward tilt toward burgeoning University City.
June 17, 2016 - Philadelphia Inquirer
Amtrak and its partners in the proposed redevelopment of a massive swath around 30th Street Station in University City say the decades-long plan - including partially capping the adjacent rail yard - will involve $6.5 billion in infrastructure funding and private investment.
June 17, 2016 - 6 ABC News
Big changes are on the way to the area surrounding the 30th Street Station. Partners - including Amtrak, SEPTA, Brandywine Realty Trust and Drexel University - announced plans Thursday morning for a massive $6.5 billion transformation. "It is about transforming this station to meet capacity and needs of the future," said Stephen Gardner, Amtrak.
June 16, 2016 - Philadelphia Magazine
A total of $6.5 billion in public and private investment will turn the station area into a multimodal transportation hub and add new office, retail and residential space. The Porch gets a huge upgrade too.
June 16, 2016 - Railway Age
On June 16, Amtrak, Brandywine Realty Trust, Drexel University, PennDOT and SEPTA unveiled the Philadelphia 30th Street Station District Plan and announced the initiation of several follow-on projects to improve the immediate station area and catalyze future development throughout the District.
June 16, 2016 - KYW News Radio
It’s a plan to transform 30th Street Station and the area around it into Philadelphia’s ‘next great neighborhood.’ All it needs is 35 years and $2 billion.
June 16, 2016 - Philadelphia Business Journal
A 2-year, $5.25 million study on the development of 175-acre site reportedly concluded it will cost roughly $6.5 billion to overhaul the 175-acre site that neighbors 30th Street Station.
March 16, 2016 - The Inquirer
Amtrak and its development partners want to build a new underground concourse linking 30th Street Station with SEPTA's subways and trolleys as the first step in a 35-year plan for the area.
March 16, 2016 - Philadelphia Magazine
On the heels of Drexel University and Brandywine Realty Trust announcing their joint plan to redevelop the area just west of 30th Street Station comes a draft plan for the larger area surrounding the station.
March 16, 2016 - Plan Philly
The 30th Street Station District team released a draft plan for overhauling the station and the surrounding area in advance of the plan’s penultimate public feedback meeting, which will be held this Wednesday, March 16th from 4 to 7 p.m. at the station.
March 15, 2016 - Philly Voice
Proposed development includes transportation improvements and massive neighborhood over rail yards.
March 15, 2016 - Curbed Philly
The fourth draft of the 30th Street District Plan has been released to the public ahead of tomorrow's open house at 30th Street Station, and there are renderings galore to go over. And so you don't have to read through the 30-page document, we pulled eight important developments on the ambitious project that you need to know.
March 15, 2016 - Philadelphia Business Journal
A partnership that includes Amtrak and SEPTA is working to develop an underground concourse to link 30th Street Station and SEPTA's subway and trolley station across the street.
March 15, 2016 - CBS Philly
Commuters tonight can get their first look at an ambitious master plan to redevelop the area around 30th Street Station. One of the first phases of the project would reconnect Amtrak with SEPTA trolleys and the El.
March 2, 2016 - Drexel University
Amtrak, Drexel and its partners will hold a fourth 30th Street Station District Plan Open House on Weds. March 16, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., in the North Waiting Room at 30th Street Station.
