PHILADELPHIA-CAMDEN-WILMINGTON-ATLANTIC CITY-READING | Metro Development Thread

[3rd&Brown]

Originally Posted by Urbanthusiat

Take a first look as Claymont's new train station takes shape. More development coming.

Claymont is a sleeper hit in the Philadelphia area. So much super progressive development for a suburb which will undoubtedly influence surrounding towns on both sides of the state border.

[iheartphilly]

It's a hit for those traveling across state lines for tax-free shopping, including your favorite hard liquor.

[DeltaNerd]

Originally Posted by iheartphilly

It's a hit for those traveling across state lines for tax-free shopping, including your favorite hard liquor.

All I have to do is hop on the Wilmington line for beer/wine store? Sure assuming Septa actually runs enough trains where I don't have to wait two hours for the next one

[mcgrath618]

Originally Posted by DeltaNerd

All I have to do is hop on the Wilmington line for beer/wine store? Sure assuming Septa actually runs enough trains where I don't have to wait two hours for the next one

DART pays for any trains past Marcus Hook. If you want more trains, tell them to pay up.

[TonyTone]

Originally Posted by mcgrath618

DART pays for any trains past Marcus Hook. If you want more trains, tell them to pay up.

I really think we should make a Tristate Transportation Agency at least as far as train service goes for Delaware, PA & Jersey. with more resources the Patco, and the Dart/SeptaDelaware line can be absorbed and this will give the possibility of expanding train service in Wilmington/Camden and even areas of PA.

It would also get rid of the redundancy of Patco, and Dart paying septa for a couple trains, when we could have a whole system working together.

[DeltaNerd]

Originally Posted by TonyTone

I really think we should make a Tristate Transportation at least as far as trains go for Delaware, PA & Jersey. with more resources the Patch, and Delaware line can be absorbed and this will give the possibility of expanding train service in Wilmington/Camden and even areas of PA.

It would also get rid of the redundancy of Patco, and Dart paying septa for a couple trains, when we could have a whole system working together.

PART - Philadelphia Area Regional Transit

[TonyTone]

Originally Posted by DeltaNerd

PART - Philadelphia Area Regional Transit

That's actually a good name, but if it is anything like septa the joke will now be

PART-TIME Service Agency, Always working PARTTIME

[Knight Hospitaller]

Originally Posted by DeltaNerd

PART - Philadelphia Area Regional Transit

I vote for PHART.

[Philly Fan]

Originally Posted by Knight Hospitaller

I vote for PHART.

Seconded, especially since YOU dealt it.

[Knight Hospitaller]

Originally Posted by Philly Fan

Seconded, especially since YOU dealt it.

Well, SEPTIC was already taken (my boss out of college in the early Nineties used to call the subway "the electric sewer")

[Urbanthusiat]

Some local headlines from the last week I came across searching the region.

New life sought for blighted property in Pottstown

Preparation work begins on new Chester riverfront development plan

Camden Approves Plans for Apartment/Health Care Combo on Davis Street

Camden energy company Holtec has a $7.4 billion plan to build the future of nuclear power

High Street Residential completes Matson Mill residential development outside Philadelphia

‘Lansdale Luxor’ building powering up

New Castle County 2050 comprehensive plan is signed into code

D.C. developer acquires former Clarios plant in Middletown

SquareOne Energy Announces Advanced Development of Its Modernized Used Oil Recycling Facility in the Northeast U.S.; Establishes Commercial Partnership With PBF and Sunoco LP

Limerick Hearing Planned For Manufacturer Expansion

‘Right-Sized’ Redevelopment Plans Could Unlock Potential of Downtown Merchantville

June BYOB Owners Double Down on Collingswood, Open Cafe Le Jardin in The Factory

Public meeting will discuss building height limit and other proposed changes to downtown Newark zoning code

Lang pitches alternative plan that includes a public park next to proposed seven-story apartment building

Hammonton Townhome Plan OK’d

Ship Inn restaurant in Exton to become a microbrewery after being sold for $2.25M

[TonyTone]

The Newark NIMBY'S make me sick, I hope that whatever ordnance they are trying to pass fails like a rock in water.

New Castle County is so scared of anything Urban.

[Urbanthusiat]

Fun fact I just realized looking at BLS data. For the first time since COVID, total Philly MSA nonfarm employment in the latest month (July '22) is higher than the latest corresponding month pre-COVID (i.e. July '19). Pre-COVID there would typically be a sizeable drop in employment from June to July as schools took off, but this year there was hardly a drop at all, showing how tight the labor market is.

[PHLtoNYC]

Originally Posted by Urbanthusiat

Fun fact I just realized looking at BLS data. For the first time since COVID, total Philly MSA nonfarm employment in the latest month (July '22) is higher than the latest corresponding month pre-COVID (i.e. July '19). Pre-COVID there would typically be a sizeable drop in employment from June to July as schools took off, but this year there was hardly a drop at all, showing how tight the labor market is.

Wow, so this means Philadelphia is back in the green in terms of employment figures? How about total jobs and poverty?

[PhilliesPhan]

Originally Posted by mcgrath618

DART pays for any trains past Marcus Hook. If you want more trains, tell them to pay up.

Not only should DART pay up, but Maryland through MDOT should as well. Cecil County is in our metro area and should be served by the R2. Not only that, but most of our locomotive engineers have already operated trains out to Maryland, as locomotive engineers who wish to run trains on the Wilmington/Newark Line have to qualify out to BACON Interlocking (North East, MD). I would love to see SEPTA serve Perryville, or Elkton at the very least.

[PHLtoNYC]

Originally Posted by TonyTone

The Newark NIMBY'S make me sick, I hope that whatever ordnance they are trying to pass fails like a rock in water.

New Castle County is so scared of anything Urban.

^ Yea, I don't understand how a 7 story vs. 5 story building affects these people and their QOL.

Separately, the Chester waterfront story is interesting. As much as I want Chester to recover, these plans seem gimmicky and glitzy.

I feel like politicians (and some developers) go right for the big stuff: Arenas, hotel, casinos, and hope people will come. Why not address the drastic state of the city first? First, Chester needs to re-emerge as an economic center, fix the schools, address poverty, create a real citywide master that includes the residents, THEN talk about fancy apartments, entertainment venues, Marriotts, etc.

Just my 2 cents, but I hope these plans are successful.

[iheartphilly]

^
They tried that with the Soccer stadium but businesses never came nor did more residential projects. High crime and poverty are big systemic issues that prevent any meaningful growth and improvement to the area which is a realization to business folks and developers.

[3rd&Brown]

Originally Posted by Urbanthusiat

Fun fact I just realized looking at BLS data. For the first time since COVID, total Philly MSA nonfarm employment in the latest month (July '22) is higher than the latest corresponding month pre-COVID (i.e. July '19). Pre-COVID there would typically be a sizeable drop in employment from June to July as schools took off, but this year there was hardly a drop at all, showing how tight the labor market is.

Even more impressive is that year to date month over month the region was adding 20K+ jobs each month until July.

[TonyTone]

Originally Posted by PHLtoNYC

Separately, the Chester waterfront story is interesting. As much as I want Chester to recover, these plans seem gimmicky and glitzy.

I feel like politicians (and some developers) go right for the big stuff: Arenas, hotel, casinos, and hope people will come. Why not address the drastic state of the city first? First, Chester needs to re-emerge as an economic center, fix the schools, address poverty, create a real citywide master that includes the residents, THEN talk about fancy apartments, entertainment venues, Marriotts, etc.

Just my 2 cents, but I hope these plans are successful.

Nowdays most Revitalization projects start with a main theme, Downtown or Riverfront. As some of us have expressed before Chester is a long term game plan and if you want to get into the same boom Philly is in now, you hold on to properties in Chester now for later.

The Riverfront is a good start for Chester due to it being primarily open, and dead for the most part they can start work their without disrupting people.

One thing Chester should offer its residents/businesses if they don't already are grants to improve their homes, businesses, streets. Help bring the communities up so you aren't pushing out for new.

Chester being situated where it is, is the missing link between a connected tristate with Wilmington, Chester & Philadelphia. with growth and the right amount of love it can be a powerhouse trifecta.

[SEFTA]

Thank you.

That must have taken some time

Originally Posted by Urbanthusiat

Some local headlines from the last week I came across searching the region.

New life sought for blighted property in Pottstown

Preparation work begins on new Chester riverfront development plan

Camden Approves Plans for Apartment/Health Care Combo on Davis Street

Camden energy company Holtec has a $7.4 billion plan to build the future of nuclear power

High Street Residential completes Matson Mill residential development outside Philadelphia

‘Lansdale Luxor’ building powering up

New Castle County 2050 comprehensive plan is signed into code

D.C. developer acquires former Clarios plant in Middletown

SquareOne Energy Announces Advanced Development of Its Modernized Used Oil Recycling Facility in the Northeast U.S.; Establishes Commercial Partnership With PBF and Sunoco LP

Limerick Hearing Planned For Manufacturer Expansion

‘Right-Sized’ Redevelopment Plans Could Unlock Potential of Downtown Merchantville

June BYOB Owners Double Down on Collingswood, Open Cafe Le Jardin in The Factory

Public meeting will discuss building height limit and other proposed changes to downtown Newark zoning code

Lang pitches alternative plan that includes a public park next to proposed seven-story apartment building

Hammonton Townhome Plan OK’d

Ship Inn restaurant in Exton to become a microbrewery after being sold for $2.25M