Current Projects
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Drexel Project Updates as of December 2024
Academic Resource Center (ARC): Renovation work to move the Center for Learning and Academic Success Services (CLASS) from the basement level of the Creese Student Center to the ARC in the Korman Center is complete, and CLASS is moved into the space.
Electrical Replacements: Construction to replace Stratton Hall switchgear is complete. Construction to replace the three motor control centers in Disque Hall is expected to be substantially complete in February 2025.
Façade Renovations: Academy of Natural Sciences façade repairs are in progress. The sidewalk around the Academic Building remains protected as Drexel prepares to advance façade repairs on the historic building, in spring 2025.
Infrastructure Upgrades: The Bentley Hall data center's existing HVAC system is currently being replaced with a new energy-efficient HVAC system, with substantial completion scheduled for mid-December. The next round of City Tune-ups have begun for the Daskalakis Athletic Center, URBN Center, Academic Building, Recreation Center, Nesbitt Hall, and 3201 Arch Street. CAT Lab 264 gas cabinet installation with associated infrastructure is expected to be completed in December.
Laboratory Renovations: In the Center for Automation Technology, Suite 460, renovations on two environmental chambers and associated infrastructure will be substantially complete by end of November. Disque Hall Lab 219 renovation to replace existing casework with new, rebalance airflow to existing fume hoods, and miscellaneous electrical improvements began in November, with substantial completion scheduled for January 2025.
Myers Green: The new campus green space at the former location of Myers Residence Hall in the heart of the residential campus is complete. Trees are planted, the lawn is down, and fencing was removed in mid-November, allowing the community to begin using and enjoying the space.
Vidas Athletic Complex: The new synthetic field and installation of the Buckley Bubble just north of Freil Fieldhouse at the Vidas Athletic Complex are complete.
Partner Project Updates as of December 2024
3201 Cuthbert Street (Gattuso Development Partners): Gattuso is completing the exterior cladding for its 509,000 SF life sciences development at 3201 Cuthbert Street, and the building is being readied for interior fit-outs. Gattuso expects the core and shell of the building to be complete in the fourth quarter of 2024. Cambridge-based Smart Labs, one of the leading lab management firms in the United States, has signed a lease for 117,000 SF of the building. Drexel will have both a ground-floor presence and exclusive use of the 11th floor, occupying around 60,000 SF total to house core research and business outreach operations, as well as much-needed laboratory, convening and office space for appropriate components in the College of Engineering and/or School of Biomedical Engineering, as well as translational research labs to support Drexel innovation.
Spark Therapeutics Development at F Lot: Spark Therapeutics is completing the exterior cladding for its new Gene Therapy Innovation Center being developed on Drexel’s former F Lot. The building is nearly fully enclosed and ready for interior fit-outs. Spark expects this project to be complete for occupancy with offices and labs in 2026, with full gene therapy manufacturing to come in 2027. The anticipated 500,000-square-foot, multi-story building will serve as a Roche global center of excellence for gene therapy manufacturing and will create opportunities for collaboration with Drexel and Philadelphia’s life sciences community.
Schuylkill Yards (Brandywine Realty Trust): Brandywine continues to work with potential operators for a food hall on the ground floor of the Bulletin Building. 3151 Market Street, a new stand-alone lab building accommodating approximately 450,000 square feet of lab and lab-support spaces, is fully clad and ready for tenant fit-outs.