Current Projects
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Drexel Project Updates as of November 2025
Daskalakis Athletic Center Varsity Weight Room Upgrades: Design and engineering drawings are being completed, with work anticipated to begin by the end of 2025.
Façade Renovations: Repairs to the Academic Building façade continue to track on schedule and budget, with completion targeted by January 2026. The sidewalk around the building remains protected.
Infrastructure Upgrades: The next round of City Tune-ups are in progress for the Daskalakis Athletic Center, URBN Center, Academic Building, Recreation Center, Nesbitt Hall, and 3201Arch Street.
Mandell Theater Lighting and Structural Updates: The design drawings for lighting and structural upgrades in Mandell Theater, located in Creese Student Center, are complete.
McGonigal Academic Resource Center (ARC): Abatement work will occur in spring 2026 for resumption of renovation work for Phase 2 of the ARC to begin in summer 2026.
Partner Project Updates as of November 2025
3201 Cuthbert Street (Gattuso Development Partners): Gattuso has completed the core and shell for its 509,000 SF life sciences development at 3201 Cuthbert Street. Leasing is in progress. Finishing touches to the sidewalks, streetscape and perimeter of the building are ongoing.
Spark Therapeutics Development at F Lot: With the exterior complete, work continues on the interior fit-out for Spark Therapeutics’ 500,000-square-foot Gene Innovation Center, with anticipated opening in 2027.
Schuylkill Yards (Brandywine Realty Trust): Gather Food Hall, featuring six local vendors and an elevated bar, has opened on the ground floor of the former Bulletin Building at 3025 Market Street in Schuylkill Yards. 3151 Market Street, a new stand-alone lab building accommodating approximately 450,000 square feet of lab and lab-support spaces, is substantially complete. The retail tenants on the ground floor, including Starbucks and Fine Wine & Spirts, are open and operational. An LED ribbon board has been installed along the Market and JFK frontages above street level.