Current Projects
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Drexel Project Updates as of February 2025
Academic Resource Center (ARC): The schedule is being finalized for the next phase of work, which expands the functions of the ARC across the entire first floor of the Korman Center. A $2.5 million pledge from trustee Patrick McGonigal '86 is enabling these further renovations to the center, which will be named in his honor.
Electrical Replacements: 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: CAT Lab 264 gas cabinet installation with associated infrastructure was completed in December 2024. The Bentley Hall data center has a new energy-efficient HVAC system as of January 2025. The next round of City Tune-ups have begun for the Daskalakis Athletic Center, URBN Center, Academic Building, Recreation Center, Nesbitt Hall, and 3201Arch Street.
Laboratory Renovations: In the Center for Automation Technology, Suite 460, renovations on two environmental chambers and associated infrastructure was substantially completed in December 2024. 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 in January 2025.
Partner Project Updates as of February 2025
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 first quarter of 2025. 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 campus through a 99-year ground lease of 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.