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Brandywine Starts $800M Cira Centre South

PHILADELPHIA-The opening phase of the 14-acre mixed-use project planned in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania begins with a one-block demolition.

By Marita Thomas | Updated on November 20, 2007

PHILADELPHIA-Brandywine Realty Trust and the University of Pennsylvania have moved forward with Cira Centre South , the 2.8-million-sf mixed-use project on 14-acres of university-owned land to the south of 30th Street Station. Radnor-based Brandywine has obtained a 90-year ground lease on the land. The estimated cost for the total project approaches $800 million and began with the demolition of the block-long post office truck terminal annex.

Redevelopment of the existing 862,000-sf US Postal Service building represents phase one of the project. Brandywine paid the university $28 million for the building and estimates its renovation will cost about $265 million. The postal service has signed three short-term leases for 220,000-sf portions of the building, which it will occupy during renovation through fourth-quarter 2008.

The US General Services Administration has signed a 20-year lease for the full building, beginning with completion of the renovation in 2010, where it will house 5,000 employees of the Internal Revenue Service. As part of this phase, Brandywine will also construct a 733,000-sf, 2,400-vehicle parking garage, at an estimated cost of $110 million. Half of it will be reserved for IRS employees.

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