PHILADELPHIA—After more than a year in the planning stages, ground has broken on a $100-million student housing community on the site of the former John Wanamaker School here. Being built by the Goldenberg Group with partner Bridge of Hope Community Development Corp., the 320,000-square-foot project will serve students attending the nearby Temple University.

The Blue Bell, PA-based firm had originally planned to build a large multi-phase, mixed-use development on the 4.6-acre site in partnership with Bright Hope Baptist Church. Former plans, according to nakedphilly.com, called for the project to incorporate parts of the existing school building into its design, and include a Green Construction Training Center, an Arts & Education Forum, a charter school, student housing and public space.

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