PHILADELPHIA—Understanding suburban residents is critical to producing reimagined and redeveloped communities outside the urban core, say panelists at the Urban Land Institute Philadelphia District's “Contagious Urbanization: How the Suburbs are Embracing Mixed-Use and Density,” held today at the Union League Club.
About 300 attendees were at the program, which offered a regional panel moderated by Fortune Live host and author Leigh Gallagher, a Media, PA native who led a discussion among developers about how they plan and build for the new urbanized Philadelphia suburbs.
Eli Kahn, principal of E. Kahn Development Corp., presented redevelopment plans for downtown West Chester and Devon. As someone who grew up nearby, Eli explained how he aims to create an “urban light” environment, by building walkable and transit-oriented developments that are desirable to those used to a bustling city atmosphere. As previously reported by GlobeSt.com, Kahn successfully redeveloped a former insurance company headquarters in Malvern, PA, which was leased by building products company Saint-Gobain. Last week Kahn sold the property to Chicago developer 90 North.
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