'Building for Innovation' Topic of Urban Land Institute Panel in Philly

ULI Philadelphia Innovation Panel, from left: Brian Selander, entrepreneur in residence at SeventySix Capital; Stas Gayshan, Cambridge Innovation Center managing director; Anne Papageorge, vice president of facilities and real estate services, University of Pennsylvania; Joe Reagan, senior vice president for development, Wexford Science + Technology; and Lindsey Scannapieco, managing partner, Scout Ltd., a collective of urban design professionals. (Steve Lubetkin Photo/StateBroadcastNews.com. Used by permission)

PHILADELPHIA—Co-working, maker and creative spaces are changing Philadelphia’s neighborhoods, bringing new firms to the City and creating opportunities for technologies to be developed and companies to grow, according to a panel of market participants convened by the Urban Land Institute’s Philadelphia District.

“What’s been so exciting is to see the sense of possibility, the sense of purpose, and the sense of community that’s being built right here in Philadelphia,” says Brian Selander, entrepreneur in residence at SeventySix Capital, who moderated the “Imagine, Invent, Invest—Building for Innovation” panel. “The bar to starting something new has never been lower, and that is a massive opportunity for us, because the bar to building community has never been lower as well.”