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Greater Center City Philadelphia leads city in housing growth, with residential development reaching a 5-year high in 2024, according to new CCD research.
The 2023-2027 Plan and Budget for the CCD was unanimously approved by City Council and signed into law after being overwhelmingly approved by District property owners. The CCD's focus remains on ensuring a clean, safe, attractive, well-managed public environment for downtown Philadelphia.
Spring Training Returns to Dilworth Park on April 4, offering a variety of free outdoor fitness activities Tuesdays through Thursdays, until May 25.
From pop-up shops and craft markets to an eclectic mix of contemporary retailers, and independent boutiques found only in Philadelphia; if it’s in, it’s in Center City this holiday season.
Beginning this September, Center City District will introduce a full lineup of fall events at Dilworth Park, including a weekend-long Octoberfest, free concerts and the fifth anniversary of Philly’s premiere public space.
This new CCD/CPDC report examines the current state of the downtown restaurant and retail sectors. Using pedestrian, transit and parking occupancy counts and detailed visual surveys of almost 2,000 retail premises, conducted by CCD staff, the report provides a close-up look at business conditions, supplemented with information from the commercial office sector, employment trends, housing market data and ecommerce trends.
Op-ed by CCD president and CEO Paul Levy, on recent proposals to tax development in the city.
This new CCD/CPDC report analyzes the housing sector recovery in Philadelphia. While the pandemic impaired many parts of Philadelphia’s economy, both Greater Center City and citywide housing markets showed extraordinary resilience in the last year, buoyed by historically low interest rates and continued interest in city living.