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Toll Brothers Abandons Jewelers’ Row Project with Sale to Pearl Properties
Development

Toll Brothers Abandons Jewelers’ Row Project with Sale to Pearl Properties

The Toll Brothers construction hole on Sansom Street has sat empty for three years. Pearl Properties has purchased the parcel and plans to begin building in 2023

Cecil Baker And The Redemption Of 1900 Chestnut Street
Architecture

Cecil Baker And The Redemption Of 1900 Chestnut Street

Design-wise, plans for the Boyd Theater site at 1900 Chestnut Street has been doomed from the get-go. Pearl Properties’ first architect for the project, Eimer Architects, couldn’t deliver a quality blueprint to match the prime Center City site. Enter Cecil Baker + Partners. With thoughtful consideration to neighborhood stakeholders and a mind for smart urbanism, Baker’s redesign sets plans for the the site right. Contributor Stephen Stofka has this Q&A with the architect who picked up the pieces and saved the project from a deadlock


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