Industry News - Construction

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Thursday, March 22, 2018

Deal reached to end Jersey City teacher strike

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A deal was reached Sunday night on a new contract for Jersey City's teachers, paving the way for them to return to classrooms Monday mo...

Virtua averts nurses' strike with new contract, increased staffing

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About 1,500 registered nurses have voted to accept a new contract with Virtua, calling off a threatened strike that would have affected t...
Saturday, March 17, 2018

Pitt to challenge grad student union election petition

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Pitt administrators have told the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board they plan challenge the graduate student petition to hold a union ...
Saturday, March 3, 2018

New lawsuits could delay Mariner East 2 pipeline project

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PHILADELPHIA >> On Wednesday, Clean Air Council, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, and Mountain Watershed Association, Inc. file...

Blatstein returns focus to Northern Liberties with plan for remaining brewery parcel

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Developer Bart Blatstein wants to build a complex of nearly 1,200 rental apartments in Philadelphia’s Northern Liberties neighborhood in...
Sunday, February 25, 2018

12 new Philly high-rises opening in 2018: Including Philly’s first supertall!

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    Photo by Melissa Romero It doesn’t take m...

Rittenhouse Square tower plan tweaked to add hotel-length stays and $2.5M-and-up condos

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 Nashville-based developer Southern Land Co. has tweaked its plan for a condo and apartment tower on the last major building site aro...

Administrators, Trustees Talk Grad Student Unionization

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Penn State Provost Nick Jones on Thursday updated the Board of Trustees Committee on Academic Affairs and Student Life about the pro...

DC 47 City Contract Update

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Contract talks between the City of Philadelphia and AFCME DC 47 representatives have continued weekly (generally more than once a week...
Sunday, February 18, 2018

Montco real estate company buys Pa. shopping complex for $55.3M

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A New York-based real estate investment trust disclosed the $55.3 million sale of an Allentown shopping center in its latest earnings...

New Jersey Construction Company Cited After Wall Collapse Leads to Workplace Fatality and Injuries

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Onekey, LLC, was cited for exposing employees to crushing hazards after a concrete retaining wall collapsed at a Poughkeepsie, N.J., wor...
Sunday, February 4, 2018

Acadia to start work on $110M Philadelphia psych hospital this week

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Acadia Healthcare is breaking ground Thursday for its new $110 million psychiatric care hospital, which is being built next to th...

Opening the Delaware waterfront to the city

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Right-to-work holdouts face new efforts to change labor laws

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Backers of so-called right-to-work laws are focusing on changing labor laws in a handful of holdout states in the Midwest. ...
Sunday, January 28, 2018

Toll Brothers reveal shorter, mostly glass tower for Jewelers Row: With 85 condos, 4,500 square feet of retail

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Ahead of an official Civic Design Review meeting next month, Toll Brothers has revealed its new design plans for a 135,000-square-foot...

214-townhome development planned along Delaware River in Pennsport: The two-phase project sits on eight acres

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Shortly after developer Bart Blatstein sold a portion of his Delaware River waterfront property earlier this month for some $20 mill...

SEPTA approves final route for proposed King of Prussia extension: Extension of the Norristown High-Speed Line will include two stops at the mall

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SEPTA's board on Thursday approved a final route for the Norristown High-Speed Line extension that will provide direct service...

With $56M loan, Philadelphia Metropolitan Opera House eyes December 2018 return: The historic theater will reopen as Live Nation venue on December 13

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The Philadelphia Metropolitan Opera House on North Broad was just handed a $56 million loan, pushing the restoration project forward...

Why is Toll Bros. designing a "background" building for an iconic Philly neighborhood?

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After a couple of false starts, Toll Bros. is advancing a scaled-back proposal for a condo building, replacing five buildings at the...