A Sincere and Humbling Moment of Thanks.

Gregory Management & Consulting Services wants to take this moment to thank all of our clients for their ongoing support.  We have been blessed with exponential growth over the last 15 months and owe this success to many of you in the Southeastern, PA marketplace and nationally through our contracted labor relations services support.

From Association Management & Support Services, Contracted Labor & Industry Relations Services, HR & Operations consulting and support, we have been blessed with the best clients that are an absolute privilege to serve.  As many of you have heard from me before, I do what I do because I am passionate about my profession, about bringing people together and about building a community, not because I have to, but because I am driven to.

We simply could not have become the recognized leader in the Philadelphia region in the areas of Labor & Industry Relations since 2005; we could have never built and earned the Gregory Management & Consulting Services (GMCS) brand, “Knowledge,” “Trust,” “Integrity” and a unwavering commitment to “Serve” the industry without you, our trusted, valued clients. 

Thank you to all that have helped us achieve success.

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Happy Thanksgiving,

Wayne Gregory

President & Founder

Gregory Management & Consulting Services

Audubon, PA 19403

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Former Wynn Advocate Joins Market8 Team After Giving it a Failing Grade

Dan Keating, a Philly based contractor and construction manager (he built Liberty Bell Center and the Sugarhouse,) was charged with ginning up positive feelings about the Wynn Philadelphia proposal. Now, though, he's working for Market8, a casino which he gave failing grades in his assessment of all six proposals.

Dan Keating, a Philly based contractor and construction manager (he built Liberty Bell Center and the Sugarhouse,) was charged with ginning up positive feelings about the Wynn Philadelphia proposal. Now, though, he's working for Market8, a casino which he gave failing grades in his assesment of all six proposals.

Wasting no time at all, The Provence blasted Keating's team switching on twitter:

The Provence @PhillyProvence : “Market8 Project sucks a lot. Oh wait, maybe just a little.”

While working for Wynn, Keating set up a war room where he brought community leaders, journalists, and public officials to see exhibits that ranked and graded all six proposals. Market8 ranked dead last in all of his categories. Perhaps, though, in his role as a Wynn advocate, Keating ranked Market8 last because he privately felt that it was the best contender for the casino license.

Regardless of his private feelings, his public stance has reversed completely: "We now believe that in every important respect, the Market8 project stands head and shoulders above all other proposed projects, and that this is an opportunity that it would be unfortunate for the city and commonwealth to miss."

Source: Philly.Curbed.com

 

$60 million retail center opens on former Tasty Baking site

Months before construction started on Bakers Centre, the 220,000-square-foot shopping center was nearly fully leased up.

Now completed, the $60 million project in Hunting Park West is proving there is demand for retail in a neighborhood once dominated by manufacturing companies that have since shuttered or moved out. Just about 11,000 square feet of the development remains to be leased and Metro Development Co. of Ardmore, Pa., is setting its sights on moving forward with the second phase of the project.

“It’s coming together,” said Michael Grasso, chief executive of Metro Development.

When Grasso first looked at the site where Bakers Centre is now located, he and his sales team drove around and trolled the neighborhood to get a handle on it. Grasso was stunned.

“Where do these people shop?,” he wondered. “We had to go to City Line Avenue to get a cup of coffee.”

A 7-Eleven was go-to place to shop for groceries.

A 2010 study done for the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp. identified retail as a use that would potentially thrive in that part of Philadelphia.

In light of the food desert and other lack of other retail outlets in Hunting Park, Grasso felt bullish Bakers Centre could attract tenants and decided to move forward with the development. The land had been used by Tasty Baking for its headquarters and a production facility.

Bakers Centre is on 30 acres along Hunting Park Avenue, Fox Street and Roberts Avenue. A 71,000-square-foot ShopRite anchors the center. Ross Dress for Less, Family Dollar, Subway, Planet Fitness, Dunkin Donuts are among its others tenants. U.S. Realty Associates Inc. is handling the leasing.

While Metro’s focus has been on Bakers Centre, it will begin to set its sights on redeveloping the former Tasty Baking factory. The 460,000-square-foot building will be converted into primarily office space. Three tenants — two non profits and a school — have been lined up and total about 100,000 square feet. Work will is expected to begin in 90 days.

Source: Philadelphia Business Journal