USGBC’s Greenbuild International Conference & Expo is the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. Philadelphia has been selected as the host city for the 2013 Greenbuild conference, on the 20th anniversary of USGBC. This year, Greenbuild is expected to draw over 30,000 attendees: industry leaders, experts, and frontline professionals dedicated to sustainable building in their everyday work.
To further strengthen its engineering expertise and capabilities, BMT Syntek Technologies (BMT) has opened a Philadelphia office at The Navy Yard. For the past 20 years, BMT has equipped R&D decision makers with focused, powerful insights on programs and technology.
ZSX Medical, a privately-held medical device development company focused on developing products to help surgeons do their job well, relocated from King of Prussia to The Navy Yard in Quarters M-2. ZSX Medical believes that making surgeons’ work easier will help patients, save hospitals money, and reduce overall healthcare costs.
Graboyes Commercial Window Co., a commercial window installer with deep roots in custom window and door replacement throughout the Philadelphia region, has relocated its corporate headquarters from 7th & Callowhill Streets to The Navy Yard in June 2013.
Nava Yoga Center is a new yoga studio at The Navy Yard, located in Vincera Institute’s newly renovated Building 489 at 1200 Constitution Ave. Co-founders Biz Magarity & Kayla Fell are passionate about providing authentic, accessible yoga conveniently located for Navy Yard employees and the local South Philadelphia neighborhood. Nava offers a full schedule of vinyasa (flow), heated, yin yoga, and specialty classes starting at 6:00 am through to 7:15 pm on weekdays.
Edited on July 22, 2013 to reflect updated schedule.
The Navy Yard’s Lunch Truck Lineup (#TNYLTL), a weekly event on the Marine Parade Grounds, has been called a “hot venue” and a “food truck hub” by food critics and bloggers. As of July 1, The Navy Yard has expanded the popular food truck program with Food Truck Days @ The Navy Yard, which brings food trucks to the campus five days a week (rain or shine)!
The Navy Yard is home to more than 11,000 employees and 143 companies in the office, industrial/manufacturing, and research and development sectors, occupying 6.5 million square feet of real estate in a mix of historic buildings and new high-performance and LEED® certified construction.
In its master developer role at The Navy Yard, PIDC, Philadelphia’s city-wide economic development corporation, manages all aspects of the property’s management and development, including master planning, leasing, property management, infrastructure development, utility operation, and structuring development transactions.