The multi-billion-dollar redevelopment of a former oil refinery site in Philadelphia, a project touted as what will be one of the largest and most strategically located U.S. logistics hubs, now has a moniker that reflects the times.
Developer HRP, formerly known as Hilco Redevelopment Partners, on Monday announced the 1,300-acre South Philadelphia property it acquired for $225.5 million in June 2020 will now be called the Bellwether District. The company, based in Chicago, purchased the site of the former Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery at 3144 W. Passyunk Ave. in a bankruptcy auction.
“This is a poster child of environmental and social justice, let’s call it that,” Justin Dunn, HRP senior vice president of development, told CoStar News. “The amount of remediation, the amount of development that is going to go into this site — that was 150 years a refinery — and now turning that into an economic and environmental sustainable engine for this region I think is really, really powerful. And we’re future-proofing this as much as possible, everything from the energy to the environmental, to the types of buildings, the types of life-science products … And those jobs are sustainable for generations to come.”
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