Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza

Property owners along North Broad Street inside the new district paid an extra fee to support economic development efforts along the commercial corridor.

Graduate student workers voted overwhelmingly to form a union at the University of Pennsylvania, but their first contract could take years.

The African Center will span 37,000 square feet. Plans include a community center, restaurant, health clinic, day care and office space.

A lack of commuters meant 8.1 million square feet of empty office space in 2023, up from 4.2 million in 2019, according to the annual Center City District report.

There’s a slew of big tourism opportunities in Philadelphia during 2026, so leaders plan to make any economic trickle down more equitable than ever.

For a city of its size, Philadelphia has fewer middle-wage jobs than New York City, Baltimore, Nashville and D.C., research from The Pew Charitable Trusts shows.

The city is on track to expand labor protections for workers inside Center City office towers slated for renovation into residential buildings.

After the biggest cannabis shopping day of the year, the business will shutter after its landlord cut the lease short.

Philadelphia adults are more likely to have a college degree than the national average but less likely than some peer cities.

About 50,000 residents with low income don’t claim one federal tax credit, which means lower tax refund checks.

Supporters leaned in to watch host Maiken Scott interview guests live for her weekly science and health show.

As office towers are retrofitted, residential buildings’ unionized cleaners in Center City say they worry about job security. But businesses say proposed changes go too far.