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Camden Takes A Few Leaps Toward The Tipping Point
Camden New Jersey Waterfront pictures
April 17, 2007 "'That's the sound of a city coming back to life.' " For Dranoff, the developer of Philadelphia's Symphony House, Venice Lofts and the Left Bank, there's nothing left to prove. " waterfront has reached a "tipping point," he said.
Camden's Waterfront
6/22/06 Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial
| State's gamble starting to pay off
Camden's waterfront took another step toward a brighter future with this
week's unveiling of plans for a $750 million, 40-acre mixed-use development.
the waterfront is finally attracting the long-desired confidence of
private
investors that New Jersey expected. It was the right gamble for the state.
6/21/06 ...Now, another $500 million in private money will be spent to complete Cooper's Crossing within the next decade. That will include 1,200 new housing units around a town square, two 30-story high-rises, commercial space, a hotel, retail and restaurants."
6/21/06 While
fully completed "transit villages" may be years away, local
municipalities
and government-financed studies have already spurred development near the
rail stops.And it is only the beginning, say local officials and developers who
hope to transform sprawling asphalt parking lots at stations into compact
"transit-oriented developments."In about a month, the Delaware River
Port Authority is expected to produce a draft
of a study that officials will use as the blueprint for development at
the Lindenwold, Ashland, Woodcrest, Haddonfield, Westmont, Collingswood and Ferry
Avenue PATCO stations.
Pictures of Ferry Ave. Station Today
6/20/06 Without
toll or tax money, construction of Camden's ferry terminal starts today.
Groundbreaking for the first privately funded office building in Camden in
nearly half a century is scheduled for this morning, a tangible step forward in
a more than decade-long $750 million plan to remake the city's waterfront into a
residential neighborhood and office and entertainment complex called Cooper's
Crossing.
Camden
Waterfront is Embarking On New Phase