WANTED: Chef for Standout Graduate Hospital Development


Carpenter Square is one of the more impressive pieces of development going on in the Graduate Hospital section of Philadelphia. The materials stand out among the stucco bump-outs that dominate the development in the neighborhood. The project is bringing eleven townhouses to 17th Street and six condo units to the corner of 17th and Carpenter. On the ground floor, there are plans for a restaurant.

Developer Mark Scott, a Graduate Hospital resident, says the key to activating the plaza is to put a restaurant in the commercial space — specifically, one with a liquor license. Although the condo building is at present no more than a mound of dirt and a hole in the ground, the commercial space is actively being shopped by Jackie Balin of CBRE Fameco to potential restaurant tenants, with a focus on young chefs looking to strike out on their own.

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