Amtrak resumes search for 30th St. development overseer with focus on shops, restaurants at station in Philadelphia

By Jacob Adelman, Staff Writer, Philly.com; May 22, 2018

Amtrak is resuming its search for an overseer to begin redeveloping its vast University City land holdings around 30th Street Station after putting the effort on hold last year amid signs that Philadelphia officials intended to propose nearby sites to Amazon for its planned second headquarters.

The rail operator’s renewed call this month for a master developer identifies improving the 1930s station’s retail offerings, office space and mechanical systems as the first steps toward completing a decades-long initiative known as the 30th Street Station District Plan, which eventually may include capping nearby rail yards so they can be built over.

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