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By Paul Schwedelson I Dec 15, 2025 I Updated Dec 15, 2025 10:04am EST A rendering shows the planned 3,000-square-foot coffee and wine bar at the Navy Yard. A coffee and wine bar is coming to the Philadelphia Navy Yard, another step in the evolution of the mixed-use mega development. Happy Bear Coffee Co. will lease 3,036 square feet on the ground floor of the lab building at 1201 Normandy Place, between Central Green Park and Chapel Plaza. Construction on the coffee shop is

Brad Korman I October 28, 2025 Every once in a while, a project comes along that feels bigger than the buildings themselves. For me, AVE Navy Yard is one of those projects. Whenever we start a new residential project, we always ask the same question: What will this new community be like for the people who will live here? And in this case, we weren’t just building apartments — we were helping create an entirely new neighborhood in Philadelphia. For generations, the Navy Yard h

Philadelphia Magazine 2025 There's a lot of change afoot in Philly these days. Some of it — prepping for America’s 250th birthday and the 2026 World Cup, planning for a revitalized Parkway and reimagined (arena-free) Market East — is exciting. Some of it — averting dire straits for SEPTA, navigating the Trump 2.0 policy shifts that strip funding and destabilize a city — is decidedly less so. But all of it has created new and interesting opportunities for leaders, visionaries,