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Patricia Gallagher — a 26-year-old mother of two with No. 3 on the way — lives in Northeast Philadelphia, but plans to deliver her baby at Holy Redeemer Hospital in Montgomery County. “That’s the hospital wher e my doctor is affiliated and that’s were my two children were born,” said Gallagher. Obtaining and providing timely obstetrical care in Philadelphia has becoming incr easingly challenging for patients and pr oviders as city hospitals have closed their OB units
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It’s not just hospitals within Philadelphia’s borders that have decided to get out of the baby delivery business. In the eight-county region, 21 mater nity wards have shuttered during the past 15 years.
Just two new obstetrical units have opened. Five maternity wards were lost because hospitals converted to outpatient or specialty services. Three medical centers closed altogether. The remaining 13 hospitals that chose to exit the obstetrical ser vice line since 1997 SEE OB DOC, P8
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Chesco to issue RFP for major renovation in Coatesville COATESVILLE — Developers will soon get an oppor tunity to propose ideas on a three-part project here that economic-development officials say will foster more commercial activity. A request for proposals is scheduled to be issued by the end of the year for the renovation of the Chester County city’s existing train station, and the construction of a new one nearby with the development of a parking lot along 3rd Avenue. A streetscaping project that will attempt to enhance an other wise forlorn part of the city is also part of the overall plan. “One of the nice things about the pr ocess is we’re asking the development communities what they think should go on these sites,” said David N. Sciocchetti, urban development consultant at the Chester County Economic Development Council, which is overseeing the process. Abandoned for more than 20 years, the Coatesville train station at 3r d and Fleetwood Street was built in 1865. It is one of the oldest on the Main Line. Some have said the station reflects the ups and downs experienced over the years by Coatesville. It was once a bustling steel town and the train station was an integral part of its downtown. But once steel pr oduction wound down and the train station closed, Coatesville saw residents leave to look for employment opportunities elsewhere.
and 30th Street. In Coatesville, $20 million in PennDOT and federal transit dollars has already been set aside for the pr oject. Many hope that an improved Coatesville station will eventually lead to SEPTA reinstituting regional rail service to the city. “As you can imagine, it makes a big difference,” said Don Pulver of Oliver Tyrone Pulver Corp., which developed a Mar riott Courtyard in Coatesville that opened in May and is looking to constr uct an The decrepit Coatesville railroad station. 80,000-square-foot office building next to it. Bsusinesses closed up and crime rose. “The train is more important to commutThe overall project has long been viewed ers today because they go in both direcas one of the key factors in r evitalizing tions. We’ve seen that in Conshohocken in Coatesville and its main commercial corri- spades. The train station has blossomed dor. and it has changed a lot in the 20 years we The station, an Amtrak stop, sits on what have been there. Now it makes a big differis called the Keystone Corridor. There is ence.” no ticketing or other ser vices provided. Pulver’s company has developed T ower The Pennsylvania Depar tment of Trans- Bridge in Conshohocken and W est portation is supporting the redevelopment Conshohocken, which totals 1.2 million and enhancing of stations along the Key- square feet of office, retail and hotel space. stone Corridor in a multiyear program that SEPTA ceased its Coatesville ser vice in will address different stations at dif ferent 1996 when ridership was so low the times. PennDOT has had meetings in agency could no longer rationalize conParkesburg, Downingtown, Paoli and tinuing it. About six years ago, the DelaArdmore about their stations. ware Valley Regional Planning Commis“At this time ther e are no definite time- sion conducted a study to deter mine lines or plans for the Parkesbur g, whether it warranted re-starting the serDowningtown or Ardmore stations,” said vice. Erin Water-Trasat, a PennDOT spokes“The findings were not compelling,” said woman. Byron Comati, director of strategic planSo far PennDOT is in the early stages ning at SEPTA. “It was an issue of whether with projects at Paoli, Exton, Coatesville there was enough ridership. Once you get NATALIE KOSTELNI | BUSINESS JOURNAL
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Marathon’s econ impact passes $20M JOHN GEORGE SENIOR REPORTER
The Philadelphia Marathon may not have the cachet of its Boston or New York counterparts, but the annual race does give the economy a leg up. An economic impact study conducted by Temple University’s Spor t Industry Research Center found the 2011 Philadelphia marathon generated $20.5 million for the region. This year’s race on Nov. 18 will likely top last year’s figure with a record 27,000 runners signed up to par ticipate in the halfand full marathon — the lar gest field of competitors in its 19-year histor y. More than 60,000 spectators are expected. Melanie Johnson, the Philadelphia Marathon’s executive director, said 2,000 slots for runners were added this year. Despite the increase, Johnson said, both the marathon, with more than 14,000 par ticipants, and the half-marathon, with mor e than 12,000, hit capacity thr ee weeks faster than last year. Registration closed nearly two months before the event, also a r ecord. The New York City Marathon, sched-
Twenty-five thousand runners participated in the 2011 Philadelphia Marathon.
uled for Nov. 4, was cancelled this year because of the havoc cau sed by Hurricane Sandy. Last year more than 47,000 runners participated in the New York Marathon, which generated an economic impact of more than $300 million for the five boroughs that encompass the race. Johnson said New York Marathon r unners who called to ask about par ticipating in the Philadelphia Marathon were directed to the event’s 350 remaining charity slots, which are provided to nonprofit organizations to sell to raise money for their programs. “Those spots were completely sold out,
mostly over the weekend,” Johnson said. Last week, the Philadelphia Marathon announced it would allow an additional 3,000 New York Marathon registrants to take part in the Philadelphia race for a $200 registration fee, half of which will go to Hurricane relief efforts and half to the Philadelphia Marathon for its additional expenses. Johnson, who has ser ved as the executive director of the Philadelphia Marathon since 2008, said this year’s race will be all the 26-mile course can handle. “We’ve added 2,000 runners each year [since 2008],” she said. “W e’ll have to
to the end of the line, you star t going further out and you’re incurring some significant mileage and costs to operate the line. What we tr y to do is make the case whether or not ther e is enough pent-up ridership.” So far, there isn’t. Data fr om this year show Coatesville accounting for 60 trips a day on Amtrak, which riders can take to other stops along the Main Line such as Paoli, Ardmore and down to 30th Str eet. That means about 30 people a day taking the train from Coatesville and returning to the station. “That’s a little too little,” Comati said. Boost that to 100 to 150 people a day and 300 to 400 trips, then the case to extend service to Coatesville begins to become more convincing. Will a new station pr omote more ridership? Both Parkesburg and Coatesville have seen some r esurgence in ridership over the last year or two and making improvements to the area around the station, including better land use and even lighting, could help, Comati said. “The theory is when everything goes as planned, you have a better-looking station, better street lighting, better signage and start seeing more interested parties taking the train by Amtrak that will pr ecipitate the decision to star t [SEPTA] ser vice there,” he said. “It has not been r uled out in the slightest.” nkostelni@bizjournals.com | 215-238-5139
make some changes to continue to gr ow. We’re looking to change the half-marathon to Saturday next year. That way both the half-marathon and full marathon can grow.” The Temple’s Sports Industry Research Center study found last year the average per-person expenditure for marathon participants was $441.87, with the bulk of that going for lodging, food and beverages and the race registration fee. A total of 13,183 r oom nights were booked for last year’s marathon, which included more than 18,000 r unners from outside of Philadelphia. The study calculated the direct spending attributable to the marathon at just under $13.8 million. A multiplier ef fect used to determine how much of that spending fueled additional local spending put the total economic impact of the race at $20.5 million, a 16 per cent increase compared to 2010’s event. In addition to the marathon and half marathon, the three-day event also includes Rothman Institute 8K on Nov. 17. A new part of that race is the “gr oup challenge,” a competition for groups of five or more racers representing hotels, gyms, running clubs, businesses, nonprofit organizations and colleges. Groups will be awarded prizes in competitive and creative categories, such as the fastest gr oup, best group spirit, and best dr essed group. Younger runners can participate in a “Kids Fun Run.” The marathon will be preceded by a free two-day Health & Fitness Expo at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. ■
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Food for thought: Supermarkets finding homes in malls PETER VAN ALLEN STAFF WRITER
Whole Foods are opening in malls.
Malls are saying good-bye to anchor department stores and hello to r estaurants and supermarkets. Where Wanamakers and Strawbridges once stood are supermarkets like Whole Foods and Wegmans or restaurants like Capital Grille and Grand Lux Cafe. The supermarkets and clusters of restaurants are what Joseph Coradino, CEO of mall owner
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, has called the new anchors. “Supermarkets want to go into dense, established areas. The zones of available real estate are often at the mall. Wher e else can you find 150,000 square feet? The only place is wher e that old, tir ed department store has closed,” said Steve Gar tner, president of Metro Commercial. “Mall owners like large-scale restaurants. They drive traffic, and they drive traffic at night. Retailers like them because if there’s an
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hour-long line, people come into their stores.” At Simon Property Group’s Montgomery Mall, a Wegmans store is planned for the site of a for mer Boscov’s. When it opens next fall, it will be the Rochester , N.Y.-based company’s first stor e in a r egional mall, said spokeswoman Jo Natale. “This is the first time we have opened in what would be described as a r egional mall, although our store will not be connected to the mall. It is free standing in the same spot where the previous retailer stood. Now, although we have not put a store in a ‘mall,’ most of our new stores are part of large mixed-use developments where other retailers operate stores,” Natale said. Two of the first malls to make the transition were Suburban Square, which has a Trader Joe’s next to the Ar dmore Farmers’ Market, and the Cher r y Hill Mall, which added a “r estaurant row” to its Route 38 side. PREIT, which invested $220 million to overhaul the 50-year-old Cherry Hill Mall, added Capitol Grille, Grand Lux Cafe, Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52 to bring in customers — and, it hopes, fortify them to shop at the mall’s stores. PREIT and other mall owners are adapting the same philosophy elsewhere. At the Plymouth Meeting Mall, PREIT replaced the Strawbridges with a Whole Foods Market, the lar gest of the Austin, Texas-based grocery chain’s area stores. Plymouth Meeting also has a cluster of restaurants, including Redstone American Grille, P.F. Chang’s China Bistro and California Pizza Kitchen. At the Moorestown Mall in South Jersey, owner PREIT used a voter r eferendum to secure four liquor licenses despite the fact that the rest of Moorestown is dr y. The restaurants will include a Mar c Vetri concept based on his Osteria. All four ar e expected to open in the middle of next year. At Voorhees Town Center, next year PREIT will add Iron Hill Brewery, Alana Wu, Rodizio Grill and Burger 21. At the King of Pr ussia Mall, which is majority owned and operated by Simon Property Group, an old Wanamakers department store was demolished, making way for 40 new r etailers, plus what it calls an upscale dining pavilion. At the Metroplex shopping center on Chemical Road in Plymouth Meeting, Giant Food Stores is an anchor. “You’ve been seeing a lot of mall developers looking for ways to get people away from their computers and back into malls,” said Peter Breslow, a restaurant consultant. “Every mall is in a struggle with how to drive people back into malls. They continue to reshuffle the deck and bring in new retailers. Now you’re seeing a landlord say, ‘I could put a r estaurant on this parking lot.’ It makes the mall look busier.” Kantar Retail, a consulting fir m, this month predicted the next 15 years’ top power retailers to be Walmart, Target, Kroger, Costco, Amazon, Dollar General, Walgreens, Publix, CVS and Aldi. Yet in some respects, what’s old is new. “When Cherry Hill Mall opened in 1961 it had a Food Fair. King of Pr ussia [Mall] had an Acme until the early 1990s,” Gar tner said. ■
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The Fairmount Community Develop- Fairmount CDC executive director Rebecca Johnment Corp. bought 10 vacant r esidential son with David Waxman (left) and Jacob Roller, both of MMPartners, on Cambridge Street. proper ties over four blocks on Cambridge Street in the Fairmount neighborhood and has entered into an agreement with a private developer to eventually renovate and sell the sites as market-rate housing. The community group is working with MMPartners, a Philadelphia r eal estate company that has focused on developments in nearby Brewerytown. The properties along the 2700-3000 blocks of Cambridge will be r ehabilitated by MMPartners. Fairmount CDC will r eceive a fee for each house that sells. “It’s clearly the thing that needs to get done on the block,” said Rebecca Johnson, executive director at Fairmount CDC. “It will be a total transformation of the block in the neighborhood.” The community group had wanted to buy these sites for a decade. Philadelphia Housing Authority has hundr eds of neighborhood properties like this in its Companies of all sizes are looking to drive growth. por tfolio. It and many other housing agencies instituted a pr ogram that proTo grow wisely, you need an advisor who really knows moted economic diversity in neighboryour business...and knows you. Who can deliver hoods by subsidizing families to live in properties it owns. Once someone moved tailored solutions that create opportunities, maximize out of a pr operty and a new occupant didn’t move in, maintaining it became a efficiency and help your bottom line. challenge; many stood vacant and wer e boarded up. The properties have been boarded up for 15 years, and Fair mount CDC made buying the rowhouses a priorEisnerAmper is that advisor. We roll up our sleeves ity in 2002. to get to the bottom of your toughest challenges, so For MMPartners, striking the par tnership with Fairmount made sense. It will you get the advice and strategies you need to create help stabilize the area and in ef fect push Fairmount northward closer to Brewerysustainable growth. town where MMPartners has a concentration of properties. TM “We think it will have a big impact,” said Let’s get down to business. Jacob Roller, a managing par tner with MMPartners. The company secured a $2 million loan with Firstrust Bank to move forward with renovating the properties. The company expects to begin selling the properties in phases beginning next spring. The houses will be sold in the upper $200,000s for two-bedroom properties and in the upper $300,000s for lar ger ones. One property will be sold to a first-time, moderate income homebuyer at a r educed price.
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OB OCCUPANCY
Hispanic White
Black
11.5 Asian
Philadelphia Source: March of Dimes
98%
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70%
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LOW BIRTHWEIGHT
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Patricia Gallagher lives in Northeast Philadelphia, but plans to deliver her baby at Holy Redeemer in Montgomery County.
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5.2 4.5
6.2 5.6
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births 2006-08 7.9
The three-part series on the state of obstetriThe Commonwealth Fund is a private foun cal care in Philadelphia is the r esult of Philadeldation based in New York that aims to pr ophia Business Jour nal Senior Repor ter John mote a high per forming health-care system George being selected by the Association of that achieves better access, impr oved quality, Health Care Journalists for its Media Fellowand greater efficiency, particularly for sociships on Health Per formance program. George ety’s most vulnerable, including low-income was one of three journalists from across the LABOR PAINS: people, the uninsured, minority Americans, country selected to par ticipate in the yearlong children, and elderly adults. The Fund CONTRACTION young program, designed to allow reporters to pursue supports independent research on health a significant reporting project examining health- IN THE BABY care issues and making grants to impr ove care delivery and performance. With support BUSINESS health-care practice and policy. from the Commonwealth Fund, the fellows atThe Association of Health Car e Journalists tended seminars on health-system performance, is a nonprofit organization, with more than consulted with AHCJ fellowship leaders and exper ts and 1,300 members, dedicated to impr oving the quality, acconducted field reporting for their projects. curacy and visibility of health-care reporting.
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Albert Einstein Medical Center
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Source: March of Dimes
LABOR PAINS: Philadelphia OB chiefs meeting regularly, developing care guidelines tive data are available from the March of Dimes’ peristats data set, Philadelphia’s infant mortality rate of 12 deaths per 1,000 deliveries was almost double the national average of 6.7 per 1,000. The city’s low-birthweight rate of 11.3 percent is well above the national average of 8.2 percent. Philadelphia’s preterm birth rates of 14.6 was also higher than the national average of 12.6 percent.
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Flor Lieben of Queen Village, at a prenatal-care appointment at Einstein Medical Center, said some of her pregnant friends have had trouble scheduling appointments.
Collaboration, not competition JOHN GEORGE | BUSINESS JOURNAL
citing inadequate reimbursement rates and rising malpractice insurance costs. Fifteen years ago, the sounds of wailing newborns — and families gushing over them — filled the maternity wards at 19 hospitals in Philadelphia. Today, those noises can be heard at just six acute-care hospitals in the city still in the baby-delivery business. The impact of the maternity wards closings continues to be debated. Some argue consolidating care has yielded improvements, while others expr ess concerns about access to care. The situation has also created unlikely alliances and innovative strategies among hospitals still providing obstetrical care. “People should care about this because it is the futur e of the city,” said Dr. Jack Ludmir, chairman of the obstetrics department at Pennsylvania Hospital. “Babies and childr en are the futur e. We should want to make sur e they have the best beginnings. … The better the care is during a pregnancy, the healthier the baby will be. We need to help kids in our city reach their maximum potential.” Ludmir said with the downtur n in the economy, city hospitals are seeing more patients, including pregnant women, who don’t have health coverage. “If you get pr egnant and lose your job you can’t go out to the Main Line and expect those hospitals will take care of you. We will take care of you.” Philadelphia has not far ed well in national rankings of key statistics used to gauge maternal care: preterm births, in-
fant mortality and prenatal care. The city’s adverse outcomes are the result of a variety of factors — smoking, alcohol and illegal drug use, poor nutrition, genetics, lack of access to pr enatal care, and pre-existing health issues — that go beyond the number of hospitals delivering babies in the city.
The numbers
Dr. Erika Fitzpatrick Dennis, a neonatologist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, delivered sobering news to a group of congregational leaders who r ecently gathered in Philadelphia to discuss ways they can impr ove birth outcomes.
In an average week in Philadelphia, she noted: ■ 454 babies are born. ■ 64 are born preterm. ■ 50 are born at a low birthweight. ■ five will die before they reach their first birthday. Babies born to African-American mothers, Dennis said, are twice as likely to be born prematurely and at a low bir thweight and twice as likely to fail to survive one year. “African-American bir ths have the highest rates of negative bir th outcomes,” she said. “W e see the same trends over and over and over again.” In 2008, the most recent year compara-
The six acute-care medical centers still delivering babies — Temple University, Thomas Jefferson University, Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University hospitals; along with Einstein Medical Center and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) — are all taking steps to improve the care pregnant women receive. The hospitals are not spending any money promoting the service line. To the contrary, they’ve adopted a collaborative approach. The heads of obstetrical depar tments get together ever y other month to discuss ways to pr ovide better and safer care. Such gatherings are precedent-setting in Philadelphia, a combative health-care market where dozens of hospitals battle for market share. “It is a ver y unique situation,” Dr. Arnold Cohen, chairman of obstetrics at Einstein Medical Center. “There’s no competitive nature anymore. Everybody has more deliveries than they want. We’re focused not on marketing, only on quality.” That’s contrary to what is occur ring in SEE OB, P7
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the Philadelphia suburbs (see stor y: Page 9) and in other urban settings (see story: Page 10). Ludmir thinks the collaboration among the city OB units is the only such effort in the countr y, and cer tainly in Philadelphia. “Can you imagine the chairmen of orthopedics or neurosurger y in the city getting together and sharing infor mation?” Ludmir asked. “It would never happen.” The group has spent much of this year developing guidelines for obstetrical care that will be shared by the six hospitals in an effort to improve outcomes. At this month’s meeting, the gr oup — under the auspices of the Obstetrical Society of Philadelphia — will pr esent its protocols for six areas such as inductions and postpartum hemorrhaging. Cohen said the idea is to develop consistencies in the car e being delivered to pregnant women throughout the city. “When a [pregnant] patient calls 911, the ambulance has to take them to the nearest hospital, which is not necessarily the hospital that has that patient’s records,” Cohen said. “That’s a major problem we are all experiencing.” The obstetrical depar tment chairs are also workLorch ing with the Philadelphia Health Depar tment, and more recently with representatives of the Medicaid managed-care organizations that serve the city, to discuss strategies for improving OB care. Dr. Scott Lorch, a neonatalogist and researcher in the Center for Outcomes Research at CHOP, is studying the impact of large-scale closures of urban mater nity units on bir th outcomes in Philadelphia. Lorch and his colleagues at CHOP studied data from the region and compared it with other urban markets in other parts of Pennsylvania and Califor nia. In September, they released an initial r eport that showed Philadelphia’s infant mortality rates increased by nearly 50 percent in the later part of the 1990s, then the mortality rates leveled off to the same rate as before the closures.
Dr. Erika Fitzpatrick Dennis of CHOP talks to female congregational leaders in Philadelphia about what they can do to help improve birth outcomes at meeting in September.
“We were surprised by how the dr op occurred so soon after the closings rather than six or seven years afterwards,” he said. Lorch attributed the leveling off to increased cooperation among obstetric departments, the adjustments hospitals still delivering babies made to handle more patients and heightened monitoring of the city’s health-care delivery system by the Health Department. The study results, Lorch said, underscore the need for careful planning and oversight — in ar eas such as access to delivery care, prenatal care and the portability of prenatal health records — by public health agencies in communities with significant reductions in obstetrical services. Cohen believes the six acute-car e hospitals still delivering babies — all of which operate residency programs training future obstetricians — have risen to the challenge in handling mor e deliveries. “There’s not a problem with us delivering the care,” Cohen said. “The problem is the patients who can’t get access to care in their neighborhoods.” A big challenge that all hospitals confront, Cohen said, is getting access to prenatal records when a patient has been cared for at one hospital but delivers at another — which can occur when a patient calls an ambulance to get to the hospital, and the ambulance must take her to the nearest medical center. Dr. Daniel Guilfoil, Hahnemann University Hospital’s director of labor and delivery, is among those who believe having fewer hospitals in the baby-deliver y
business has had its benefits. “We talked about this being a crisis 10 years ago, but it’s also been an opportunity,” Guilfoil said. Guilfoil previously delivered babies at Aria Health’s T orresdale division in Northeast Philadelphia — which closed its maternity ward in order to invest $20 million to expand its hear t-care services on the campus. He said hospitals with fewer than 1,000 deliveries wer e operating at volume levels below what is expected and needed to become pr oficient and produce the best outcomes. “I think the care is improved not because of the [mater nity wards] closing but because of how hospitals have r esponded to the closings,” Guilfoil said. He added while suburban hospitals may have bigger and fancier obstetrical units, most women, when they go into labor , care most about the quality of car e they are getting and “not the color of the drapes or the floor.”
Care as a commodity
The disappearance of the mater nity wards is of gr eat concern to the Maternity Care Coalition, a Philadelphia nonprofit organization dedicated to impr oving maternal and child health. “Maternity care is being viewed as a commodity,” said JoAnne Fischer, MCC’s executive director. “Hospitals are saying if it’s profitable, we’ll do it. If it’s not profitable, we don’t. You can’t schedule the operating room in an obstetrical depar tment the same as you can for people coming in for bariatric surgery. Hospitals
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are looking to maximize their r evenues, but at what expense?” The Maternity Care Coalition also has concerns that having obstetrical care in the city “dominated” by teaching institutions could result in the school putting the need to train medical students in a par ticular area above the needs of a patient. Bette Begleiter, the coalition’s deputy executive director, is concerned about hospitals abandoning other service lines for the health of Fischer their balance sheet. “We look at [mater nity care] as the frontline of health care,” Begleiter said. “It this can happen in childbirth, where else can it happen? What is it becomes unprofitable to treat heart attacks or unprofitable to treat cancer?” Dr. Donald F. Schwarz, Philadelphia’s health commissioner, said the closing of maternity wards and the accompanying decline in the number of obstetricians in the city has put a “strain” on the system. “It’s become more challenging to access care, but the care that people can access is unifor mly good.” “The biggest concer n is women have to travel further to receive care and to deliver,” Schwarz said. “That’s particularly the case Begleiter for women in Nor thwest and Northeast Philadelphia. For the hospitals r emaining, they are busier. Given each has a r esidency program in obstetrics and gynecology, they have more cases for training and teaching — which I guess could be a good thing.” Schwarz said the six r emaining hospitals are all ter tiary-care centers with a wide arrange of specialities, which could benefit women if complications arise during a delivery. “But the potential strain on the system is a challenge,” he said. “If one of these remaining hospitals destabilizes, I don’t know if we have the capacity to make up for it.” Women are leaving Philadelphia for obstetrical care in incr easing numbers,
Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Donald F. Schwarz said the shortage of obstetricians has put a strain on city’s health system.
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have consistently cited the same two r easons for their decision: rising malpractice insurance costs and the inadequate r eimbursement rates hospitals get from Medicaid (and, to a lesser extent, from private insurers) for delivering babies. Dr. Arnold Cohen, chairman of orthopedics at the Einstein Health Network, said that his depar tment malpractice premiums and low Medicaid reimbursement rates translate to a loss of about $3,000 on every delivery. “We spend $2.3 million [on malpractice insurance] before we’ve even seen our first patient,” Cohen said. The exceptions to the trend? ■ The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in 2008 opened a special-deliver y unit that cares exclusively for mothers carrying babies with known birth defects from around the countr y. The unit per formed its 1,000th delivery in May. ■ Jennersville Regional Hospital in W est Grove started deliveries in 1999, a move the coincided with souther n Chester County’s ongoing population sur ge. Last year, the medical center deliver ed about 450 babies. While the loss of maternity wards has hit Philadelphia par ticularly hard, other parts of the state and countr y have not been immune. More than 40 mater nity wards have closed in Pennsylvania in the past two decades. Multiple closings have also occurred in recent years in other larger markets such as New York and Phoenix. The issue has also affected other states such as Alabama, where the number of hospitals delivering babies has shr unk to 32 fr om 58. In 2010, the Mary Breckinridge Hospital in Hyden, Ky., closed its mater nity ward. The closing was the ultimate ir ony given that the medical center is named for a pioneer of mater nal and infant car e in Kentucky’s Appalachian Mountains.
Why they closed What three area hospital officials said when announcing their maternity ward was closing:
Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia, June 2002:
Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County, December 2009:
“The financial pressure caused by skyrocketing medical malpractice liability insurance costs, the lack of insurance tort reform, insufficient reimbursements, and a growing shortage of obstetricians in this market have led us to this decision to realign our services to better meet the needs of West and Southwest Philadelphia.”
“By combining these services, we ensure continued access to quality, faith-based obstetrical care for this region.” Hatala cited decreasing patient volumes and “increasingly heavy financial losses” resulting from insufficient reimbursement as the reasons for the decision. — Alexander Hatala, president and CEO of Lourdes Health System, explaining why obstetrical services were being consolidated at Our Lady Of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden
— Bernadette Mangan, (then) CEO of Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia
Frankford Hospitals, Torresdale campus, October 2005: “Our decision to discontinue maternity was one made in response to the ever-growing medical needs of the aging population we serve. We routinely assess the demographics of our service areas and know that as
our community is getting older, patient needs are different and we need to adjust our services and expand our capacity to provide this needed care.” — Roy A. Powell, (then) president and CEO of Frankford Hospitals.
The area where obstetrical departments make money, according to hospital of ficials, is with services delivered in the neonatal intensive-care units. Dr. Daniel Guilfoil, Hahnemann University Hospital’s director of labor and delivery, believes as the number of Philadelphia hospitals with mater nity wards has dwindled, more city residents with private insurance are deciding to have their babies in the suburbs. That means city hospitals are left with higher volumes of patients
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on Medicaid, which only pays about 80 percent of their costs, or with no insurance at all. “It’s not a financially viable situation,” Guilfoil said, adding that having fewer hospitals performing more deliveries is not the answer. “You have to be car eful when you increase volume and don’t get paid the cost of providing the service.” Cohen thinks the number of hospitals delivering babies would be smaller if not for one commonality.
“Nobody in Philadelphia would be delivering babies if it weren’t for the residency programs,” said Cohen, whose Einstein Medical Center serves as a teaching site for Jefferson Medical College. “We are all committed to training medical students.” Five years ago, hospital leaders from the Philadelphia area and other parts of Pennsylvania — lobbying for state suppor t — warned lawmakers in Har risburg that an OB crisis was looming. The legislature responded by approving a new class of disproportionate share payments (federal and state money that goes to hospitals that tr eat high volumes of medical assistance and uninsured patients) that were distributed to hospitals based on how much obstetrical car e and neonatal intensive-care they provided to Medicaid patients in their OBs and NICUs. Disproportionate share payments for all hospital care to Medicare recipients are set to decline by a total $14 billion by 2020, under the Af fordable Care Act, as mor e people become insured and hospitals’ uncompensated-care costs fall under pr ovisions in the health-reform law. While the bulk of the OB and NICU disproportionate share funds distributed by the state Depar tment of Public Welfare has gone to hospitals in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and rural communities, several suburban Philadelphia medical centers have also gotten a slice of the pie. Data collected by the Philadelphia Business Journal from the Welfare Department show the state has distributed a total of $52.9 million in OB and NICU dispr oportionate share payments — a combination of state and federal money — to hospitals during the past five years. About half the money aided hospitals in the five-county region with Philadelphia medical centers getting just under $21 million, 39.3 percent of the total, and local suburban hospitals getting another $4.7 million. ■
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— John J. Lynch Main Line Health CEO cover the losses incur red on the Medicaid side,” he said. “I’m sympathetic to institutions that have lar gely only the Medicaid population to draw fr om. … What can they do when 85 per cent of their patients are covered by Medicaid.” At Main Line’s four hospitals, about 10 percent of the deliveries involve women on medical assistance. Dr. Glenn Kaplan, director of neonatology services at Main Line Health, said the system’s hospitals starting seeing an increase in patients from Philadelphia following closing of the maternity wards at Chestnut Hill and Mer cy Fitzgerald hospitals and the complete closing of City Avenue Hospital. Many of those patients, he said, r eceive their prenatal care in the city, but decided to have their babies in the suburbs. “We don’t know them and don’t have their records,” Kaplan said. “A lot end up John J. Lynch III, CEO of Main Line Health (center), chats with Dr. Glenn Kaplan, the being pre-term babies who end up in the health system’s director of neonatology services, as nurse Kim Campbell cares for NICU. … It’s an inter esting phenomean infant in Bryn Mawr Hospital’s NICU. non. I think people r ealize they can opt to go anywhere to deliver because hospicity border, saw its greatest jump in city tals can’t (under federal law) turn away patients after Aria and Jeanes — both in patients who show up in the emer gency Northeast Philadelphia — closed their room.” Kaplan believes having fewer hospitals maternity wards in 2006 and 2007, r edelivering babies does help outcomes spectively. Holy Redeemer has seen its deliveries because there is a cor relation between grow from about 2,000 prior to the two volume and quality. He also noted large maternity wards closings to about 2,800. programs can also suppor t onsite Its percent of deliveries involving pa- NICUs. Main Line Health has NICUs at each tients covered by Medicaid has also increased to about 34 percent from an esti- hospital, something lobbied for by the mated 14 percent during the same time medical staff, through its par tnership with Nemours (at Bryn Mawr, Lankenau period. Lynch said an OB service line is profit- and Paoli) and at Riddle thr ough a par table for Main Line Health because most nership with Onsite Neonatal Par tners of the health system’s patients ar e cov- of Voorhees, N.J. Deliveries at the four hospitals have ered by private health insurance. — Dr. Glenn Kaplan “We don’t have facilities in Philadel- held fairly steady in r ecent years, going Main Line Health phia County, which is to our advantage,” to 7,787 in 2011 from 7,621 in 2009 — a 2 director of neonatology said L ynch, referencing par tly the percent increase. Lynch said Main Line would have to higher cost of malpractice insurance in the city known for large awards from ju- look at the feasibility of operating four ries in malpractice verdicts that favor the maternity wards and four NICUs if patient volume dropped significantly, but to expand and r enovate its growing ma- plaintiffs. He also noted the city hospitals have to that’s not something under considerternity center. “We’ve always had a fairly large popu- contend with higher volumes of patients ation at this time. At today’s volumes, L ynch said, “If we lation of moms fr om Philadelphia,” said covered by Medicaid, which pays rates Barbara B. L’Amoreaux, a Holy Re- below the costs hospital incur delivering shut one down it wouldn’t be easy to absorb the program into another one of the deemer spokeswoman. She said the hos- babies. “I have enough private insurance to hospitals.” ■ pital, which is only a few miles fr om a JOHN GEORGE | BUSINESS JOURNAL
When it comes to the deliver y of maternity-care services, a handful of suburban Philadelphia hospitals ar e defying local industry trends. Main Line Health, Holy Redeemer Health System and Grand View Hospital have recently invested or are spending a total of nearly $55 million expanding their obstetrical depar tments during a time when many competitors have made the business decision to stop delivering babies. “This is a ser vice most people shop for,” said John J. L ynch III, president and CEO of Main Line Health. “It’s like picking a hotel. If the r ooms are small and disheveled and don’t have the latest technology, people aren’t going to come even if you leave the lights on — especially if there’s a brand-spanking, new [maternity ward] down the street.” In September, the region did get a new maternity ward within a new hospital when Einstein Health Network opened its $365 million hospital in East Norriton as a r eplacement facility for the old Montgomery Hospital Medical Center in Norristown. Historically, hospitals have looked at obstetrical ser vices as a key ar ea for building a future referral base. The theory being if a hospital provides a positive experience for a new mother (typically the decision-maker regarding a family’s health-care choices), she’d be inclined to use the hospital again should the need arise for herself, her spouse, her children and even her parents. Lynch said he’s not sure that theory is still viable in today’s health-care delivery system, but he noted a few years ago Main Line Health had women CEOs at each of its four community hospitals and all stressed the importance of obstetrical care. Main Line Health has allocated $28.8 million on obstetrical depar tment upgrades and renovations at its four community hospitals. The biggest expenditure was at Lankenau Hospital where the health system spent $16.7 million to r enovate both its maternity unit and its neonatal intensivecare unit (NICU). Another $11.5 million is being spent at Paoli Hospital to build 14 private patient OB rooms (for a total of 40 private r ooms); 12 labor, delivery, and recovery suites; four triage r ooms; and a larger nursery and NICU. The improvements at Paoli ar e expected to be completed next year. Main Line also spent $500,000 in 2008 on upgrades to Riddle’s maternity ward and are spending $100,000 on what it described as “minor renovations” at Bryn Mawr Hospitals obstetrical department this year. Between 2008 and 2011, Grand V iew in Sellersville spent $16.1 million on expanded space for maternity services — a response to the population gr owth in Upper Bucks County ar ea and not because other hospitals nearby has exited the service line. Holy Redeemer Hospital in Abington spent $10 million during 2010 and 2011
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encompasses new labor/delivery, motherbaby, NICU and pediatrics units — occupies all or par t of the second, eighth and 10th floors of the Buntin g Center that opened in December 2010. “From just purely an aesthetic viewpoint it is beautiful,” said Dr. Robert Atlas, the hospital’s obstetrics and gynecology chairman and a graduate of Thomas Jef ferson University’s Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. “You have bigger rooms, bigger delivery rooms, and bigger postparJOHN GEORGE tum rooms. The postpartum rooms are all SENIOR REPORTER outfitted with the latest technology, flatscreen televisions, wireless Internet — BALTIMORE — Carol Weaver looked which we can use to pr ovide education on with a smile as her husband Keith programs. We have state-of-the-art operatstruggled to swaddle their day-old son, ing rooms. The NICUs ar e all private Landon. rooms, and each has a couch that turns The previous day, she delivered her first into a bed so moms can stay with their bachild in Mercy Medical Center’s sparkling bies at all times. It’s really just a beautiful new $41.5 million Family Childbir th and place to have a baby.” Children’s Center, which opened in June. Atlas said the expansion pr oject wasn’t “The room is amazing,” Weaver said just a matter of Mercy “wanting to keep up from her hospital bed. “Ever ything is so with the Joneses.” The last time the obstetnew.” rics department received any kind of overAcross town in East Baltimore, similar haul was 1992 and the unit was over due sentiments were being expressed by Jesfor refurbishing to meet the level of car e sica Jackson, another first-time mom. She and services patients were requesting. delivered her daughter, Joelle, in Johns The new space positions Mer cy — Hopkins Hospital’s new bir thing center, which expects to handle 2,900 deliveries which occupied the entire eighth floor of this year — to offer a strong and complete the medical center’s 1.6 million-squar earray of obstetrical ser vices and remain foot patient tower that opened in May. competitive “for the next couple of de“I didn’t know what to expect. I’d never cades,” he said. been a patient in a hospital befor e,” said Over at Hopkins, which does just under Jackson, while feeding her daughter under 2,000 deliveries annually, Dr. Edith Gurethe watchful eye of both her mother and witsch Allen, director of inpatient obstetrigrandmother. “The room is so big. It’s not cal services, believes pregnant women are cramped like at other hospital r ooms I’ve doing more comparison shopping among visited.” hospitals than ever before. Both new moms live outside the city but Top: Mercy Medical Center’s OB Chair“Patients are checking us out,” Allen decided to come into Baltimor e to deliver man Dr. Robert Atlas, a Philadelphia said. “They are hearing about all the ametheir babies. medical school graduate, calls the hosnities we have here.” The Weavers, both District of Columbia pital’s new childbirth center ‘a beautiful In addition to more spacious rooms, the federal police of ficers, live in Pasadena, place to have a baby.’ birthing center — which boasts a 35-room Md., in Anne Arundal County. Carol said labor and deliver y suite and a 45-bed neoafter meeting with Dr. Robert Atlas, MerCenter: Carol and Keith Weaver of natal intensive care unit — features private cy’s obstetrics and gynecology chair man, Pasadena, Md., chose to have their baby, rooms with interactive televisions; sleepshe wanted him to deliver her baby at Landon, in Baltimore at Mercy Medical ing facilities in the patient r oom for overMercy. Jackson, who lives in Pikesville in Center’s new $41.5 million Family Childnight guests; on-demand, “at-your-r eBaltimore County, said she came to Hopbirth and Children’s Center. quest” meals so a mother won’t miss kins because it had the best r eputation dinner if she’s sleeping or feeding her among hospitals in her health plan’s pr oBottom: Johns Hopkins Hospital created baby; and quieter environment thanks to a vider network. an expansive birthing center inside its communication system that eliminates In this city, 106 miles south of Philadelnew 12-story, $1.1 billion Sheikh Zayed overhead pages and adds noise-absorbing phia, the baby-deliver y business is alive Tower that opened in May. features throughout patient areas. and well. Gurewitsch Allen said a huge parking The best proof of that is the new birthing garage connected to the patient tower centers at Mercy, inside its 20-stor y, $400 makes it easier for patients fr om outside million Catherine Bunting Center; and at the city to have a baby in Baltimore. Allen Hopkins, inside its 12-story, $1.1 billion about 80 cents on the dollar for expenses [for the same pr ocedure] and has no in- said Hopkins resisted a strategy employed Sheikh Zayed Tower, Several other hospitals in and ar ound they incur delivering care — including de- surance. … The rate-setting puts a ceiling by some inner-city hospitals, including on what hospitals can earn, but also puts in Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, to Baltimore have recently refurbished and livering babies. set aside a few rooms to offer deluxe hotelMaryland has the Health Ser vices Cost a protective floor.” renovated maternity wards — installing Maryland is the only state in the country style amenities, like after noon tea and everything from hardwood floors to sooth- Review Commission, which r egulates a ing wallpaper — to cr eate hotel-like envi- system where Medicaid pays 94 percent of with such a commission, which has helped high thread-count sheets, for patients willthe state keep hos pital costs below na - ing to pay more. hospital charges. ronments for women to deliver babies. “We didn’t want to get into that kind of The independent state ag ency, estab- tional averages. What makes Baltimore different than The Medicare waiver Mar yland has for hierarchical care where you only get Philadelphia, where more than a dozen lished by the Maryland legislature in 1971, maternity wards have closed over the past sets rates for all payors, including Medic- its rate-setting system is dependent upon something if you can pay for it,” she said. the state demonstrating that its healthChristina Meekins, a registered nurse in aid. 15 years? Jim Reiter, a senior vice pr esident with care costs for Medicar e recipients are the obstetrics department, said one of the Both cities have large Medicaid and uninsured populations. Health-care provid- the Maryland Hospital Association, said growing at a slower rate than other states. most pleasant aspects of the new bir thing Reiter said hospitals wouldn’t commit to center is an end to common patient comers in both cities complain of exorbitant the rate-setting methodology cr eates a jury awards in malpractice cases, which level playing field for hospitals in all ser- enhanced birthing centers if they didn ’t plaints about the old unit. view the ser vice line as a valuable means “Some patients said they didn’t think the have sent liability insurance premiums vice lines including obstetrics. “The idea is the cost is spr ead out and of attracting new patients. “If they didn’t bathrooms looked clean, but they were — soaring. The difference is on the reimbursement everybody pays the same thing,” Reiter see the business being ther e,” he said, they were just old. Patients complained about the floors or walls being old. Her e, said. “So if I go to, say , Mercy and I have “they are not going to spend the money.” side. Mercy’s 72,000-square-foot Family all of that has completely stopped,” Philadelphia hospitals say Medicaid r e- insurance, my insurance company is going imbursement rates cover, on average, to pay the same as somebody who goes in Childbirth and Children’s Center — which Meekins said. ■
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Temple Health Temple University Health System, which at one time had four hospitals where babies were delivered, now has just one. Over the span of eight years it closed maternity wards at Episcopal, Jeanes and Northeastern hospitals. When Northeastern closed and was converted to outpatient care three years ago, Temple University Hospital in North Philadelphia was the only medical center left in the system delivering babies. Deliveries at the hospital jumped 50 percent from 2,400 in 2009 to 3,600 in 2010. Handling that jump has required changes. “We’ve looked at the consolidation as an opportunity to centralize and improve our service here,” said Hurowitz Dr. Marc P. Hurowitz, associate chief medical officer of Temple University Hospital. “What we saw quickly was we needed to change the way we care [for pregnant women],” he said. Some of it was changes to the physical plant, some was the care delivery model. What was immediately certain was Temple would need more physicians to provide obstetrical care at its main hospital campus. Historically, all the physicians who delivered babies there were members of the medical school’s faculty practice plan. They needed more. Temple took its OB/GYNs along with OB/GYNs from Northeastern and Jeanes as well as the Maria De Lo Santos federally qualified health center and created a community-based group that works in the hospital and shares call responsibilities. In addition, Hurowitz said, the hospital has “blended in” nurse practitioners and nurse midwives who work with residents under the supervision of an OB to provide care. “It’s a much more satisfying environment for a mother to be in,” he said. —John George
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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Center City is the only Philadelphia hospital to see a drop in deliveries over the past three years, from 2,204 in 2009 to 1,986 in 2011. Last year, the medical center recruited Dr. William Schlaff from Colorado to take over as chairman of its department of obstetrics and gynecology. Schlaff is well aware his specialty is not viewed as a high priority area in medicine these days. “Every time a medical center engages a consultant to study service lines,” he said. “The report always emphasize four services lines: neurosurgery, cancer care, cardiology and orthopedics. Women’s health is not commonly in there.” Schlaff, however, shares the opinion of many in the hospital industry who believe women play a key role in deciding where a family goes for health services. He is leading the effort for Jefferson to expand its obstetrical services, noting Jefferson is making a multimillion-dollar investment in upgrading both its outpatient OB Schlaff services and its labor and delivery suites. Schlaff’s challenge this year has been to identify where to provide its outpatient care — particularly prenatal care — outside of Center City. “We get to the patients in Center City, but there are pockets in the city where patients need to be better-served,” he said. “I don’t think we’re as good at it as we want to be.” Schlaff said their challenge is to forge better connections with pregnant women early in their pregnancies, but patients have a responsibility of their own to make that happen. “Nobody can drag them [to a prenatal-care appointment],” he said. “We have to make it as easy as possible and as convenient as possible.”
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Dr. Arnold Cohen talks with Dr. Maria Suescum, the chief resident in the obstetrical department at Einstein Medical Center in North Philadelphia.
STRATEGIES: Penn adds laborists; Einstein builds hospital between their offices and the hospital,” he said. “We stopped all of that.” Schwarz said, but that option is not The drawback to this model is that a available to women who ar e uninsured patient may have her baby delivered by or are covered by Medicaid, which a doctor she’s never met. some suburban physicians do not acLudmir said he took a lot of criticism cept. Nor is it an option for women that when the model was first implemented. rely on public transportation. Critics said he was just tr ying to save Gallagher, the Nor theast Philadel- money. He insists the move was to enphia mom planning to deliver her thir d hance quality, noting the depar tment baby in the suburbs, has to schedule actually expanded staf f. Since the appointments more frequently than model was implemented, Ludmir said, other moms-to-be because earlier mis- patient satisfaction scor es have incarriages put her pregnancy in the creased and infant mortality rates have high-risk category. She was fortunate a dropped. The model is being phased in few weeks back when, after she this year at the Hospital of the Univercouldn’t get a timely appointment in the sity of Pennsylvania. suburbs for a 13-week genetic scr eenPennsylvania Hospital, which had to ing, she was able to get the screening at begin shifting cases to HUP about five Philadelphia’s Einstein Medical Center. or six years ago when its number of deCohen said Einstein’s goal is to get all liveries peaked at n early 5,300 a ye ar, patients an appointment within two-to- this year added thr ee labor and delivfive days. ery rooms to handle the growth. In adFlor Lieben of the Queen Village sec- dition, in a move specifically designed tion of Philadelphia was planning to de- to increase revenue, the Penn Health liver her first baby at a South Jersey System expanded its Pavilion pr ogram hospital where her husband, Jared, preto include six obstetrical viously worked, but that plan changed rooms at Pennsylvania when he switched jobs and joined EinHospital. stein. Lieben, at Einstein for a prenatal The Pavilion pr ogram care appointment late in her thir d triprovides upscale accommester, said she made sure to call early modations to patients willto schedule her appointments. “If you ing to pay extra — $600 wait until the last minute it can be hard Ludmir for a suite or $400 for an to get an appointment,” she said. “Some individual room per night, of my friends have had trouble.” for such amenities such as gourmet meals ser ved on fine chi na, Changing with the times afternoon tea, and concierge service. The hospitals that r emain in what Optimally, maternity wards should they say is an unpr ofitable service line operate at 75 per cent capacity, Ludmir are employing various strategies for said, but Pennsylvania Hospital is often controlling costs and maximizing r eve- above 95 percent capacity — meaning nue. most mothers share a recovery room. Pennsylvania Hospital, par t of the “A room in the Pavilion is the only way University of Pennsylvania Health Sys- a patient can be guaranteed a private tem, decided to adopt a laborist model room,” he said. in 2008 to ensure the medical site had (Data from the Pennsylvania Depar tobstetricians on site at all hours. Under ment of Health shows last year Pennthe model, Ludmir explained, a dedi- sylvania Hospital’s average OB unit occated team of pr oviders — obstetri- cupancy rate was 98 percent followed cians and midwives — ar e on hand to by Einstein’s, 97; Hahnemann, 71; HUP, perform deliveries 24/7. “We used to 70; Temple, 66; and Jefferson, 51). have doctors r unning back and for th Pennsylvania Hospital is planning to FROM PAGE 7
convert its obstetrics depar tment to all private rooms next year, with the space being freed up by a 12-stor y medicaloffice building the hospital is constructing at 8th and Walnut streets. The lower supply of hospitals delivering babies has not r esulted in higher prices for those still in the service line because most of the city hospital’s patients are covered by Medicaid, wher e rates are set by the state gover nment. Cohen said while managed-car e companies that have contracts with the state to care for Medicaid recipients are increasingly tying pay to performance, he is not optimistic the city hospitals will see more pay for hitting quality guidelines. He said the more likely scenario is reduced payments for those who fail to meet quality standards. Einstein is hoping the September opening of its new hospital in East Norriton, where they expect to per form 1,800 deliveries by its second year, will attract more women covered by commercial insurance to help of fset the losses the health system incurs when delivering babies for Medicaid patients. At Einstein Medical Center in Nor th Philadelphia — which is delivering 3,100 babies a year, up from 1,900 10 years ago — the r ooms are semiprivate. The bir thing center at Einstein Medical Center Montgomer y features all private rooms, even in the neonatal intensive-care unit. The rooms also have WiFi access and flat screen televisions, floors designed to dampen sound, the latest ultrasound technology and optimum lighting conditions. The unit has it own triage ar ea and even rooms where families of an NICU baby can stay for a few days during a transition period befor e bringing the baby home. Cohen said the department originally planned for the fifth floor was relocated to the second floor wher e expanding the unit will be easie r. “I tell peo ple if I’m not going to the CEO asking for more space within six months, I’ve failed,” he said. ■
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pbj.com THIS WEEK’S BREAKING NEWS ON PBJ.COM Maguire reign ends at firm
For the first time since its inception in 1962, a Maguire will not be at the helm of Philadelphia Insurance Cos. The Bala Cynwyd-based insurer said James “Jamie” Maguire Jr. will be tur ning over the CEO position to his cousin, President and Chief Operating Officer Sean S. Sweeney on Jan. 1. Maguire will stay on as chairman. Philadelphia Insurance gave no reason for the change and a spokesman said one would not be forthcoming.
Obamacare prompts deal
Abington Hospital operator Abington Health will acquire the Nor th Penn Visiting Nurse Association. Abington Health’s President and CEO Laur ence M. Merlis said the deal was “part of our strategy to form partnerships in preparation for the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act.”
Five Below’s Miss. warehouse
Philadelphia-based Five Below signed a deal to open a distribution center in Olive Branch, Miss., “to mor e quickly and ef ficiently supply stores in the South and Midwest.” The retailer to teens and tweens has added about 150 stores over the past three years.
Former AG joins Cozen
Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Jerry Pappert joined Cozen O’Connor as a shareholder in its commer cial litigation practice group. Most recently, Pappert, 49, served as general counsel of biopharmaceutical company Cephalon fr om 2008 to
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Special report: Technology Seed groups have sprouted everywhere PETER KEY STAFF WRITER
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Kerry Rupp says that the past several years have seen ‘insane’ proliferation of business accelerators.
complete the programs); and finally, select promising program participants. “I don’t think people realize how much work it really is,” Rupp said. When they do, many decide r unning an accelerator isn’t for them. “Many of them pop up for a cycle and they go away,” Rupp said. The sheer number of accelerators has led to ef forts to gather infor mation about their performance. The most comprehensive and the most public is Seed-DB.com, which grew out of a thesis written by Jed Christiansen for the University of Cambridge’s MBA pr ogram in 2009, according to the organization. For the thesis, Christiansen, who works for Google Inc. in London, compiled a list of all the accelerator programs he could find, as well as all the companies that had gone through them. He shar ed information on
GERM OF AN IDEA Four years ago, just a handful of business accelerators existed. As of last week, there were at least 134 programs worldwide. Those programs have germinated 2,033 companies which have created 4,840 jobs, acquired $1.6 billion in funding and generated 100 exit events totaling $1.1 billion. Below are the Top 10 largest programs. RANK PROGRAM 1. Y CombinatorLink 2. TechStars 3. 500startupsLink 4. SeedcampLink 5. DreamIT Ventures 6. Startupbootcamp 7. BetaspringLink 8. AlphaLabLink 9. RockHealthLink 10. AngelPadLink Source: Seed-DB
LOCATION Silicon Valley, Calif. Boulder/Multiple Silicon Valley, Calif. London Philadelphia/Multiple Copenhagen/Multiple Providence, R.I. Pittsburgh, Pa. San Francisco, Calif. Silicon Valley, Calif.
# COMPANIES 449 202 126 72 64 60 56 51 49 48
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When DreamIt Ventures launched its first accelerator program in Philadelphia in 2008, only a handful of business accelerators existed. Today, there are at least 134 of them on five continents and, in one case, a ship, according to Seed-DB.com. “There has been an insane pr oliferation of accelerators over the last several years,” said Kerry Rupp, a managing partner with DreamIt, which is based in University City and holds programs in Philadelphia; New York; Austin, Texas; and Israel. Most for-profit accelerators are basically variations of the same idea: If you select talented entrepreneurs with promising business ideas and work with them intensely for about three months, you stand a good chance of pr oducing viable businesses with the potential for rapid growth. The accelerators typically pr ovide their entrepreneurs with a little seed funding to cover their living expenses and some costs of doing business, but mostly they provide space, networking oppor tunities and all kinds of advice and mentoring. In exchange, they get small stakes in the companies in their programs, which they hope will turn into big bucks when the companies succeed. The concept seems easy to execute, but it’s not. During a program, the people who r un an accelerator are pretty much at the beck and call of the entr epreneurs in the pr ogram, and there’s a lot of work in-between programs, too. Accelerators must promote themselves so they can attract quality entrepreneurs; line up ser vice professionals and mentors to work with the companies in their programs (as well as investors to listen to the companies pitch when they
the list through Google Spreadsheets until last spring, when he star ted to clean it up and integrate it with live data from CrunchBase, a free database of tech companies. As of last week, Seed-DB’s data showed that the 134 pr ograms listed on it had accelerated 2,033 companies, which had created 4,840 jobs, acquir ed $1.6 billion in funding and generated 100 exit events totaling $1.1 billion. Nine of the accelerators listed on SeedDB are defunct, which the website designates by putting a r ed box with the wor d “Dead” in it by their name. The website also lists 14 accelerators presently accepting applications for their next programs. Seed-DB lists programs separately — for example, DreamIt’s Philadelphia, New York and Austin pr ograms each get their own listing, as do each of the five pr ograms r un by T echStars, which was started in Boulder, Colo., in 2006. Also, its data isn’t as up-to-date or complete as the accelerators’ data on themselves. Still, Aziz Gilani said Seed-DB’s data matches up well with a report on accelerators that he star ted producing but that since has been taken over by Y ael Hochberg, an assistant pr ofessor of finance at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
Gilani, who is a director at DFJ Mercury, a Houston-based venture-capital firm, did his report while he was taking par t in the Kauffman Fellowship Program, which is run for up-and-coming VCs by the Center for Venture Education. “There’s clearly a top tier of accelerators that do their job extr emely well,” Gilani said. “Then there’s a middle tier of accelerators that look like they’re getting some companies funded and then ther e’s another tier of accelerators” having little success. DreamIt is in the top tier . Excluding its programs this year, it has accelerated 65 companies, of which thr ee-quarters are still in business and 22 have raised $80 million at enterprise valuations of mor e than $326 million, according to Rupp. The two biggest accelerators are Y Combinator, based in Silicon Valley, and TechStars. According to Seed-DB, Y Combinator has accelerated 449 companies that have raised $1 billion, while TechStars has worked with 176 that have raised $261.8 million. Over the very long haul, accelerators will rise and fall based on their success at producing profitable exits. The ones with high rates of doing that will attract more investors for their companies, which, in turn, will cause more companies to want to be in their programs. With the exception of Y Combinator and TechStars, however, none of the accelerators are old and/or lar ge enough to be judged on exits yet. As a r esult, entrepreneurs are judging them on how they help their companies grow and attract funding, and investors are judging them by how many of their companies tur n out being worthwhile to fund. “It’s really about the quality of people running the accelerator and the connections that they have,” Rupp said. ■
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Tide of personal gadgets keep IT teams scrambling going to be allowed to use,” Morris said. Apps are what’s driving the desir e among growing numbers of people to use Fiberlink Communications Corp. has their devices for work, said Adam Stein, a 2,000 customers for its MaaS360 software, senior director of product managing for which allows information-technology de- SAP, the German business software develpartments to r emotely manage all the oper that has its Nor th American headcomputers, smart phones and other de- quarters in Newtown Square. People grow used to using their favorite vices used by its clients’ employees. Three quarters, or 1,500 of them, signed apps in their personal lives and they want to be able to use them for work, too. up in the past year. “You’re using the applications on the That’s indicative of the explosive growth in the number of people who are using mobile devices to aid in your productivity,” Stein said. their own digital devices for work. Unfortunately, those apps — as well as According to a report by Juniper Research in June, 150 million people world- the devices that they’re on — may not be wide use their own phones and tablets at as secure as they need to be for many people’s jobs, especially if they’re their workplaces. By 2014, Juniper expects in the financial or healththat number to more than double. care industries. IT departments have come to r ealize To provide the necessar y that since they can’t stem the tide, they security, IT depar tments have to control its flow, and many are estypically turn to mobile detablishing “bring your own device” policies, nicknamed BYOD. vice management, or MDM, In a r ecent paper, the r esearch firm software, such as Fiberlink’s Gartner called BYOD pr ograms “the sin- Leister MaaS360, which is cloud based and designed to engle-most radical shift in the economics of client computing for business since PCs able organizations to quickly bring a device under its purview. invaded the workplace.” “One of the keys to our success is you Forty-five percent of American adults own a smart phone, according to a Sep- don’t need four people and a pr oject plan tember survey by the Pew Research Cen- to enroll 1,000 iPhones,” said Christopher ter. The young and the af fluent have the Clark, the president and chief operating highest rates of smar t phone ownership: officer of Blue Bell-based Fiberlink. The most basic function of MaaS360 and Two-thirds of adults ages 18-29 and 68 percent of people living in households most other MDM software is to enable the devices they manage to be earning $75,000 own the devices. configured dif ferently for The latter group is often responsible for work or personal use. getting smart phones and tablets into a workplace. In work mode, MaaS360 “It a lot of time starts with the executives allows IT depar tments to of the company because a lot of the execucontrol the information the tives of the company like to get newer devices they manage can acgadgets,” said Bob Seaman, the director of Stein cess, remotely lock them technology for Ancero LLC, a Mount Laudown and wipe work-related data from them. The softrel, N.J.-based provider of managed IT and telecommunications products and ser- ware can also use the devices’ locational capabilities to limit how they’r e used in vices. The trend poses a huge challenge for IT certain places. For example, Clark said Fiberlink’s cusdepartments. “I can no longer focus on the desktop, tomers include schools that allow students which enterprises have done for years and to bring in their own tablet computers. By years and years,” said Dur ell Leister, Mi- managing the tablets with MaaS, the schools can limit the websites its students crosoft Corp.’s enterprise can access while they’r e on school pr opmanager for infrastructure erty while allowing them to sur f the Web solutions in the Mid-Atlantic area. “Now, it’s about shiftto their — or their parents’ — hearts’ coning that focus … [to] the tent when they’re somewhere else. user and the set of devices MDM is so widespread that AT&T Inc. those users have.” even has an app for it. Toggle, which organizations can put on their employees’ One way to make that pro- Seaman phones for $6.50 a month, works in concess easier is to nar row the field. junction with AT&T ToggleHub, a Web Rather than having a “bring your own portal. device” policy, IT departments should As its name implies, Toggle allows users have a “choose your own device policy ,” to switch their devices between personal said Weston Morris, a por tfolio architect mode, in which they can do whatever they for MyWork Services, which is what Blue want with them, and work mode, in which Bell-based Unisys Corp. calls its end-user how they use the devices is governed by support services. their organization’s IT department. IT departments should set forth a set of “When they enter into their work mode, rules governing mobile employees and, it’s a walled-off space,” said Kristi Meyers, “based on that, [deter mine] what are the a spokeswoman for the Dallas-based teledevices and what are the apps you’re communications company. ■ PETER KEY STAFF WRITER
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Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission 190 N. Independence Mall W., 8th Floor, Philadelphia, Pa. 19106 215-592-180 | www.dvrpc.org
115 1965
Southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey
Production of the regional comprehensive economic development strategy report and economic coordination activities
Barry Seymour bseymour@ dvrpc.org
Ranked by number of local staff
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Center City District/Central Phila. Development Corp. 660 Chestnut St.Philadelphia, Pa. 19106 215-440-5500 | www.centercityphila.org
100 1990
Central Business District, Philadelphia
Vehicle for private-sector leadership to shape the future of downtown through research, planning, advocacy and civic engagement
Paul R. Levy plevy@ centercityphila.org
Years in service
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3
Philadelphia Department of Commerce 1515 Arch St., 12th Floor, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 215-683-2000 | www.phila.gov/business
65 1952
Philadelphia County
Federal, state and local incentives for qualifying businesses and activities
Alan Greenberger alan.greenberger@ phila.gov
4
4 TIE
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of SE Pa. Bldg. 100 Innovation Ctr., 4801 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19112 215-972-6700 | www.sep.benfranklin.org
30 1982
Greater Philadelphia
Technology company investments and commercialization services
RoseAnn Rosenthal roseann@ sep.benfranklin.org
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Chester County Economic Development Council 737 Constitution Drive, Exton, Pa. 19341 610-458-5700 | www.cceconomicdevelopment.com
30 1960
Southeastern Pennsylvania and surrounding counties
Business attraction, retention and expansion, financing, workforce development, agriculture
Gary W. Smith gsmith@cceconomicdevelopment.com
103 years
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County of Gloucester, N.J.
Site selection and relocation, business assistance, financing, loan fund, brownfields
PECO, Economic Development
Gloucester County Dept. of Economic Development 115 Budd Blvd., West Deptford, N.J. 08096 856-384-6930 | www.co.gloucester.nj.us
Lisa Morina lmorina@ co.gloucester.nj.us
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Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center 2905 Southampton Road, Philadelphia, Pa. 19154 215-464-8550 | www.dvirc.org
25 1988
Southeastern Pennsylvania
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Barry Miller bmiller@dvirc.org
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University City District 3940 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19104 215-243-0555 | www.universitycity.org
18 1997
University City area of West Philadelphia
Invests in public spaces, addresses public maintenance and public safety issues, brings life to commercial corridors
Matthew Bergheiser matt@ universitycity.org
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Select Greater Philadelphia 200 S. Broad St., Ste. 700, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 800-221-0774 | www.selectgreaterphiladelphia.com
17 2005
Northern Delaware, Southern New Jersey and Southeastern Pennsylvania
An economic development marketing organization dedicated to attracting companies to the Greater Philadelphia region
Thomas G. Morr tmorr@ selectgreaterphila.com
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Camden County Improvement Authority 1909 Route 70 East, Ste. 300, Cherry Hill, N.J. 08003 856-751-2242 | business.camdencounty.com
15 1980
Camden County
Full-service economic development agency; site selection, workforce training and incentives, financing, project management
Patrick Shuttleworth justask@ camdencounty.com
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City Avenue Special Svcs. District of Phila. & Lwr. Merion 1 Belmont Ave., Suite 425, Bala Cynwyd, Pa. 19004 610-747-0311 | www.cityave.org
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City Avenue (I-76 to 63rd Street) and surrounding area, Bala Cynwyd office and shopping district
Public safety patrols; marketing services; area image improvements; influence and attraction of development
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World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia 1500 John F. Kennedy Blvd, Ste. 305, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 215-586-4240 | www.wtcphila.org
10 2002
Southeastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey
International trade counseling, market research, trade missions, educational programs, and networking
Linda Mysliwy Conlin lconlin@wtcphila.org
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Economy League of Greater Philadelphia 230 S. Broad St., Ste. 403, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 215-875-1000 | www.economyleague.org
8 1909
Greater Philadelphia
A nonpartisan, nonprofit committed to ensuring the region’s prosperity
Steve Wray swray@ economyleague.org
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New Jersey Economic Development Authority 36 W. State St., P.O. Box 990, Trenton, N.J. 08625 609-858-6700 | www.njeda.com
7 1974
All of New Jersey
Loans, loan guarantees, business incentives, tax credits
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PECO, Economic Development 2301 Market St., S24-1, Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 800-626-4338 | www.peco.com/economic
7 1950
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Information about energy services changes in the energy market, PECO’s energy efficient programs
Phillip Eastman Jr. phil.eastman@ exeloncorp.com
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Delaware County Commerce Center 100 W. Sixth St., Suite 100, Media, Pa. 19063 610-566-2225 | www.delcopa.org
6 1990
Delaware County
Provide various services from commercial property searches to financial assistance through low interest loan and bond programs
J. Patrick Killian info@delcopa.org
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Pennsylvania Dept. of Community & Economic Dev. 400 North St., Harrisburg, Pa. 17120 717-787-8453 | www.newpa.com/
5 1996
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
One-stop in state government to facilitate interagency communication for new business development and current employer expansion projects
C. Alan Walker
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Manufacturing Alliance of Philadelphia 4500 Worth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19124 215-948-9285 | www.manufacturingonline.org
4 1997
Philadelphia County
Connect companies with resources, grants and loans, technical assistance and networking.
Stephen F. Jurash stevej@manufacturingonline.org
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Montgomery County Economic Development Corp. 420 W. Germantown Pike, East Norriton, Pa. 19403 610-272-5000 | www.montcoedc.com
4 1964
Montgomery County
Site and building location assistance, low interest loans, assistance with grant applications and other state incentives
David A. Niles dniles@ montcoedc.com
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PA-NJ-DE Minority Supplier Development Council 42 S. 15th St., Ste. 1400, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 215-569-1005 | www.msdc-panjde.org
4 1975
Southeastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, Delaware
Minority business certification, corporate procurement contacts, business resources
Wade Colclough wcolclough@ msdc-panjde.org
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Bucks County Economic Development Corp. 2 E. Court St., Doylestown, Pa. 18901 215-348-9031 | www.bcedc.com
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Bucks County
Economic developoment financing, site selection, marketing the county to attract and retain business and indusrty
Robert F. Cormack rfc@bcedc.com
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PENJERDEL Council 1845 Walnut St., 15th Floor, Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 215-972-0900 | www.penjerdel.org
1 1955
Southeastern Pa., Southern N.J. and North Delaware
Dedicated to making the Delaware Valley a better working and living environment
Andrew L. Warren alwarren@ penjerdel.org
Agencies that have been servicing the region for 50 or more years
Economy League of Greater Philadelphia
52 years
Philadelphia Dept. of Commerce 50 years
NA=Not available NEW= New to the list WND=Would not disclose Ties listed alphabetically Source: Listed agencies. Information on this list was supplied by individual agencies through questionnaires and could not be independently verified by the Philadelphia Business Journal. Greater Philadelphia Minority Business Strategic Alliance declined to participate in our 2012 ranking. Only those that responded to our inquiries were listed. If you wish to be surveyed when this list is next updated, or if you wish to be considered for other Lists, email Sharon Oliver at soliver@bizjournals. com and make sure to include which list(s) you wish to be considered for inclusion as well as your contact information. Researched by: Sharon Oliver. Information for obtaining commemorative plaques, reprints or Web permissions can be obtained from the Business Journal’s designated partner company, Scoop ReprintSource at 800-767-3263 or scoopreprintsource.com. No other companies offering similar services are affiliated in any way with the Business Journal.
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‘It’s unfortunate that it takes a hurricane to remind us what’s important, but often natural disasters and human suffering become lessons in leadership.’ Karen Friedman | guest columnist | Perspective on People P18
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‘Focus on the 10 percent that needs improvement.’
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POWER CALENDAR Must-attend events in the week ahead.
JAMIE MAGUIRE | PHILADELPHIA INSURANCE COMPANIES AND TOKIO MARINE NORTH AMERICA
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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28 How to Write a Résumé. 6 to 8 p.m., Park Central Library, 1901 Vine St., Director’s Room, Room 406, Philadelphia. Presented by the Free Library of Philadelphia. Free. Email savedovep@freelibrary. org. Business Networking Lunch: Fiscal Cliff — 10 Things to Think About Today. 11:30 a.m., DaVinci’s Pub, 217 E. Main St., Collegeville. Presented by Verizon and Perkiomen Valley Chamber of Commerce. Cost is $20 for members, $30 for nonmembers. Visit www.pvchamber.net.
FRIDAY, NOV. 30
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Jamie Maguire in the company’s new gym. Last week, the company announced that on Jan. 1 Maguire will transfer his Philadelphia Insurance Cos. CEO title to his cousin, Sean S. Sweeney, the current president and chief operating officer. Maguire will retain his titles as chairman and as president and CEO of Tokio Marine North America.
PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: Jamie Maguire. Age: 52. Title: Chairman and CEO, Philadelphia Insurance Cos. (through Jan. 1) and president and CEO, Tokio Marine North America Inc., the holding company that oversees all of Tokio Marine’s North American businesses including Philadelphia Insurance Cos. Type of company: Property and casualty insurer in Bala Cynwyd. Number of employees: 2,000. Revenue in last fiscal year: $2.3 billion. Recent project: Introducing a new company offering excess and surplus lines products. Education: Saint Joseph’s University, BS in finance (1984); University of Notre Dame, MBA (1986). First job: Selling corn at a roadside stand at age 10. Little-known fact about you: Love taking my wife and four girls to fun vacation spots. Home: Fort Washington.
BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY Essential business philosophy: Focus on the 10
percent that needs improvement. Best way to keep a competitive edge: Surround yourself with competitors. Yardstick of success: Aside from financial metrics, internal/external service scorecard. Goal yet to be achieved: $5 billion in revenue.
JUDGMENT CALLS Best decision: Discontinuing financial guarantee insurance for leased automobiles. Worst decision: Technology purchases — it’s difficult to really know what you’re getting until it’s too late. Toughest decision: Selling the company to Tokio Marine in December 2008. Mentor: My father, Jim Maguire.
TRUE CONFESSIONS Word that best describes you: Good listener, collaborative problem solver. Like best about your job: Our people — they inspire and motivate me! Like least about your job: If I don’t like something, I change it. The most important lesson you’ve learned: Don’t just expect the unexpected, prepare for it.
Life motto: Balance is the key to a happy and fulfilled life. Greatest fear: Failure — it drives me to succeed. Person most interested in meeting: Lance Armstrong — would like to know what inner “fire” drives him. Company you respect most: PHLY — we have a unique culture that respects personal/ professional demands, and produces consistently successful results. First choice for a new career: Teacher. Greatest extravagance: Haagen Daz chocolate ice cream.
ET CETERA Award/honor most proud of: 2012 Saint Joseph’s Haub School of Business Hall of Fame. Most influential book: “Good to Great,” by Jim Collins. Favorite restaurant: My kitchen — wife Lisa cooks up some mean dishes! Favorite vacation spot: Half Moon, Jamaica. Favorite room in the house: My office — it’s command central. Favorite way to spend free time: Doing anything with my family. Car you drive: Mercedes S600 sedan. ■
Treasure Island, Exton Chamber’s 4th Annual Casino Night. 7 to 11 p.m., Downingtown Country Club, 85 Country Club Drive, Downingtown. Cost is $55-$475. Presented by Exton Region Chamber of Commerce. Cost is $25 for members, $40 for nonmembers. Visit www.ercc.net.
FRIDAY, DEC. 7 TD Bank Executive Series. Featuring Adam Aron, co-owner and CEO, Philadelphia 76ers. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., The Mansion on Main Street, 3000 Main St., Voorhees, N.J. Presented by Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey. Cost is $20 for members, $40 for nonmembers. Visit chambersnj.com.
MORE INSIDE ON THE MOVE Mark Joyce was promoted to executive vice president and CFO at AmeriQuest Business Services. P18 COLUMN During Hurricane Sandy, two forces of nature weathered the storm together. P18
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ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING Johnsrud Architects has promoted Michael A. Morris and Eric Morgan to associate and John Natsis to associate principal. Richard Roberts, chief engineer for structural of Pennoni Associates, has joined the board of directors of Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code Review and Advisory Council. Steve Greulich has been named director of healthcare at HSC Builders & Construction Managers. Trish Harrington has been named director of business development at LF Driscoll.
FINANCIAL SERVICES Scott Isdaner, managing member of Isdaner & Co., has joined the board of Federation
Harrington
Endowments Corp. Ian Matlack was named commercial relationship manager of commercial real estate at Susquehanna Bank. KPMG has promoted Ulrich Schmidt, Ken Picciano and David Aglira to tax managing directors, and Brian McCann to advisory managing director. Drucker & Scaccetti has named Daniel Waskiewicz and Amit Bhatt tax associates and June Gentilcore Lentini paraprofessional. Mary Pat Kessler has been named vice president of human capital at Willis of Pennsylvania Inc. Heather Hubert has been promoted to branch manager at Scottrade Inc. Laura Azzalina has
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been named vice president and sales performance manager at Firstrust Bank.
HEALTH CARE & LIFE SCIENCES Sellers Dorsey has promoted Martin Sellers to founder and chairman and promoted Harvey Hurdle from chief operating officer to founder and CEO. Thomas James III has been named corporate medical director of medical policy at AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Cos. Todd Mallon has been promoted to vice president of finance at Continuum Health Alliance.
vania Law School. Andrew Ruder, Allison Eberle-Lindemuth and Christopher C. Cara were named attorneys at Pond Lehocky. Mark J. Hermanovich has been named associate attorney at Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy. Conrad O’Brien has named Timothy M. Stengel, Andrew K. Garden and Andrew S. Console associates and its partner, Howard M. Klein, has become a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
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Salvatore Rotella has been named partner in the life sciences health industry group at Reed Smith.
Lee Rosengard, partner of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, was appointed an adjunct faculty member by the University of Pennsyl-
Mark Rapazzini, James Prutsman and Elizabeth Graham King have been named shareholders at Heffler Claims Administration.
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MEDIA & MARKETING Sylvia Marketing & Public Relations has named Lynn Jusinski and Christina Clark public relations specialists, and Melissa Fullerton public relations manager. Jim Huie has been named executive producer at ShootersINC. Chris Barrett has been named executive vice president and general manager at Target Media.
EDUCATION Therese Anderson has been named registrar at University of the Sciences. Steven Pyser, assistant professor of human resources management at Temple University’s Fox School of Business, has been named to the board of directors of the Caux Round Table as fellow.
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MISCELLANEOUS Cathy Roseberry has been named business development consultant/interim resources at SolomonEdwards. Mark Joyce has been promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer at AmeriQuest Business Services.
NON PROFIT The Opera Company of Philadelphia has named new members to its board. They are: Peter Leone, president of Leone Industries; Maria Juantorena Trafton, senior vice president and regional managing director for the Pennsylvania and Delaware region of Wells Fargo; and Sandra Baldino, founder and chair of Generocity Community Alliance Inc. Terri Dean has been named chief membership officer at Girl
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nancial officer at Lipinski Property Services.
Jasmine Johnson has been named program specialist at Developmental Enterprises Corp.
Homer Robinson has been promoted from general manager to president and CEO at Kaiserman Co. Inc.
REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT
Eugene Preston has been named partner managing the firm’s eastern region office at Dermody Properties.
Piper Dugan has been named leasing agent at American Executive Centers. Michael Alderman has been named vice president of leasing and development at Liberty Property Trust. Thomas Donnelly has been named chief fi-
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOM Peter Bigelow and Clifford Lavin joined the board of directors of IPS-Integrated Project Services.
SUBMIT ITEMS ALL PEOPLE ON THE MOVE SUBMISSIONS are now gathered through an online submission form at www.bizjournals.com/Philadelphia/potm/form. Emailed press releases will be returned to sender. Mailed releases are discouraged but can be sent to People Editor, Philadelphia Business Journal, 400 Market St., Suite 1200, Philadelphia, Pa. 19106. Photos will not be returned. Direct questions to: ssherwood@ bizjournals.com.
All-weather leadership lessons from Christie and Obama No one could have predicted that N.J. Gov. Chris Christie and President Obama would be standing side by side heaping praise on each other at the flood-ravaged Jersey Shore just days before a presidential election. For months the Republican governor had been blasting Obama in an effort to garner support for Mitt Romney. But that was before the biggest disaster in New Jersey’s history. That was before Hurricane Sandy swiftly obliterated towns and uprooted millions of lives. So when the governor was asked by the media what effect the storm would have on the elections, Christie sincerely and appropriately said this isn’t the time to think about politics. So candid. So refreshing. So human. Yet, so surprising to so many. Election pundits and tweets expressed shock that the two politicians would dare to be seen, much less work together days before the election. Kudos to the governor for his candid heartfelt words and actions that made those comments look so trite and smallminded. Kudos to both Christie and Obama for putting aside differences and exhibiting bipartisan leadership and resilience at a time when it is
Perspective on People Karen Friedman needed most. And kudos again for focusing on putting victims first regardless of their political preference. The motto should be “together we can weather.” It’s unfortunate that it takes a hurricane to remind us what’s important, but often natural disasters and human suffering become lessons in leadership. Here are the lessons, good under every weather condition: Speak from the Heart — When we speak from our hearts, our words are genuine and unscripted. Unlike other high-profile events peppered with spin and carefully crafted message points tweaked by disclaimers and legalese, these messages are raw and real. If you want to make sure your messages are credible during tough times, read them out loud to people not as close to the sit-
uation as you are. If they give you a blank stare, your message is devoid of concern and compassion and you need to work on it. Constant Communication — We didn’t have to look any further than Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter to understand what leadership communication is about. No matter when I turned on our portable radio as we were among so many without power, Nutter was briefing the public on the latest information. Keeping people informed keeps people calm. Calm in the Midst of a Storm — Strong leaders show up well prepared and deliver crushing news with calm and confidence. Nutter did it. Obama did it. Christie did it. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg did it as did many others. When leaders appear confident, they inspire confidence in others. Put Victims First — Stories are not about you. They are about those affected. If a crisis hits your workplace, advise your leadership or employees to leave their egos at home. Make sure they help you understand the magnitude of the situation and are not afraid to tell you what you need to hear. No
one wants a yes man or woman at the expense of others. Candid Clarity — People want the truth. Don’t tell them it will be OK when they are knee deep in loss. Simply let them know you are there for them. Together Obama and Christie did just that. The president pledged no red tape, telling victims: “America is with you; we are standing behind you; and we are going to do everything we can to get you back on your feet.” It doesn’t instantaneously fix the problem, but you know others have your back. As my family weathered Sandy’s aftermath at a local eatery bubbling over with many others waiting for their power to come back, there was a sense of community and generosity that reminds us despite our differences we’re all the same. Together, we really can weather anything if we’re willing to put those differences aside. KAREN FRIEDMAN is a professional communication coach, speaker and chief improvement officer at Karen Friedman Enterprises (www.karenfriedman.com). She is the author of “Shut Up and Say Something: Business Communication Strategies to Overcome Challenges and Influence Listeners.”
Business Leads
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READERS GUIDE A newspaper filled with exciting stories is one thing. A newspaper that can help boost your cash flow is another. The Leads section of the Philadelphia Business Journal is designed with both principles in mind. This data is meant to represent vital news of record. The following guide will help you to understand our Leads section, and how you can best use the items to grow your business, increase your cash flow and keep informed about what’s happening in the region’s business world. If you have questions about any of this information, call Managing Editor Dell Poncet at 215-238-5147.
HOW TO USE LEADS Business Leads is a weekly compendium of information taken from government records available mainly from public sources and documents in the cities, counties and states that make up metropolitan Philadelphia. Information is compiled by American City Business Leads, 877-593-4157. This information (plus phone numbers) is available via e-mail subscription. Please call 877-593-4157 for average counts and cost information.
NEW BUSINESS NAMES
New businesses can be found among Business Firm Registrations, Business Name Registrations, New Corporations, Professional Corporations and Fictitious Names. The Fictitious Names designation represents the registration of corporations that are not named after principal owners. These listings include the address of the business, the nature of the business and are a great place to find your next customer.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS These are recent real estate sales; they include the identities of seller and buyer, address and price. These records are especially useful for contractors, financial planners, real estate agents, insurance sales people, retailers, interior design firms, home-improvement vendors and others who want to welcome newcomers.
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BANKRUPTCIES EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA PHILADELPHIA DIVISION CHAPTER 7 Hatboro Fastener & Industrial Supplies Inc., 109 Holly Drive, Hatboro 19040; Assets, $12,258; Debts, $26,669; Major Creditor, Robert E. Cherwony, $20,624; Attorney, John Francis Murphy; case #12-20287, 11/03/12. CHAPTER 11 Disposal Corporation of America, 1300 Adams Ave., Philadelphia 19124; Assets, $0 to $50,000; Debts, $100,001 to $500,000; Major Creditor, not shown; Attorney, Fareeda Brewington; case #12-20295, 11/05/12. Pleasure Enterprises 3 LLC, 2154 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia 19121; Assets, $0 to $50,000; Debts, $100,001 to $500,000; Major Creditor, not shown; Attorney, Roger V. Ashodian; case #1220299, 11/05/12.
LIENS These include those filed by the Internal Revenue Service, the state and any mechanic’s liens. The information we provide includes the identity of the party against whom a lien was placed, address and amount of the lien. Useful for credit managers, loan officers, contractors, professionals such as accountants and lawyers, vendors and collection services.
LEGAL ACTION Judgments The result of a court order; includes case number, plaintiff and defendant names, and monetary awards. Suits filed New litigation filed in state court; includes case number, plaintiff and defendant names, date of filing and nature of action. Bankruptcies Includes Chapters 7, 11 and 13 filings. Chapter 7 is filed by businesses liquidating their assets; Chapter 11 is filed by businesses reorganizing; and Chapter 13 is typically filed by individuals with business-related debt. Useful for creditors, financial planners and credit agencies.
INDEX Bankruptcies ........................................................................19 Business firm registrations................................................19 Business name registrations .............................................19 Court judgments..................................................................23 Federal tax liens ..................................................................19 Fictitious names ..................................................................19 High-end homes...................................................................26 Lawsuits filed.......................................................................23 Municipal liens.....................................................................19 New corporations................................................................19 Real estate transactions ....................................................21 Release of federal tax liens ...............................................19 New Business Registrations and Real Estate Transactions are available on disk or via e-mail. Call 877-593-4157.
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY CAMDEN DIVISION CHAPTER 11 Ace Auto Parts Inc., 1999 Cooper St., Camden 08105; Assets, $100,001 to $500,000; Debts, $500,001 to $1,000,000; Major Creditor, not shown; Attorney, Laurent W. Metzler; case #12-36515, 11/06/12.
FEDERAL TAX LIENS MONTGOMERY COUNTY BUSINESS Lehigh Valley Recreation Inc., 3323 7th St., Whitehall 18052, $27,031, case #2012-71366, 10/31/12. IVD Inc./Industrial Valley Design, 301 Circle of Progress Drive, Pottstown 19464, $13,124, case #2012-71368, 10/31/12. Team Wireless Inc., 1222 Welsh Road, North Wales 19454, $11,162, case #2012-71369, 10/31/12. Devoes Music Inc., 51 E. Main St., Lansdale 19446, $15,104, case #2012-71370, 10/31/12. MHMO Inc., 117 Merion Road, Merion 19066,
$45,674, case #201271371, 10/31/12.
RELEASES OF FEDERAL TAX LIENS PHILADELPHIA BUSINESS Vientiane Cafe Inc., 4728 Baltimore Ave., Philadelphia 19143, $26,605, case #11-0220311, 10/31/12.
MUNICIPAL LIENS MONTGOMERY COUNTY Plaintiff: Pottstown Borough, Defendant: Montco Tech Center LLC, $91,000, case #201228146, 11/01/12.
BUSINESS FIRM REGISTRATIONS CAMDEN COUNTY Villanueva Auto Repair, 325-327 Arch St., Camden 08102, auto repair. Cybernetechs, 200 W. Washington Ave., Magnolia 08049, computer repair/video security/ home theatre installation. Mary Anne Abbott, 135 Morris Ave., Blackwood 08012, entertainment/ telephone psychic/freelance art/writing. Caribbean Smoke House, 148 New Brooklyn Road, Sicklerville 08081, fast food. AMP Details (Amazing Mibile Professional), 13 Parkview Drive, Erial 08081, mobile car wash. J. DePasquale Photography, 2064 Hendricks Ave., Waterford 08089, photography. Central NJ Roofing Co., 42 Church St., Cherry Hill 08002, roofing co.
BUSINESS NAME REGISTRATIONS BURLINGTON COUNTY Devo Enterprises, 10 Eagle Ave. Suite 1100, Mount Holly 08060, beverage distributor. Woolley Carpet, 12 McGuire St., Wrightstown 08562, carpet installation. LPM1 Learning & Development Center, 704 Sunset Road, Burlington 08016, child care center. Chaz & Associates, 3 Essex Lane, Willingboro 08046, cleaning/buying/selling. Custom Holiday Illumination, 221 Oak Lane, Tabernacle 08088, hanging holiday light.
M&T Hardwood Floor, 29 Lansdowne Road, Burlington Township 08016, hardwood floor. James Kavanagh Interiors Unlimited, 78 Cypress Point Road, Westampton 08060, home decoration window treatment. B Sharper Consulting, 8 Abington Road, Mount Laurel 08054, internet marketing consulting. Classic Hardscapes, 43 Eaton Ave., Marlton 08053, landscaping/ hardscaping. The Kobukan, 3815 Church Road, Mount Laurel 08054, martial arts school. PC Solutions 34 Fix It, 51 Peachfield Lane, Willingboro 08046, pc install/repair/data voice cabling, etc. The Creation of Oneself Therapy Games, 1026 Jardin Court, Burlington 08016, personal mentor. Simply Smiles Photograohy, 225 Belaire Terrace, Mount Laurel 08054, portrait photography. Frost Bitten Designs, 77 Augusta Drive, Columbus 08022, sale of clothing/jewelry/gifts.
FICTITIOUS NAMES BUCKS COUNTY Ada’s Pro Shop, 100 E. Street Road, Feasterville 19053, bowling balls/ shoes/accessories. Ableton Glass And Home Improvements, 33 Greenridge Circle, Newtown 18940, glass repair/ installation. Fleetway Automotive, 336 W. Street Road, Feasterville 19053, leasing/sales. Mooney’s Moving & Storage, 33 Bon Air Drive, Warminster 18974, moving/storage. B3 Personal Training, 3687 Old Easton Road, Doylestown 18902, personal training. Sandy Dog Crossfit, 4050 Skyron Drive Unit B, Doylestown 18902, property holding. RSA, 125 Upper Holland Road, Richboro 18954, pto. WBJ Construction LLC, 350 Clair Road, Southampton 18966, renovations. J.B. Colorcoat, 790 S. Perkasie Road, Perkasie 18944, screen painting. Palace Smoke Shop, 928 Bustleton Pike, Feasterville 19053, tobacco store.
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Old Limestone Road, Oxford 19363, beekeeping. Bridge Forward, Great Valley Corporate Center 20 Valley Stream Parkway, Malvern 19355, consulting. Scott W. Brown & Associates, 320 Upland Road, Kennett Square 19348, financial consulting. Hopewell Rustics, 2220 Hopewell Road, Nottingham 19362, furniture builder. Faro Designs, 862 Horseshoe Pike, Downingtown 19335, graphic design. Playhouse West/Tony Savant School Of Acting, 2061 Harmonyville Road, Pottstown 19465, professional acting school/ theater.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY Pottstown Medical Transport, 1600 E. High St., Pottstown 19464, ambulance services. Shine Hair Salon, 327 W. Ridge Pike Suite A, Limerick 19468, hair styling salon. Piccolo Papercrafts, 417 Wile Ave., Souderton 18964, handmade greeting cards/invitations. Therapeutic Muscle Solutions, 6214 Sentinel Ridge, Eagleville 19403, health care clinical massage therapy. Donna’s Divas Pet Sitting Service, 335 Links Road, Gilbertsville 19525, pet sitting services. Gutterdome Of Eastern Pennsylvania, 621 Bridge St., Collegeville 19426, rain gutter sales/service. Numonics, 101 Commerce Drive, Montgomeryville 18936, sale and distribution of interactive whiteboard products and services. The Vim Group, 618 Georges Lane, Ardmore 19003, service: promotional products/engagement consultation/ branding services logo design.
PHILADELPHIA Village Tabako, 211 S. 13th St., Philadelphia 19107, cigar/tobacco shop. Saxbys Coffee, 1625 Chestnut St., Philadelphia 19103, coffee shop. The Towne Barker, 2519 Webb St., Philadelphia 19125, dog training/dog walking services. Baeks Northeast Cleaners, 732 Red Lion Road, Philadelphia 19115, dry cleaing. Yoon’s Deli Market, 5031
Germantown Ave., Philadelphia 19144, grocery market. Team Revolution Technology, 1755 N. 13th St. P.O. Box 237, Philadelphia 19122, it consulting. Fu Xin House, 2001 Snyder Ave., Philadelphia 19145, limited food service. All Heart Art Cart, 227 S. 20th St., Philadelphia 19103, mobile consignment shop. High Road Moving Co., 10733 Pelle Circle, Philadelphia 19154, moving/ storage. Tri-State Overhead Door & Gate, 3738 Vader Road Unit B, Philadelphia 19154, overhead doors/ gates. Golden City Food Service, 1800 N. American St., Philadelphia 19122, produce wholesale. Hua Tai Food Service, 1800 N. American St., Philadelphia 19122, produce wholesale. Third Eye Records, 412 Fanshawe St., Philadelphia 19111, record label. Mixed Plate, 216-218 South St., Philadelphia 19147, restaurant. Bainbridge Street Barrel House, 625 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia 19147, restaurant. Kindy’s Christmas Factory Outlet, 2900 S. 20th St., Philadelphia 19145, sale of christmas products. Bantu African Market, 114 S. 60th St., Philadelphia 19139, specialty food market. Good Taste Chinese Restaurant, 201 E. Wishart St., Philadelphia 19134, take out restaurant. Big D’s & Family Variety, 1700 Dickinson St., Philadelphia 19146, variety store/bill payment/ lottery.
NEW CORPORATIONS BUCKS COUNTY Jeremy’s Auto Repair LLC, 9286 Reed Ave., Morrisville 19067, auto repair services. Comprehensive Professional Counseling Services LLC, 402 Middletown Blvd. No. 202, Langhorne 19047, counseling services. United American Management Group Inc., 636 Lincoln Highway, Fairless Hills 19067, deli restaurant. Andrew I. Fingeret DMD LLC, 6 South Sycamore St., Newtown 18940, dental services.
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Michael J. Gallagher DDS PC, 2401 Continental Drive, Warrington 18976, dentist. Family Tree Fun Foods LLC, 538 Winding Way, Warminster 18974, frozen yogurt. Wren & Cooper LLC, 4075 Route 202, Doylestown 18902, furniture manufacturer. Alpha Home Health Inc., 102 Berry Lane, Feasterville 19053, home health care. Dicenso Landscaping Inc., 37 Woodside Ave., Chalfont 18914, landscaping/ contracting work. Tioga Cabin LLC, 5435 Upper Mountain Road, New Hope 18938, management of oil/gas/mineral rights. BP Works Inc., 1600 Horizon Drive Suite 107, Chalfont 18914, multi faceted service co. TCL Holdings LP, 2005 S. Easton Road Suite 307, Doylestown 18901, nonclassifiable. Shivdhara, 1413 Berkshire Drive, Bensalem 19020, nonclassifiable. PJ Mill Creek LLC, 2517 Dunksferry Road No. G-102, Bensalem 19020, nonclassifiable. Good Guy’s Auto Sales LLC, 444 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Morrisville 19067, nonclassifiable. Stainless Distributors Inc., 1215 Know Drive, Yardley 19067, nonclassifiable. Body By Bria LLC, 3002 Creekside Court, Warrington 18976, personal training. Extreme Fitness Films LLC, 6 Headley Place, Fallsington 19054, personal training videos. 1249 S. 21st LLC, 4330 Meridian Blvd., Warrington 18976, real estate. STF Holdings LLC, 5279 Ridge Road, Buckingham 18938, real estate holdings. One Woman One Voice Project LLC, 3139 N. Sugan Road, Solebury 18963, resources for jobs and self healing for women that have been through trauma. A&M Medical Supply Inc., 126 Altimari Court, Southampton 18966, sale of durable medical equipment. Bucks County Ventures LLC, 4631 Dickinson Way, Doylestown 18902, sales/ marketing services. Suzy Is An Artist LLC, 105 Manor Ave., Langhorne 19047, selling home made art creations. SEE LEADS, P20
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Kids Dinosaur Of The Month Club LLC, 777 Township Line Road, Yardley 19067, technology: internet (ecommerce/website) online book club for children. Advancing Mind Care LLC, 181 N. Clinton St., Doylestown 18901, therapy services. Rocco And Wendy Boxing Inc., 1477 Merrick Road, Yardley 19067, title boxing. Six 33 Enterprise LLC, 87 W. Lakeside Drive, Levittown 19054, web design/ it consulting. MacAdams Consulting & Design LLC, 5119 Inlet Drive, Bensalem 19020, web/graphic design.
CHESTER COUNTY Lankford Holdings LLC, 1542 Yellow Springs Road, Chester Springs 19425, act as general partner of a lp. So Fabulous Gift Baskets LLC, 1320 Ridgeview Circle, Downingtown 19335, all kinds of gift baskets. JWS Ventures LLC, 270 Upper Gulph Road, Radnor 19087, business management. Wagontown Excavating LLC, 106 Lindsays Way, Honey Brook 19344, construction. Defiant Illusions Custom Painting LLC, 1017 Nich-
olas Drive, West Chester 19380, custom motorcycle painting services. Casella Dental PC, 122 W. Chestnut St., West Chester 19380, dental services. Chester County Family Dentistry LLC, 795 E. Marshall St. Suite 202, West Chester 19380, dentistry. Polyviron Diagnostics Inc., 26 Ashlawn Circle, Malvern 19355, development of diagnostic test kits for viral infections. Del’s Dips & Dos Inc., 15 Friendship Way, Parkesburg 19365, dog grooming. Worthington Integrated Industries LLC, 404 Edgewood Drive, Exton 19341, general commercial services. Worthington Waterproofing Systems LLC, 404 Edgewood Drive, Exton 19341, general commercial services. Claremont On The Square GP Inc., 707 Eagleview Blvd./P.O. Box 562, Exton 19341, general partner of a lp. Hot Peppers & Sweet Dreams Inc., 584 Hibernia Road, Glenmoore 19343, gourmet food goods. Color With Style LLC, 21 Landmark Drive, Malvern 19355, interior design services. Kohler Law Offices LLC, 251 Trillium Drive, Ken-
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nett Square 19348, law firm. Tower Six Consulting LLC, 114 Merrymet Farm Drive, Kennett Square 19348, management consulting. Claremont On The Square LP, 707 Eagleview Blvd./P.O. Box 562, Exton 19341, nonclassifiable. Schorn Properties LP, 761 Brettingham Court, West Chester 19382, nonclassifiable. Boost Ad Network Inc., 1022 Linden Ave., Chester Springs 19425, nonclassifiable. Surface Elements LLC, 3947 Powell Road, Chester Springs 19425, nonclassifiable. 121 7th Street LP, 928 Pinehurst Drive, Chester Springs 19425, nonclassifiable. 125 7th Street LP, 928 Pinehurst Drive, Chester Springs 19425, nonclassifiable. Heylmun Family LP, 1174 Sheep Hill Road, Pottstown 19465, nonclassifiable. Pineville Newtown Square Associates LP, The Commons At Valley Forge 1288 Valley Forge Road No. B, Valley Forge 19482, nonclassifiable. Victorious LLC, 4 Amy Lane, Malvern 19355, personal training services. Last Chance Pizza Inc., 1530 Pennsbury Drive,
West Chester 19382, pizza shop. Ingleside Properties Inc., 74 Margil Farm Drive, Downingtown 19335, real estate. Warren Well Group Of PA LLC, 1 Perth Place, Glenmoore 19343, real estate. Cruz De Luna Stables LLC, 205 Pumpkin Hill Road, Glenmoore 19343, real estate. Schorn Enterprises LLC, 971 Brettingham Court, West Chester 19382, real estate. Manley Road GP Inc., 1301 Lancaster Ave., Berwyn 19312, real estate investment. Pineville Newtown Square GP LLC, The Commons At Valley Forge 1288 Valley Forge Road No. B, Valley Forge 19482, real estate investment. NJM Property Investments LLC, 12 Shepherd Road, Malvern 19355, real estate investments. JMS Landholdings LLC, 1311 N. Manor Road, Honey Brook 19344, recycling center. Softmart West Indies Inc., 450 Acorn Lane, Downingtown 19335, reseller of hardware/software products. Enteksol LLC, 110 Cawley Court, Chester Springs 19425, technology solution services. New Impressions Woodworking LLC, 164 Mount
Pleasant Road, Honey Brook 19344, woodworking business.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY Phoenix Broadband Holdings GP LLC, 589 Bethlehem Pike Suite 1000, Montgomeryville 19103, acquire/own/operate/ lease/finance and dispose of real estate. M.A.D. Insulation LLC, 915 Montgomery Ave. Suite 205, Narberth 19072, blown in insulation. D. Atlas Estate LLC, 200 N. Wynnewood Ave. Apt. A-209, Wynnewood 19096, buy/sell jewelry. Ryco Contracting LLC, 164 Morris Road, Ambler 19002, commercial roofing contractor. Dibiase Consulting LLC, 218 Hampton Circle, Gilbertsville 19525, consulting. 4G Strategies LLC, 605 Argyle Circle, Wynnewood 19096, consulting on broadband internet and 4g wireless services. Wolfe Marketing Solutions LLC, 753 Palmer Place, Blue Bell 19422, consulting services. Whittier Hamilton & James LLC, 10 Harnett Lane, Limerick 19468, consulting services. Snake Head Studios LLC, 3813 Vincent Drive, Collegeville 19426, creation of video games. S.T.S. Communications
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Inc., 10 Schoolhouse Road Suite 1, Souderton 18964, electrical work on cell towers. E. Chase Polton Inc., 71 N. York Road, Willow Grove 19090, financial. David T. Godfrey LLC, 535 Sandy St., Norristown 19401, general contractor. The Keating Agency LLC, 20 Cherry Ave., Trappe 19426, insurance agent services. Insurance 24/7 LLC, 524 Montgomery Ave., Haverford 19041, insurance services. J.W. Lawn And Landscaping LLC, 1141 N. Gravel Pike, Schwenksville 19473, landscaping. Mad Advertising LLC, 165 Moreland Road, Huntingdon Valley 19006, marketing/advertising. Belligerent Irish Women Publishing Inc., 511 Lindsey Drive, Wayne 19087, music composition publishing. Christianovations Publishing Inc., 511 Lindsey Drive, Wayne 19087, music composition publishing. Timeless Hardwood Flooring LLC, 103 Main St. Apt. 1, Red Hill 18076, nonclassifiable. Miro Parkside LP, 223 Saint Georges Road, Ardmore 19003, nonclassifiable. Static Electric Gaming LLC,
222 Kent Road, Ardmore 19003, nonclassifiable. J&J Nails Inc., 753 Cheltenham Ave., Melrose Park 19027, nonclassifiable. KDS Engineers LLC, 302 Suffolk Road, Flourtown 19031, nonclassifiable. Narberth Equities LP, 301 Haverford Ave., Narberth 19072, nonclassifiable. Phoenix Broadband Holdings LP, 589 Bethlehem Pike Suite 1000, Montgomeryville 19103, nonclassifiable. King’s Beauty Inc., 753 Cheltenham Ave., Melrose Park 19132, nonclassifiable. Ling’s China Jade LLC, 201 Second St., Collegeville 19426, nonclassifiable. Lankford Acquisition Co. LP, 818 Cressman Road, Harleysville 19438, nonclassifiable. Mk Carrigan LLC, 3048 Conrad Way, Lansdale 19446, nonclassifiable. Locust Street Commons LP, 1211 Turnbury Lane, North Wales 19454, nonclassifiable. Nuhs Ark LLC, 903 Susan Circle, North Wales 19454, nonclassifiable. 3138 Butler Pike Associates LP, 3138 Butler Pike, Plymouth Meeting 19462, nonclassifiable. 10 East Second Street Associates LP, 201 N. Fourth Ave., Royersford 19468, nonclassifiable.
Fluyd Concepts LLC, 501 Willowbrook Drive, Jeffersonville 19403, online marketing/sales. Ardmore Pediatric Dental Associates PC, 357 S. Gulph Road, King Of Prussia 19406, pediatric dentistry. Premax Tool & Machine Inc., 76 Robinson St., Pottstown 19464, precission cnc manufacturing. Harper-Brighton Management LLC, 604 Harper Ave., Jenkintown 19046, property management co. 958 Randolph LLC, 100 Snowflake Road, Huntingdon Valley 19006, real estate. Rife Real Estate Group LLC, 720 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr 19010, real estate. Harper-Brighton Investments LLC, 604 Harper Ave., Jenkintown 19046, real estate. Norab LLC, 7736 Green Valley Road, Wyncote 19095, real estate. Dwelling Solutions LLC, 7932 Green Lane, Wyncote 19095, real estate. 218 Apple Drive LLC, 550 American Ave. Suite 1, King Of Prussia 19406, real estate. Locust Street Commons Associates LLC, 1211 Turnbury Lane, North Wales 19454, real estate. 3138 Butler Pike Management LLC, 3138 Butler SEE LEADS, P21
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Pike, Plymouth Meeting 19462, real estate. Catalyst Commercial Development LLC, 225 E. 14th Ave., Conshohocken 19428, real estate consulting/development. S&S Yohns Properties LLC, 52 Shelly Lane, Pottstown 19464, real estate renting/management. Atlantic Reinsurance Intermediaries Inc., 1405 Candlebrook Drive, Dresher 19025, reinsurance intermediary broker. Station 48 Grille LLC, 1012 Harry St., Conshohocken 19428, restaurant. Little Yohns Deli Inc., 52 Shelly Lane, Pottstown 19464, retail grocery. LBI Apparel LLC, 38 Andrew Road, Huntingdon Valley 19006, sell clothing/apparel. Cheap Snow Removal LLC, 1 Surrey Road, Melrose Park 19027, snow removal/salting/ landscaping. The Hodge - Peace Reunion LLC, 8409 Newbold Lane, Laverock 19038, social club. Modern Tactical Corp., 133 Elm Drive, Lansdale 19446, sporting goods retailer. Ann McNulty Consulting LLC, 43 Montgomery Drive, Harleysville 19438, staffing/recruiting consulting. Newtown Data LLC, 2605 N. Broad St., Colmar 18915, technology expertise/services. Penn Therapeutic Inc., 7764 Montgomery Ave., Elkins Park 19027, therapist. Andrew Johnson Productions LLC, 1600 Church Road Unit B-110, Wyncote 19095, videography. Spray Stone USA Inc., 3400 Paper Mill Road, Huntingdon Valley 19006, wholesale distribution of construction materials.
PHILADELPHIA Tacony Distillery Co., 6828 Torresdale Ave. First Floor, Philadelphia 19135, alcohol distillery. Primer Design Group LLC, 2130 Montrose St., Philadelphia 19146, architectural design firm. AQ Auto Sales And Detailing LLC, 2244 46 N. Fourth St., Philadelphia 19133, auto sales/detailing. SJM Fuels LLC, 6 S. Strawberry St. Unit 1, Philadelphia 19106, auto transportation. Two Stop Multiservices LLC, 1923 E. Allegheny Ave., Philadelphia 19134, bill payments/phone sales. J.A. Contractor Inc., 7205 Tioga St., Philadelphia 19134, carpentry. Nine Bar Espresso LLC,
1101 Spruce St., Philadelphia 19107, coffee shop. La Colombe Canada LLC, 2620 E. Tioga St., Philadelphia 19134, coffee/ coffee products. Garrett Avenue Associates LLC, 1600 JFK Blvd. Second Floor, Philadelphia 19103, commercial real estate. Caterpillar To Butterfly LLC, 12575 Chilton Road, Philadelphia 19019, consulting. Plan Z Consulting Inc., 2502 N. Fifth St., Philadelphia 19133, consulting services-marketing/ event planning. Go T Service Corp., 647 Durford St., Philadelphia 19147, employment agency. Cardoza Restaurant Corp., 3615 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia 19134, full service restaurant. Maxtodd LLC, 2149 Catherine St., Philadelphia 19146, general partner of a lp. Prodigy Home Care LLC, 7003 Lynford St., Philadelphia 19149, home care. Gregg Holler LLC, 3543 Oakmont St., Philadelphia 19136, home renovations. AG Insurance And Financial Services LLC, 7941 Leonard St., Philadelphia 19152, insurance agent. ADR 1849 Walnut Street LP, 1845 Walnut St. Suite 2200, Philadelphia 19103, nonclassifiable. Y&R Quality Meats & Grocery Inc., 6351-53 Rising Sun Ave., Philadelphia 19111, nonclassifiable. Entest LLC, Unit 153 Benjamin Court, Philadelphia 19114, nonclassifiable. Son’s Hair Salon Inc., 4505 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia 19124, nonclassifiable. Down The Street Partners LP, 2424 E. York St. Suite 202, Philadelphia 19125, nonclassifiable. Desvignes Taste Llc., 2836 N. 22nd St., Philadelphia 19132, nonclassifiable. Vertex Investments Inc., 4923 Cedar Ave. Suite 1, Philadelphia 19143, nonclassifiable. Graduate Commercial Properties LP, 2149 Catharine St., Philadelphia 19146, nonclassifiable. Golden Lotus Memorial Park LP, 1122-38 Washington Ave. Unit A, Philadelphia 19147, nonclassifiable. Eagles Investments LLC, 2630 Welsh Road, Philadelphia 19152, nonclassifiable. Unique Drug Store Inc., 10019 Ferndale St., Philadelphia 19116, operate a pharmacy. Philly Office Retail LLC, 6825 Germantown Ave. Second Floor, Philadelphia 19119, payroll
services. TC Innovative Opps III LLC, 1100 Princeton Ave., Philadelphia 19111, property rentals. TC Innovative Opps II LLC, 1100 Princeton Ave., Philadelphia 19111, property rentals/incomegenerating actitivies. TC Innovative Opps I LLC, 1100 Princeton Ave., Philadelphia 19111, property rentals/incomegenerating activities. Maurice Campbell Enterprises LLC, 2119 E. William St., Philadel-
phia 19134, provides events/bakeries/sports/ entertainment/festivals/ programs. 1849 Walnut Street ADR LLC, 1845 Walnut St. Suite 2200, Philadelphia 19103, real estate. 6008 Development Associates LLC, 6825 Germantown Ave. Second Floor, Philadelphia 19119, real estate. Gkere LLC, 4849 Umbria St., Philadelphia 19127, real estate. GPJW LLC, 401 S. Second St. Suite 205, Philadel-
phia 19147, real estate. 615-21 South 6th Street LLC, 755-69 S. 11th St., Philadelphia 19147, real estate. 139 West Chelten Avenue LLC, 139 W. Chelten Ave., Philadelphia 19144, real estate holdings. Jung-Powers & Associates LLC, 1701 N. 10th St. Second Building 518-A, Philadelphia 19122, real estate investment. B&M Real Estate & Development LLC, 6100 W. Jefferson St., Philadelphia 19151, real estate
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investment. Basz Inc., 1101 N. 66th St., Philadelphia 19151, restaurant. Samiches LLC, 5411 Woodland Ave., Philadelphia 19143, restaurantcatering. W.J. Cornett And Sons Diamond Burs LLC, 44526 Bleigh Ave., Philadelphia 19136, retail direct sales by mail order. Broad Street Pizza & Grill Inc., 2124 S. Broad St., Philadelphia 19145, retail food. K Studio Inc., 202 S.
Quince St., Philadelphia 19103, spa. Enzo Custom Clothiers Philadelphia Inc., 1601 Walnut St. Suite 1007, Philadelphia 19102, tailor. Half The Sky Leadership Institute LLC, One Liberty Place 1650 Market St. 36th Floor, Philadelphia 19103, training and leadership development firm. J.K. Auto Transportation LLC, 1306 Brighton St., Philadelphia 19111, transportation services.
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Cargame Motors LLC, 143-145 S. 59th St., Philadelphia 19139, used car sales.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS CHESTER COUNTY COMMERCIAL Sun Co. Inc./Sun Refining & Marketing Co./Sun Oil Co. Of PA/Sunoco Inc. to Kartik LLC, 1697 East St., Kennett Square 19348, $720,000. SEE LEADS, P23
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMERCIAL Curren Partnershp to BT Curren Terrace LP, 200 Witmer Road Suite 200, Horsham 19044; 1011 New Hope St., Norristown, $29,713,500. Toll PA IV LP to Thomas Albert and Cheryl Lynn Dunn, 106 Bennington Road, Phoenixville 19460, Upper Providence, $524,593.
PHILADELPHIA COMMERCIAL Kim Deoliveira aka Kim Rogal to 200 Christian Street Partners LLC, 2320 South St., Philadelphia 19146; 501-507 S. 12th St., Philadelphia 19147, 2nd Ward, $2,000,000. Thomas H. Charlton Trustee to A.G. investments II LLC, 2109 Delancey St., Philadelphia 19103, 8th Ward, $1,901,500. Marlene S. Roth to Fusion Realty LLC, 10853 Bustleton Ave., Philadelphia 19116; 2028 Murray St., Philadelphia, 58th Ward, $820,000. Christopher Carvell/Reno Dagostino to AGAF Holdings LP, 13 Springhouse Lane, Havertown 19083; 1850/1852-1860/1862 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia 19125, 18th Ward, $770,000.
CAMDEN COUNTY COMMERCIAL Bob Evans Farms Inc. to WHC Real Estate Holdings LLC, 255 Kings Highway E. Suite 2-E, Haddonfield 08033; 2321 Route 70 W., Cherry Hill 08034, $1,300,000. Apex Mortgage Corp. to Lawnside Urban Renewal LLC, 20000 Horizon Way Suite 180, Mount Laurel 08054; Warwick Road, Lawnside 08045, Block 1215 Lot 1 and Block 1215.01 Lots 1 and 2 Borough of Lawnside, $359,000.
COURT JUDGMENTS CHESTER COUNTY BUSINESS Susquehanna Bank vs. Legasea Properties LLC/ Gary E. Armstrong, 3 Lafayette Circle, Downingtown 19335, $44,216, plaintiff, case #201211217-JD, 10/22/12. PERSONAL Mary F. Altman vs. Joseph T. Hayden, 801 W. Springfield Road, Springfield 19064, $92,037, plaintiff, case #2012-11257-JD, 10/23/12.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY BUSINESS Yellowbook Sales and Distribution Co. Inc. vs.
James Davis/Anne Davis/ David Transmission & Auto Service, 907 Hill St. Rear, Jessup 18434, $26,273, plaintiff, case #2010-25114, 10/31/12. Yellowbook Sales and Distribution Co. Inc. vs. J&J Mechanical Inc./John Schmidt, 1100 Pocopson Road, Pocopson 19366, $26,397, plaintiff, case #2011-06078, 10/31/12. Fitzpatrick Container Co. vs. Jet Plastica Industries Inc., 1100 Schwab Road, Hatfield 19440, $323,131, plaintiff, case #2012-24043, 10/31/12.
case #02-1003607, 11/02/12. City Of Philadelphia vs. Nelson Medical Group PC/Gregory Nelson, $2,848,400, plaintiff, case #02-1003608, 11/02/12. City Of Philadelphia vs. Nelson Medical Group PC/Gregory Nelson, $2,848,400, plaintiff, case #02-1003610, 11/02/12. City Of Philadelphia vs. Kelsey G. Keeys Community Development Corp., $30,188, plaintiff, case #06-1200159, 11/02/12.
City Of Philadelphia vs. Accutek Staffing Inc./ Accutek Staffing Inc., $27,198, plaintiff, case #07-0303386, 11/02/12. City Of Philadelphia vs. D&A Auto Parts Inc., $23,795, plaintiff, case #07-0702884, 11/02/12. City Of Philadelphia vs. Fasco Of NJ Inc./Renee Cataldi, $192,673, plaintiff, case #07-0800972, 11/02/12. City Of Philadelphia vs. Better National Bumpers Inc./William Miller, $215,254, plaintiff, case #07-0801201, 11/02/12.
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City Of Philadelphia vs. Ki Mer Palelai Buddhist Monastery/Ki Mer Palelai Buddhist Monastery, $59,530, plaintiff, case #07-0900500, 11/02/12. City Of Philadelphia vs. Alrod Enterprises Inc./Betty Thweatt, $1,450,126, plaintiff, case #07-1000561, 11/02/12. City Of Philadelphia vs. Michael F. Gallagher Inc./Michael Gallagher, $138,555, plaintiff, case #07-1000582, 11/02/12. City Of Philadelphia vs. Kelsey G. Keeys Com-
munity Center, $39,853, plaintiff, case #071002309, 11/02/12. City Of Philadelphia vs. Kelsey G. Keeys Community Center, $39,853, plaintiff, case #071003379, 11/02/12. City Of Philadelphia vs. Mag Enterprises, $188,941, plaintiff, case #07-1003628, 11/02/12. Grandview Condominium Association vs. JW Vine Investments, $17,651, plaintiff, case #120603044, 11/02/12.
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CHESTER COUNTY Maria Marlowe vs. Andrew Sitkoff DO/Lincoln Internal Medicine/The Chester County Hospital & Health System, medical professional liability action, case #201211438-PL, 10/31/12. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co./John Meccariello vs. Umco Inc. dba Krings Stoves & Fireplaces, contract, case #2012-11454CT, 10/31/12. Supermedia LLC vs. Pioneer Concrete Inc./ Pennsy Supply Inc. dba
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Pioneer Concrete/Pioneer Materials Inc., debt collection, case #201211456-CT, 10/31/12. Matthew Stuart vs. Carl R. Bianchini/Ambler Aviation Inc., contract, case #2012-11465-CT, 11/01/12. John J. Coleman Contractors LLC vs. Timothys West Chester LLC, contract, case #2012-11466CT, 11/01/12. QVC Inc. vs. Innovative Concepts Corp., contract, case #2012-11486-CT, SEE LEADS, P25
PHILADELPHIA BUSINESS Fox & Roach LP vs. American Commercial Lending Inc./Star Real Estate Group Inc., $91,408, plaintiff, case #121003885, 10/26/12. Joanne Pfeiffer vs. Dominion Management Of Delaware Inc. et al., $12,302, plaintiff, case #12-0702982, 10/28/12. Marlin Business Bank vs. Palamino Consulting Group LLC, $42,802, plaintiff, case #120803032, 10/30/12. Delaware Valley Aamco Dealers Association Inc. vs. RJ & Family Enterprises LLC, $38,203, plaintiff, case #121003927, 10/30/12. City Of Philadelphia vs. KSM Investment Co./ Ken Castagna, $91,800, plaintiff, case #120302333, 10/31/12. 11 St. Partners LP By Its GP 11th Street GP LLC vs. 11th Street Restaurant LLC, $15,502, plaintiff, case #12-1004017, 10/31/12. Sovereign Bank NA vs. Gregg A. Jackson Inc./ Karen Jackson, $107,554, plaintiff, case #121004054, 10/31/12. Kennard McCoy vs. Chill Spot Lounge Inc., $42,245, plaintiff, case #08-0300687, 11/01/12. City Of Philadelphia vs. Wellness Center At Rittenhouse LLC, $10,100, plaintiff, case #020803564, 11/02/12. City Of Philadelphia vs. Central Security Agency Inc., $282,128, plaintiff, case #02-1000521, 11/02/12. City Of Philadelphia vs. Main Diner Inc., $376,689, plaintiff, case #02-1003310, 11/02/12. School District Of Philadelphia vs. Franklin Hopkins Glass Co. Inc., $31,043, plaintiff, case #02-1003341, 11/02/12. City Of Philadelphia vs. Nelson Medical Group PC/Gregory Nelson, $2,848,400, plaintiff, case #02-1003606, 11/02/12. City Of Philadelphia vs. Nelson Medical Group PC/Gregory Nelson, $2,848,400, plaintiff,
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11/01/12. General Equipment Acceptance Corp. vs. Kennetex Inc. dba The Kennetex Corp., contract, case #2012-11502-CT, 11/01/12. De Lage Landen Financial Services Inc. vs. Central Tax Bureau of Pennsylvania Inc., contract, case #2012-11505-CT, 11/01/12. Pocopson Township vs. Lancaster Automobile Spring Co. Inc., products liability, case #201211517-TT, 11/02/12. Patrick T. O’Connor/Megan B. O’Connor vs. Disabatino Tree Care/Disabatino Landscaping, other contract, case #201211527-CT, 11/02/12. Yvonne Horsey vs. The Chester County Hospital/ Waleed Shalaby MD/Jennifer Akins MD, medical professional liability action, case #2012-11537PL, 11/02/12.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY Triumphe Distribution Co. LLC/Harvey I. Kantor vs. Raggi and Weinstein LLP CPAs & Consultants et al., summons, case #2012-27964, 10/29/12. Robert F. and Kathleen C. Babcock vs. Aqua America Inc. et al., case #2012-27957, 10/31/12. TD Bank NA vs. Reyes Real Estate Corp./Reyes
Investments LLC et al., case #2012-28003, 10/31/12. Damon A. Crutchfield vs. Law Offices of Harrison Ross Byck PC/Harrison Ross Byck et al., summons, case #2012-28004, 10/31/12. Yellowbook Inc. vs. Plumbarama Co. Inc./Joy Kajkowski et al., case #2012-28130, 10/31/12. Yellowbook Inc. vs. Michael Eisenbrock DDS PC, case #2012-28181, 10/31/12. Vimco Inc. vs. Form Tech Construction Services Inc./Form Tech Construction Co. Inc., case #201228144, 11/01/12. Norris Sales Co. Inc. vs. Warrens LLC/Warrens General Contractor LLC, case #2012-28151, 11/01/12. Weinstein Supply Division of Hajoca Corp. vs. Luke Weidemann Plumbing Heating A/C Inc./Luke Weidemann et al., case #2012-28178, 11/01/12. Celtic Masonry Restorations Inc. vs. Cleveland Construction Inc./Cleveland Construction Co., summons, case #201228188, 11/01/12. Township of Lower Merion vs. CBL Transportation LLC/Clifford Lord, case #2012-28207, 11/02/12. Baum Smith and Clemens LLP vs. MWM Capital Inc./Maria McCormick et
al., case #2012-28229, 11/02/12. Acquisitions Direct Inc. vs. Tex-Micro LLC/Leaunta and Leo Patterson, case #2012-28234, 11/02/12. Nancy and Thomas Roggio vs. Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks/ American Expo Center et al., summons, case #2012-28236, 11/02/12. Countryside Lansdale LLC vs. AF Spectrum Partners LP, summons, case #2012-28239, 11/02/12. Center Point Tank Services Inc. vs. Petroleum Enterprises Inc./Jeffrey J. Crocus et al., case #201228243, 11/02/12.
PHILADELPHIA Hyun Lee vs. Bower Lewis Thrower/Gilbane Building Co./PA State University/Sasaki Associates, traffic accident, case #12-1003863, 10/26/12. US Electrical Services Inc. vs. Holland Power And Light LLC, contracts, case #12-1003880, 10/26/12. Barbara Jablokov vs. Masso Security LLC/ Masso Detective Agency Inc., personal injury, case #12-1003893, 10/28/12. York Square Condominium Association vs. Berkshire Vine Street LP/ Berkshire Vine Street GP LLC/Skanska USA Building Inc., contracts, case #12-1003897, 10/29/12. Kathleen Windon vs. Car-
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Philadelphia Taxi Management LLC vs. JP Cab Corp., contracts, case #12-1004067, 10/31/12. Allstate Insurance Co. a/s/o Wanda Peters vs. Direct TV, personal property damage - other, case #12-1004090, 10/31/12. CDI Corp. vs. Ronald Friedman/Middough Inc., contracts, case #12-1004093, 10/31/12. Joyce and Larry Lazar vs. Philadelphia Gas Works/ University City Hous-
ing Co. Inc., personal injury, case #12-1004100, 10/31/12. G 3 Of PA LLC fka Gold Gocial Gerstein vs. El Medini/George Manosis/811-15 N. 3rd Street LLC/DG Development LLC/Howard Square Llc/ Kaya Investments LLC et al., contracts, case #121004145, 10/31/12. Onix Agosto vs. Seaworld Parks & Entertainment Inc./Seaworld Parks & Entertainment LLC, personal injury, case #121004153, 10/31/12. Anita Lightfoot vs. Dollar
Tree Store/Dollar Tree Store Inc., personal injury, case #12-1004158, 10/31/12. William and Kristina Dougherty vs. Presbytery Of Philadelphia Presbyterian Church, personal injury, case #12-1004168, 10/31/12. Herman Roberson and Donald McCoy vs. G&A Commercial Seating Products et al., product liability, case #121004161, 11/01/12. Brooks Mapp vs. Mark Guralnick/Gregory Keresztury/Terrence An-
nese/Mark S. Guralnick PC, contracts, case #121004204, 11/01/12. Allstate a/s/o Mary Steed vs. Boubacar Barry/Ksm Auto & Truck Rental, motor vehicle property damage, case #121004222, 11/01/12. Luz Cuevas vs. Joe Fisher & Sons Roofing, personal injury, case #12-1004244, 11/01/12. JD Matthews Associates LLC vs. Liberty Housing Development Corp., contracts, case #12-1004265, 11/01/12.
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EB Realty Management Corp., contracts, case #12-1004423, 11/02/12. Rezro Inc. vs. Gonzalez Dejesus/Lucidania Montesino/Montesino Grocery Store LLC, contracts, case #12-1004439, 11/02/12. Ronald Cowan vs. LA Fitness International LLC, personal injury, case #121004464, 11/02/12. Erica Malone vs. Two Ambassador LLC, fraudulent conveyance, case #121004477, 11/02/12. City Of Philadelphia vs. Pyramid Investment Group Inc., real estate tax lien, case #1210T0391, 11/02/12. City Of Philadelphia vs. Roy Linton/Dwight Shelton/Phillip Linton/5517 Woodland Avenue Corp., real estate tax lien, case #12-10T0397, 11/02/12. City Of Philadelphia vs. Homeownership Developers LLC, real estate tax lien, case #12-10T0398, 11/02/12.
HIGH-END HOMES CHESTER COUNTY David A. and Catherine M. Rains to Jeffrey Sevag, 317 Oakwood Lane, Devon 19333, $1,000,000. Michael A. and Denise M. West to Thomas P. and Rori A. McDougal, 1106 Legacy Lane, West Chester 19382, $950,000. Cartus Financial Corp. to Rongjun Yao and Min Zhao, 29 Cool Valley Road, Malvern 19355, $730,000. Southdown Homes LP/ Southdown Properties Inc. to Stephen D. and Sabrina R. Girty, 2556 Veronica Drive, Chester Springs 19425, $670,737. Toll PA VI LP/Toll PA GP Corp. to Ehab A. Mahgoub and Fatma Awwad, 144 Pratt Lane, West Chester 19382, $661,000. Ronald J. and Ruth B. Delvecchio to Gerald and Eileen L. Stepien, 243 Ivystone Drive, Downingtown 19335, $580,000. Otto R. and Yolanda Garcia to William J. and Bethann Strimel, 299 Lafayette Lane, Wayne 19087, $556,000. Ashutosh S. and Meenakshi Bhatnagar to Thomas and Kathleen Frank, 54 Peddrick Road, Wayne 19087, $540,000. Glenn M. White Land Co. Inc. to Dante V. and Lauren M. Mucci, 1205 Lintell Drive, West Chester 19382, $525,000. Dorando F. and Helen M. Faggioli to Charles Matthew Micken, 930 Horseshoe Pike, Downingtown 19335, $520,000. Bonney Ross and Linda S. Capps to Joe M. and Lyndall C. Fry, 405 West Turnberry Court, West Chester 19382, $510,000. SEE LEADS, P27
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY David M. and Sally J. Raezer to Stephen G. and Kathryn B. Frank, 1258 Denbigh Lane, Radnor 19087, Upper Merion, $1,100,000. Nicholas Braccia to Thomas M. and Christina T. Chan, 184 Fairway Road, Horsham 19002, Horsham, $940,000. Donald and Lorraine M. Wasserman to Ravi Kiran Kandikonda, 714 Bryn
Mawr Ave., Penn Valley 19072, Lower Merion, $850,000. Pamela Eutenuer to Alessandro Bombonati and Ruth Birbe, 436 Penn Valley Road, Narberth 19072, Lower Merion, $715,000. Erik J. Dzielski to Kirk and Deanna M. Gallion, 530 Rosedale Drive, Pottstown 19464, Lower Pottsgrove, $650,000. Jeffrey R. and Eileen R. Brode to Jeffrey A. Humble and Sarah Richards,
727 Palmer Place, Blue Bell 19422, Whitpain, $625,000. Robert and Rebecca Levine to Manish and Monica P. Sharma, 550 Foxglove Lane, Wynnewood 19096, Lower Merion, $622,350. Gerald M. and Kathy Hwang to Mark Sapowith, 1220 Valley Road, Villanova 19085, Lower Merion, $570,000. Constance G. Powers and William B. Lex Jr. to Donald G. and Allyson M.
Heller, 433 Owen Road, Wynnewood 19096, Lower Merion, $560,000. Vito A. and Judith R. Nigro to Erin O. and Thomas Miller III, 121 Savory Lane, North Wales 19454, Montgomery, $545,000. Allen and Eleene Grabell to Yuming Su and Liangliang Zhou, 338 Llandrillo Road, Bala Cynwyd 19004, Lower Merion, $540,000.
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he Business Pulse survey asked readers if they thought life for the next generation of Americans will be better, worse or about the same. For results, see chart. Reader comments: How are you defining “better, worse or the same?” Let’s face it, there are many things today that are better than they were for our parents’ generation, such as civil and women’s rights, or the opportunities presented by technology. There are some things that are worse, like reality TV. People are endlessly adaptable. That’s why we’ve lasted so long. I’m sure most people in the next generation will figure out how to have happy and fulfilling lives.
Hostess workers Atlantic City casinos Business is slow after Hurricane Sandy so the hobbled resort town’s casinos are cutting some jobs and reducing hours. Sandy’s victim list continues to grow.
The Hostess plant in Northeast Philadelphia is not on the list of those being closed over nationwide strikes against the baked goods company. But the good fortune may not last; the CEO says he’ll shut down the entire company if strikes continue.
Five Below The Philadelphia retail success story continues to grow like crazy. This week, the company signed a deal to open a new distribution center in Mississippi “to more quickly and efficiently supply stores in the South and Midwest.”
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Worse. One reason: President Obama. Mike Braun
Wait — I thought Obamacare was going to be the panacea?! Eleanor Ann O’Rangers
They are fatter, more diabetic, less active and eat less healthy food. Last I checked Obamacare doesn’t contain anything related to food, exercise, stress or laziness. Erik Muther
More challenging and very hectic. That the next generation as a whole is also less healthy, often more overweight and stressed than the previous one, judgment/decision-making will also be harder. Renata Maslowski
Worse may not be the best choice of words but, certainly, their lives will be more difficult. Jan Dalina
The future Do you think the lives of the next generation of Americans will be better, worse, or about the same as life today? Better 14% Worse 67% About the same 19% Votes cast: 757
Don’t take mass transit for granted
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hortly after I arrived in Philadelphia in 2010, I wrote a column in which I declared: “I love SEPTA!” In my office and in the community, Philadelphia natives had a hearty laugh over that one. I was peppered with all sorts of anti-SEPTA declarations: But don’t you know that my train is delayed sometimes! But haven’t you heard about the strikes! There was trash on my train yesterday! You get the picture. What they didn’t realize is that I came here from Birmingham, Ala., where transit means flagging down your cousin Jimmy, hoping to catch a ride to work. In all fairness, that is a bit of an exaggeration. But just a bit. They do have a bus “system,” but I’m putting that in quotes because the buses never seemed to follow any sort of schedule. The mayor made news when he tried to get across town on a bus — about a 10-mile trip — and it literally took him all day. So you can see why I was enthused about SEPTA, perceived warts and all, when I got here. And you know what? Two years later, I still admire SEPTA and the other transit agencies that serve our area — PATCO and NJ Transit. I think all of these agencies do a pretty good job with the limited resources they have. But my real point here is that our extensive and mature network of commuter rail lines, subway lines, trolleys and buses is a very real economic advantage for us, especially in the era of $4-per-gallon gasoline. There’s no big mystery why SEPTA ridership is at its highest point in 20 years. Whether you use it or not, transit is a part of Philadelphia culture. In other places, people actually fear it, wrongly thinking that transit lines bring crime and decay, but I have yet to see anyone carrying a stolen
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flatscreen on a regional rail line. It’s not an exaggeration to say that in some parts of the country, transit is a dirty word and any politician who brings up its benefits is asking for trouble. We know better here. And, again, that’s going to be a huge advantage for us going forward. This week, I relayed this message to a breakfast meeting of participants in the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s RideECO program, a commuter benefit program for employers and employees. The room was packed with human resources professionals who understand the value of transit in attracting and retaining workers. But we can’t drop the ball. As businesspeople in Greater Philadelphia, we need to make sure that transportation infrastucture gets funded at a level commensurate with its worth. We haven’t been very good at that recently, and it’s because our legislators wrongly see it as a conservative/liberal or urban/suburban issue. It’s not. We need to make sure that the built-in advantages we have in the Philadelphia region remain advantages. I’m a tight-fisted, small-government kind of guy, but there are few more important things for government to do. CRAIG EY is editor of the Philadelphia Business Journal.
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Bar fight in Old City
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decade ago, the lead story was about a fight brewing in Old City. The Nov. 15-21, 2002, edition told the tale of Avram Hornick, who runs a number of successful bar/restaurants, facing local opposition to his proposed moviehousedessert emporium on the 300 block of Market Street because it was feared by other business owners that it might bring long lines of the usual vomitous riffraff that sometimes makes a Saturday night in Old City resemble the last gasps of a frat party attended by warthogs. But the main focus of local resistance was a planned Coyote Ugly Saloon, not known for a sedate, white-table cloth atmosphere. The chain’s owners wanted to put it at 312 Market. Ellen Yin, owner of the respected Fork restaurant on the same block, was one who was against it. “There are repercussions to having businesses like that on the block,” Yin said. Coyote Ugly didn’t open on Market, neither did Hornick’s odd theater concept. Instead, Coyote Ugly opened around the corner on 3rd Street but didn’t last long. Sometimes concept bars with the tang of the risqué open in town, linger for a while, and then bite the dust. Coyote Ugly couldn’t keep its fabricated titillation going, neither could Hooters, its wings and “things” idea didn’t last on Delaware Avenue. It’s easy enough to find real sleaze in Philly, you don’t need the PG version.
They wanted their money
Defunct ad agency Earle Palmer Brown couldn’t rest in peace. It was being sued by three radio stations trying to recoup $88,000 for commercial spots they ran and didn’t get paid for.
Blue Cross told to cancel
Independence Blue Cross of Philadelphia had been notified that starting in Jan. 1 it had to cancel contracts for its branded Blue Cross products with health-care providers in counties not adjacent to its local five-country territory.
Law firm moved
Post & Schell, tied for 20th on the Business Journal’s largest law firms list, was moving to 1600 John F. Kennedy Blvd. where it still is today.
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ADMINISTRATION
Slashing overhead
Safeguard Scientifics sold its 14-acre, eightbuilding campus in Wayne for $19.5 million. Once the toast of the town during the tech boom era, Safeguard faced harder times when the boom petered out. Its stock in its heyday traded at $99 a share. At the time of its campus sale, you could buy a share for the price of a granola bar. These days its stock sells at around $15 per share.
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A selection of the people and companies you will find in this week’s Business Journal.
COMPANY INDEX
PEOPLE INDEX A Aglira, David Alderman, Michael Anderson, Therese Atlas, Robert Azzalina, Laura
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Hornick, Avram Hubert, Heather Huie, Jim Hurdle, Harvey
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I Isdaner, Scott
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B J Baldino, Sandra Barrett, Chris Begleiter, Bette Bhatt, Amit Bigelow, Peter Brandt-Lee, John Breslow, Peter
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James, Thomas III Johnson, Jasmine Johnson, Melanie Johnson, Rebecca Joyce, Mark Jusinski, Lynn
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D Dean, Terri 18 Dennis, Erika Fitzpatrick 6, 7 Donnelly, Thomas 18 Dugan, Piper 18
Kaplan, Glenn 9 Kessler, Mary Pat 18 King, Elizabeth Graham 18 Klein, Howard M. 18
L’Amoreaux, Barbara B. 9 Lavin, Clifford 18 Leister, Durell 15 Lentini, June Gentilcore 18 Leone, Peter 18 Lorch, Scott 7 Ludmir, Jack 1, 6 Lynch, John J. 9 Lynch, John J. III 9 M
Eberle-Lindemuth, Allison18 F 7 13 13 18
Mallon, Todd Matlack, Ian McCann, Brian Meyers, Kristi Morgan, Eric Morris, Michael A. Morris, Weston
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H Harrington, Trish Hermanovich, Mark J. Hochberg, Yael
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S Schwarz, Donald F. Sciocchetti, David N. Seaman, Bob Sellers, Martin Stein, Adam
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Natale, Jo Natsis, John
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P Preston, Eugene Prutsman, James Pulver, Don Pyser, Steven
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Acme 4 Alana Wu 4 Aldi 4 Amazon 4 American College of Trial Lawyers 18 American Executive Centers 18 AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Cos. 18 AmeriQuest Business Services 17, 18 Ancero LLC 15 Ardmore Farmers’ Market 4 AT&T Inc. 15 Atrium at Curtis Center 13 Avalon Pasta Bistro 13 Avalon Restaurant 13
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Rapazzini, Mark Roberts, Richard Robinson, Homer Roseberry, Cathy Rosengard, Lee Rotella, Salvatore Ruder, Andrew Rupp, Kerry
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Fischer, JoAnne Frank, David Frank, Michael Fullerton, Melissa
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California Pizza Kitchen 4 Capital Grille 4 Caux Round Table 18 Center for Venture Education 14 Cescaphe Ballroom 13 Cescaphe Event Group 13 Cherry Hill Mall 4 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 6, 8 Conrad O’Brien 18 Continuum Health Alliance 18 Costco 4 Coyote Ugly Saloon 29 CrunchBase 14 CVS 4 D Del Rossi’s Cheesesteak Co.13 Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission 3, 28 Dermody Properties 18 Developmental Enterprises Corp. 18 DFJ Mercury 14 director of neonatology 9 Dollar General 4 Down Town Club 13 DreamIt Ventures 14 Drucker & Scaccetti 18 E Einstein Health Network 8, 9 Einstein Medical Center 6, 7, 8, 11 Einstein Medical Center
Montgomery Endowments Corp. Exton Mall
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KPMG Kroger
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L F Fairmount Community Development Corp. 5 Federation Endowments Corp. 18 Fera Donna Inc 13 Fiberlink Communications Corp. 15 Firstrust Bank 5, 18 Food Fair 4 Fork 29 G Generocity Community Alliance Inc Geno’s Giant Food Stores Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania Google Inc. Grand Lux Cafe
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H Hahnemann University 6, 7, 8 Hahnemann University Hospital 6, 7, 8 Heffler Claims Administration 18 Holy Redeemer Health System 9 Holy Redeemer Hospital 1, 9 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 6, 7, 11 HSC Builders & Construction Managers 18 I IPS-Integrated Project Services Iron Hill Brewery Isdaner & Co.
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J Jim’s Johnsrud Architects Juniper Research
13 18 15
K Kaiserman Co. Inc Kantar Retail Kauffman Fellowship Program Kellogg School of Management King of Prussia Mall
18 4 14 14 4
Leone Industries LF Driscoll Liberty Property Trust Lipinski Property Services
18 18 18 18
M Main Line Health 9, 12 Maternity Care Coalition 7 Mercy Medical Center 10 Metro Commercial 4 Metroplex 4 Microsoft Corp. 15 Mike’s Steaks 13 MMPartners 5 Montgomery Hospital Medical Center 9 Montgomery Mall 4 Moorestown Mall 4 O OB chairman 10, 11 Oliver Tyrone Pulver Corp 3 Onsite Neonatal Partners 9 Opera Company of Philadelphia 18 Osteria 4 P P.F. Chang’s China Bistro 4 Pat’s 13 Pennoni Associates 18 Pennsylvania Convention Center 3 The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation 3 Pennsylvania Hospital 1, 6, 7, 10, 11 Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust 4 Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code Review and Advisory Council 18 Pew Research Center 15 Philadelphia Housing Authority 5 Philadelphia Marathon 1, 3 Plymouth Meeting Mall 4 Pond Lehocky 18 Publix 4
S SAP Scottrade Inc Seasons 52 Seed-DB.com Sellers Dorsey ShootersINC Simon Property Group SolomonEdwards Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young Strawbridges Suburban Square Susquehanna Bank Sylvia Marketing & Public Relations
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T Target 4, 18 Target Media 18 TechStars 14 Temple University 6, 7, 11, 3, 18 Temple University’s Fox School of Business 18 Tendenza 13 Thomas Jefferson University 6, 10, 11 Tony Luke’s 13 Trader Joe’s 4 U Unisys Corp. University of Cambridge University of Pennsylvania Law School University of the Sciences
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V Vie Voorhees Town Center
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W Walgreens 4 Walmart 4 Wanamakers 4 Wegmans 4 Whole Foods 4, 12 Willis of Pennsylvania Inc 18 Y Y Combinator
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R Redstone American Grille 4 Reed Smith 18 Rodizio Grill 4
Z Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy 18
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