uCity Square

UCity Square is an 8 million square foot innovation community located in the heart of University City developed by Wexford Science + Technology in partnership with the University City Science Center and Ventas. With boundaries along Market Street from 34th through 39 th Street, Powelton Avenue, and Lancaster Avenue, uCity Square is where a diverse talent pool, trailblazing companies, and top-tier academic and research institutions collide. uCity Square offers a mix of amenity-rich office, lab, medical, academic, residential, retail, and vibrant outdoor spaces, and is home to more than 20 0 companies and 12,000 employees, students, residents, and entrepreneurs.

Over 1 million square feet of construction complete!

In 2022, the development partners were busy advancing over 1.1 million square feet of construction between four projects—ANOVA at uCity Square, One uCity Square, the Drexel Health Sciences Building, and The Square at uCity—representing more than $750 million of total investment. ANOVA at uCity Square, the highly-amenitized 460-unit apartment building, opened in September 2022 and is fully leased. One uCity Square, a 400,000-square-foot flagship commercial lab and office building, had its first tenants move in December. The Drexel Health Sciences Building, a 450,000-square-foot academic tower, opened for classes in September. The Square at uCity, a one-acre public park in the center of the uCity Square district, was completed and will officially open spring 2023.

And another 1.5 million square feet in the works…

With no signs of slowing down, the uCity Square partnership is actively working on its next phase of development which will include nearly 1.5 million square feet of additional commercial lab, office, and retail. In 2023, Wexford and its partners plan to break ground on a 450,000-square-foot mixed-use, gateway project at 38th & Market Streets. 3838 Market will stand 12 stories tall and include 200,000 square feet of commercial lab space, 400 parking spaces, and ground-floor retail. Just down the street and directly adjacent to One uCity, Two-Three uCity is a twotower complex currently in design phase. Finally, Wexford and Ventas are planning to reposition an existing building, 3440 Market, into pre-built lab and office suites to support the growing ecosystem of life science companies at uCity Square.