Philadelphia, PA
Ken is an active entrepreneur and real estate developer in the Philadelphia area. He serves as President of Philly Office Retail, which has renovated and restored more than 300 vacant and deteriorated commercial and residential units in the Philadelphia region during the past 35 years. Philly Office Retail currently owns and manages more than 850,000 square feet of commercial and residential space in the Philadelphia region and has received nine Preservation Alliance Awards for its adaptive reuse projects.
Philly Office Retail is leading the revitalization of Wayne Junction, a rich historic area in Northwest Philadelphia. Ken is redeveloping 13 vacant, deteriorated properties in the Wayne Junction vicinity, to be used as new apartments, restaurants, light industrial manufacturing, co-working space, offices, retail and a pocket park.
In 2015, Ken founded Jumpstart Germantown, an award winning community development program that works to revitalize the Germantown section of Philadelphia, and surrounding communities, through training, mentoring, networking and providing financial resources to local aspiring developers.
Ken’s mission is to revitalize neighborhoods by renovating vacant, deteriorated properties along Philadelphia’s commercial corridors. He believes that you can do well by doing good.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM CDT