June 24, 2020 - Forbes

William H. Gray III 30th Street Station—an architectural landmark in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—is all set for a makeover that is expected to bring a host of new retail stores and services to one of the busiest rail terminals in the U.S.

June 19, 2020 - Philly Voice

Amtrak has selected a development team to lead a large-scale renovation at Philadelphia's 30th Street Station, adding new amenities, retail, offices and traffic improvements around the historic structure.

June 19, 2020 - The Philadelphia Business Journal

An Australian firm hired by PennDOT to reconstruct a series of 548 bridges across the state has been selected by Amtrak to oversee the management and $300 million to $400 million renovation of 30th Street Station in Philadelphia.

June 18, 2020 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

The North American affiliate of Australia-born infrastructure investment firm the Plenary Group has been chosen by Amtrak to lead the redevelopment of Philadelphia’s historic William H. Gray III 30th Street Station.

June 18, 2020 - Amtrak

PHILADELPHIA – Amtrak has selected Plenary Infrastructure Philadelphia (PIP), a team with international expertise to form a master development partnership via ground lease for the renovation of William H. Gray III 30th Street Station. 

November 20, 2018 - Amtrak

PHILADELPHIA – As part of the ongoing work to enhance the customer experience at the William H. Gray III 30th Street Station, Amtrak narrowed the list to four teams that will compete to be selected as Master Developer to update the historic station.

May 25, 2018 - 6 ABC Action News

Big changes are coming to 30th Street Station Philadelphia and we've got a sneak peek.

May 21, 2018 - Philly.com (Jacob Adelman)

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

May 8, 2018 - Global Rail News

Amtrak has issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) from master developers interested in making improvements to the railroad's 30th Street Station in Philadelphia.

May 4, 2018 - Progressive Railroading

Amtrak has issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) from master developers interested in making improvements to the railroad's 30th Street Station in Philadelphia.

May 3, 2018 - NEXT CITY (Rachel Kaufman)

Amtrak has released a Request for Qualifications for a master developer for 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, part of a a $10-billion, 35-year project that has the potential to vastly transform the neighborhood.

May 3, 2018 - Amtrak

PHILADELPHIA – As part of its ongoing work to enhance the customer experience at Philadelphia 30th Street Station, Amtrak announced today it is seeking a master developer partner to update the historic station. With the release of a Request for Qualifications (RFQ), Amtrak begins a two-phase process that will result in the selection of a preferred developer who will assist in: introducing new customer amenities, reinvigorating the retail and commercial potential of the station, enhancing transit and pedestrian circulation and expanding the station’s concourses to accommodate anticipated increases in ridership.

November 15, 2017 - PhillyVoice (Andrew Parent)

Amtrak revealed updated designs last week for a proposal to overhaul the area outside 30th Street Station.

The release offered more of a glimpse of how the proposed 30th Street Station Plaza could change the city's main transportation hub for decades to come.

November 14, 2017 - Curbed Philadelphia (Melissa Romero)

Amtrak just revealed its preferred design concept for its “grand civic space” at 30th Street Station, swapping out proposed circular paving patterns for circular benches and planters, instead. That, plus a big plan to improve traffic and pedestrian flow around the station.

August 24, 2017 - Curbed Philadelphia (Melissa Romero)

Amtrak is wasting no time starting work on its multi-billion dollar 30th Street Station District plan. But first, it needs a developer.

Amtrak has taken another step forward by issuing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) this week in search of a master developer to help lead the ambitious multi-billion dollar project, which includes the redevelopment of 30th Street Station itself and 18 million square feet of new development around it, including a new neighborhood and 40 acres of green space.

August 23, 2017 - Philadelphia Business Journel (Natalie Kostelni)

The rail company has been undertaking a master planning process at the historic station.

August 23, 2017 - Amtrak

PHILADELPHIA – Amtrak has taken the next step toward a comprehensive redevelopment of Philadelphia 30th Street Station and adjacent properties with the release of a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) seeking a Master Developer partnership, now available at procurement.Amtrak.com.

July 19, 2017 - The Architects Newspaper (Jackson Rollins)

As part of Philadelphia’s massive downtown redevelopment efforts, new plans were released on Tuesday for an integrated civic space surrounding 30th Street Station—the third-busiest Amtrak station in the country—by a design team including FXFOWLE, !melk, and ARUP.

Over the next three decades, the station’s traffic is expected to double, according to a marketing brochure for the overall project, bringing renewed interest to the surrounding business district dubbed University City.

July 13, 2017 - Curbed Philadelphia (Melissa Romero)

At an open house held at 30th Street Station Tuesday afternoon, a design proposal for Station Plaza, the grand civic space planned as part of the 30th Street Station District Plan, was revealed.

The proposal, designed by FXFOWLE, !melk, and ARUP, calls for increased pedestrian pathways, circular paving patterns, skylights on the sidewalk, and elevated tree planters surrounding 30th Street Station. The main goal of this reconfiguration, Amtrak says, is to provide the grand train station with the grand public space.

July 11, 2017 - Philly.com (Jacob Adelman)

Amtrak wants to replace the traffic-choked snarl that surrounds Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station with tree-canopied public spaces in an early step toward realizing the transit corporation’s $6.5 billion redevelopment vision for a huge adjacent swath of University City.

January 18, 2017 - PlanPhilly

Curbed reports the AIA has awarded the 30th Street Station District Plan regional and urban design of 2017. Years upon years in the making, the super-team including Skidmore Owings & Merrill, OLIN, private developers, SEPTA, Amtrak, and the City of Philadelphia, unveiled its finalized 30-year plan last year. The plan puts the public infrastructure costs for area redevelopment plans at around $2 billion, but the area is also projected to attract about $4.5 billion worth of private investment over that period. The AIA Award declares that achieving the plan’s goals will mean working among some of the most complex infrastructure found in a single area, calling the plan “daring in its scope but achievable in its details”.

January 17, 2017 - Drexel University (Alissa Falcone)

Drexel, Amtrak, Brandywine Realty Trust, PennDOT and SEPTA were honored for their collaborative efforts on the 30th Street Station District Plan with a 2017 Institute Honor for Regional & Urban Design from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) on Jan. 13, 2017.

January 17, 2017 - PhillyVoice (Michael Tanenbaum)

University City is on the cusp of a long-term, $10 billion transformation that will see the vicinity of 30th Street Station undergo major renovations, neighborhood improvement projects and high-rise construction. 

January 17, 2017 - Curbed Philadelphia (Melissa Romero)

Calling the designs “daring” but “achievable,” the 30th Street Station District Plan was recently given a 2017 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Award in regional and urban design. The announcement was made on Friday last week that AIA has recognized the work of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP—and the long, long list of owners and partners—for being one of the “the best in urban design, regional and city planning, and community development.”

January 17, 2017 - American Institute of Architects (AIA)

Buildings never arise in isolation. The best planning accounts for the entire built environment, local culture, and available resources—modeling architecture’s promise and true value to communities. The 2017 Regional & Urban Design program recognizes the best in urban design, regional and city planning, and community development.