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Building 100 Innovation Center
Opened in 2008, the Building 100 Innovation Center is Greater Philadelphia’s energizing new hub for innovation, entrepreneurship, ingenuity and business growth. A partnership among Ben Franklin, DVIRC and Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC), Building 100 expands on The Navy Yard’s historic and revitalized strengths in physical and engineering sciences, creating new momentum to propel innovation through the region’s leadership in energy, nanotechnology, communications and advanced manufacturing.
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Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center of Bucks County
The Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center of Bucks County was launched by the Hepatitis B Foundation, Delaware Valley College and Drexel University in 2006, with a focus on research and entrepreneurship. Ben Franklin supported the development of the Center and is a primary partner. In the 1990s Ben Franklin helped
to create the precursor “Ben Franklin Innovation Center” with the
Center’s founder, Dr. Timothy Block. Today the Center is home to
more than 25 companies.
In Bucks County, Ben Franklin partnered with the Bridge Business Center, Keystone Redevelopment Group, Bucks County Community College, Delaware Valley College, Drexel University, DVIRC and industrial partners to create a node of company incubation and
workforce development. Bridge is focused on bio-energy
development and advanced alternative energy related manufacturing.
The complex is part of a $30M redevelopment of 30 acres of former
Rohm & Haas facility.
