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Newsletter - February 2017

Previous Highlights

Stephen Mullin and Joel Naroff on PBJ's Economic Forecast 2017 Panel

ESI President, Stephen Mullin , and Senior Advisor, Joel Naroff, were selected to be part of the first panel, "What's Next for Greater Philadelphia in 2017?" on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at the Loews Hotel in Philadelphia, PA. To fill out the rest of their panel, Patrick Pilch, Co-Founder and Co-Leader of BDO Center for Healthcare Excellence & Innovation, Shelley Smith, Partner at Archer and Former Philadelphia City Solicitor, and Allan Domb, Councilman-At-Large for the City of Philadelphia, shared their insight and thoughts on the future of the city.

To read more about the event, click here.

ESI Hosts Senior Advisors Holiday Happy Hour

To celebrate the holidays, we hosted a happy hour in January in our office's atrium for all of our Senior Advisors and Staff. This also gave us a good opportunity to introduce one of our newest Senior Advisors, Natalie Nixon and Susan Baltake (Connect with them below), to the rest of our advisory board. The night was filled with great conversation and excellent company between both our staff and Senior Advisors. We hope to see all of our Senior Advisors at our next happy hour.

CDA Presented a Session at APA New Jersey's Annual Conference

CDA Project Lead, Sidney Wong , ESI Senior Vice President, Peter Angelides , and Senior Advisor, Steve Nelson , presented a session, "Fiscal Impact Analysis: New Methods, New Data and Best Practice," at the APA New Jersey Annual Conference on January 26-27, 2017. Their session discussed Fiscal Impact Analysis and provided practitioners and researchers with experience in re-conceiving and re-imagining fiscal impact and developing better localized data from ACS-PUMs data.

News from the Lab

Insights from Our Affiliate Roubini ThoughtLab

"The next wave of smart technologies will turbo-boost the digital revolution - with a net result of adding trillions of dollars to worldwide GDP growth."

This and other key findings of Roubini ThoughtLab's research, The Work Ahead, completed in partnership with Cognizant's Center for the Future of Work were published in January in the EconoMonitor. In his article "Will Hyper-Digitization Drive the Next Industrial Revolution," Roubini ThoughtLab CEO Lou Celi stresses "digital technology will change not only how we conduct business, but also how we educate, govern, and provide healthcare."

Read the full article.

Upcoming Events in February

Recent Events for Philadelphia's Commercial Real Estate Community roundtable on Feb. 13 feat. ESI President, Stephen Mullin. Register here.

Proud to Sponsor

CFP Annual Meeting, February 15

Learn about Camden's revitalization

Solas Awards, March 2

Come and honor the ones who have helped improve the quality of immigrant life in PA

Philadelphia Flower Show, March 11-19

Experience the annual Flower Show showcasing the beauty of Holland

Leverage 2017, April 4

A pop up for CDC's transformative pro bono design for neighborhoods

PACDC Gala, April 18

Celebrate PACDC's 25th anniversary.

Staff News

Our President and Principal, Richard Voith , composed an article published in Penn Institute for Urban Research's (Penn IUR) Urban Link issue on Expert Voices 2017: American's Urban Infrastructure. Dr. Voith wrote the article, "Historical Patterns of Infrastructure funding," discussing transportation infrastructure funding and the impact of these historic funding patterns.

Our Vice President, Lee Huang, was quoted in the New York Times article, "Trump's Vision of 'Carnage' Misses Complex Reality of Many Cities," on Trump's assessment of cities and the challenges that cities like Philadelphia and Chicago face including blight and disparity.

Check out some of our blog posts from January

Philadelphia Skyline Will Soar to New Heights in 2017

by Marketing Assistant,

Mike Daly

Philadelphia's Partisan Elections: The Implications of a Rare System

by ESI Director

Alison Shott

Ballot Position Matters, Neighborhood by Neighborhood

by ESI Director,

Jonathan Tannen

Econsult Solutions Advisory Board

ESI would like to welcome our two newest Senior Advisors: Natalie Nixon and Susan Baltake.

Connect with Natalie
Connect with Susan

Joel Naroff was recently published on Bankrate.com discussing Americans' concerns about interest rates on the rise. Dr. Naroff was also quoted in the Business Journal's article on the Economic Forecast 2017 panel.

Ernest Jones is currently chairing the EOP (Economic Opportunity Plan) Committee for the construction of the new Comcast Innovation Center.

Brett Mandel was quoted in Newsworks while attending "How to Run for a Neighborhood Office and Win," an event organized by the Philadelphia Democratic Progressive Committee

Ms. Nixon spoke at the Package Design Matters Conference on January 24-26, 2017 on the panel discussion, "How organizational diversity can help brands and their partners think differently." She recently joined the Philadelphia Art Commission and was selected as a member of PhillyGirlsDoGood.org for being a cohort in design and planning in Philadelphia and her work efforts around the region.

Catherine Timko was quoted in Philly.com discussing growing retail shifts happening in Philadelphia and other urban areas

Bernard Markstein was quoted in the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.'s article on" "Construction Unemployment Rates Improve in 38 States Year-Over-Year."

Alan Greenberger was just named recipient of the 2017 AIA Thomas Jefferson Award for service to public architecture.

Industry News Client Spotlight

Best of luck to all of our clients! ESI submitted the equivalent of $96.5 million in RACP grants for Round 2017/1.

Rowan University's new $63M Business Hall is now open and can double the capacity of the business school.

The American Bible Society's Faith & Liberty Center is coming to the Independence Mall in 2018 and we discovered it would drive $110M in economic impact.

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia adds newest Historic District to the City since 2010.

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