Official:Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into ground lease and sublease agreements with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for certain land and improvements located on a parcel of land bounded by South Broad Street to the east, Castle Avenue to the south, 15th Street to the west, and Morris Street to the north, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Johnson
Introduced: October 31, 2013
Signed: December 12, 2013
: Committee on Public Property and Public Works
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill allows the City of Philadelphia to lease a parcel of land on South Broad Street to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) for a combined medical facility, recreation center, and library.
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