Bill To Ban Housing On Former Hospital Campus Creates Roadblock For Conversion Plan

Barchart·12/19/2025 13:44:15

In October, Dwight City Group bought several former Hahnemann University Hospital buildings with plans to build hundreds of apartments. Now, the project could be in peril after the Philadelphia neighborhood’s council member, Jeffery "Jay" Young Jr., introduced a bill that would ban new residential uses in the area bounded by Race Street, North 16th Street, Callowhill Street and North Broad Street.