City of Chester

Recent Development Projects

University Crossings

University Crossings is located at 15th Street & Providence Avenue.

Bringing the first new hotel to Chester in 35 years, University Crossings celebrated its official grand opening on December 10, 2008. Located less than one block from Widener University, this brand new residential and retail complex will feature 57 apartments, a 60-room hotel, along with a bank, a 7-Eleven convenience store, Chester Police substation, restaurant, and café. All structures are ground-up buildings and have street level retail stores with pedestrian passageways through the building. The Widener Hotel & Suites is contemporary in its design and will feature modern amenities and accommodations, including extended stay suites, a fitness center, and free shuttle services. The apartment complex, known as the Hub at Widener offers studio, one bedroom and two bedroom apartments, all equipped with a full kitchen, key card access and high speed Internet and cable television. The site for University Crossings, which was previously tax exempt as part of the university, has been added to the Chester tax rolls. According to Widener University, over the next ten years, the project will generate an estimated $1.8 million in real estate tax revenue to the city and the Chester Upland School District, more than $800,000 in earned income tax revenues from the new jobs created, and $600,000 in business privilege taxes.

University Technology Park

Located just off I-95 at I-476 in Chester, Delaware County, University Technology Park (UTP) is idyllically located on a 20-acre technology corridor between the Widener University Main Campus and Crozer-Chester Medical Center. This ideal business location provides its tenants with world-class facilities and easy access to technologies, scientists and engineers, as well as convenient proximity to educational, scientific, medical and other resources throughout the Greater Philadelphia and tri-state region. This union of public and private sector interests has produced a synergistic enterprise that is poised for rapid expansion.

University Technology Park is located at 1450 Edgmont Avenue in Chester, Pennsylvania.

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