Incyte will buy two former MBNA buildings in downtown Wilmington, Bracebridge I and Bracebridge III, which will allow the biopharmaceutical company to move about 850 jobs into the city, expand its laboratory space in Alapocas, and move 300 jobs into Delaware. The 517,307 square feet in the Bracebridge buildings will almost double the companyâs Delaware footprint. Incyte will focus first …
Widener Law, DSU nursing may join $57M Wilmington education hub
Longwood Foundation, Bank of America and area governments plan to invest $57 million in an education hub that will go into one of the former MBNA buildings near Rodney Square. The hub, to be called The Bridge, is expected to bring the Widener University Delaware Law School, University of Delaware Associates program and Delaware State University nursing to the building …
Wilmingtonâs office-to-housing conversions add energy to city
Chris Buccini bristles when he hears people talk about sky-high vacancy rates and slow demand in downtown Wilmington. âWhen I look at the Northern Delaware market, we have probably had our best year ever,â says one of the three founders of Buccini/Pollin Group (BPG). Â âWeâve always been a big corporate town with companies like DuPont and MBNA, so we have …
DelawareLIVE Weekly Review â November 5, 2023
This Weekâs Review Includes: Vietnam vets honored in Wilmington at memorial statue MBNAâs âWyethsâ become The Biggsâ biggest exhibition yet Newark welcomes Helenâs Sausage House DSU prof gets $1M grant to create special ed certificate Caravel defense shines to keep Buccaneers undefeated Click on the image below to view the PDF Sonja Frey
Delaware LIVE Weekly Review â August 14, 2022
Click on the image below to view as a PDF This Weekâs Top Headlines Include: Headlines 3 candidates, 3 different visions for North Wilmington Hereâs how science of reading will look in classrooms Black doulas aim to reduce ethnic birth disparities 10,000-mile walk includes stop in Delaware State education test scores dismal, described as âcrisisâ Culture Bud Martin to leave …
Freedom Award to honor MBNA, innovation winner
The Pete du Pont Freedom Award this year for the first time will honor a company rather than a person:  MBNA, the former Delaware banking and credit card powerhouse sold to Bank of America. It also will honor one of three companies as the Reinventing Delaware winner: Delaware Creative Economy, DWS Drone School and TRIC Robotics. The three were chosen …