The Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC), working in conjunction
with the Philadelphia City Planning Commission (PCPC), the Philadelphia Department of
Commerce, and the Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia (RDA), is soliciting
proposals from consultants to develop a strategic plan for land use, public space
improvements, physical development and transportation in the Convention
Center/Market Street East area of Center City Philadelphia.
The prime consultant shall assemble a team necessary to perform the tasks outlined
below. The team shall include, at minimum, members with expertise in urban planning
and design, architecture, historic preservation, landscape architecture, and cost
estimating. The City of Philadelphia will separately retain a traffic planning consultant
who will be assigned to work as part of the Consultant team.