As the developer of the Provence, Tower Entertainment, LLC has put together one of the most exciting urban development proposals in history. Tower Entertainment is led by long-time developer Bart Blatstein, who also serves as Chief Executive Officer of Tower Investments, Inc. Tower Investments is a leading developer of retail, entertainment, mixed use, residential and commercial properties in the Philadelphia area. Since 1978, the company has distinguished itself as an innovator and pioneer, finding significant opportunities in areas overlooked and underserved by more traditional firms. Based in Philadelphia, Tower is a privately held development company with expertise in all aspects of planning, design, construction, financing and leasing. Tower is known for its aggressive and creative urban investments in major projects.

Principal Bart Blatstein recognized long before anyone else the enormous potential of Delaware Avenue for large scale retail and commercial development. This vast retail and commercial district, built on formerly abandoned industrial property entirely without government subsidy, established Tower as a leader. Tower then set its development focus on the redevelopment of Northern Liberties and established this neighborhood as the place in Philadelphia, to live, work and play. These two large redevelopment efforts have created jobs, business opportunities, tax revenues and the impetus for more investment in the Philadelphia.

Tower has developed more than a million square feet of retail, commercial, entertainment and residential space. Among the firm’s other projects area, Avenue North on Broad Street in North Philadelphia and entertainment, commercial and residential developments in Manayunk.

Tower is committed to creating mixed-use urban enterprises that enhance the cityscape, improve the City’s tax base and create employment and business opportunities. Tower’s developments on vacated industrial land throughout the City have created more business locations, business opportunities, permanent jobs, and millions of dollars in annual sales and real estate taxes.

Bart Blatstein is the CEO of the privately held development company Tower Developments. Under his guise, Tower Investments has become well known for its aggressive and creative urban investments in major projects, as well as its expertise in all aspects of planning, design, construction, financing and leasing. Most recently, Bart set his development focus on the redevelopment of Northern Liberties and established the neighborhood as the place in Philadelphia, to live, work and play. His redevelopment efforts have created jobs, business opportunities, tax revenues and the impetus for more investment in the Philadelphia.

In his more than 30 years in the real estate industry, Bart Blatstein has earned the reputation as one of the region’s most respected and successful developers. Tower transformed vast tracts of post-industrial properties along Columbus Boulevard into flourishing retail, entertainment, and office development, including Riverview Plaza, Columbus Crossing and Dickinson Square. In Manayunk, his company developed the largest contiguous commercial site along the Schuylkill riverfront.

Mr. Blatstein is also very active in array of business, civic and charitable groups. He was a founding member of the Waterfront Developers Council, and is the past President of the Jewish Publishing Group board and serves on the Board of Trustees of Community College of Philadelphia, President’s Advisory Board and Board of Visitors of Temple University, Northeast Treatment Centers, Federation of Jewish Agencies as Real Estate Division chairman and Israel Bonds and the Technical Assistance Center for Emerging Contractors.

In every sense of the word, Mr. Blatstein is a Philadelphian, with passion and vision for the City, its neighborhoods, and its bright future. And most important, Mr. Blatstein has earned the reputation for “getting the job done.”

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