Developer Eyeing Great Valley Corporate Center For Renovations

MALVERN, PA — The Great Valley Corporate Center could be getting a major face lift if a real estate development firm has its way.

San Francisco-based firm Gensler has a profile on its website's project section that discussed redeveloping the center.

Here's what the firm's page says:

To meet the area’s changing needs, Gensler’s vision in redeveloping this nondescript 1980s suburban office campus is that of a walkable and engaging mixed-use community encircling a vibrant central space. The proposed plan is to level nine existing buildings to create a 50-acre swath of developable land, followed by the construction of a mixed-use community totaling more than a million square feet. Included will be three high-end apartment buildings, a hotel, office space, retail and parking garages, along with extensive community space, both green and hard-scaped, accommodating year-round outdoor activities.

The center was built about 45 years ago by Liberty Property Trust.

President Ronald Reagan called the 700-acre center "the workplace of the future" when he visited the site in 1985.