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Diversified Investors Group: NW Philadelphia Sub Group
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- 10/09/17 06:30PM
- Manayunk Brewing Company 4120 Main St, Philadelphia, PA 19127
- Free
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Diversified Investors Group: NW Philadelphia Sub Group
October 9th, 2017
2nd Monday of the Month
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Location: Manayunk Brewing Company 4120 Main St, Philadelphia, PA 19127
Speakers: Ken Weinstein: President at Philly Office Retail & Jumpstart Germantown
Ken is an active entrepreneur and real estate developer in the Philadelphia area. He serves as President of Philly Office Retail, LLC, which has renovated and restored more than 200 vacant and deteriorated commercial and residential units in the Philadelphia region during the past 25 years. Philly Office Retail currently owns and manages more than 600,000 square feet of commercial space in the Philadelphia region.
Ken founded and operated Cresheim Cottage Cafe from 1996 until 2004 and now owns Trolley Car Diner, Deli and Ice Cream Shoppe in Mt. Airy since 2000 and Trolley Car Cafe in East Falls since 2010. Along with Stan Smith, Ken has been invited to speak annually to a group of 35 NFL players at Wharton’s Sports Business Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania about investing in real estate and the restaurant business.
Previously, Ken served as Chief of Staff for Philadelphia City Councilwoman Happy Fernandez from 1991-1995 and currently serves as a 9th Ward Democratic Committee Person and Chair of the Mt. Airy Business Improvement District. Ken is Founder of the Mt. Airy/Chestnut Hill Teacher’s Fund and Trolley Car Table Tennis Club and Organizer/Board Member of Valley Green Bank.
In 2007-2008, Ken headed Mayor Michael Nutter’s economic development transition team and was appointed by the Mayor as President of the Board of the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation and by the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners to the Montgomery County Economic Development Task Force.
Ken’s mission is to revitalize neighborhoods by renovating vacant, deteriorated properties in Philadelphia’s commercial corridors. He believes that you can do well by doing good.
Specialties: renovating and restoring vacant urban properties
- Joseph Scorese