About Us
We take a people-centric approach to business, with service at the forefront.
Organized as a real estate investment trust (REIT), we own, develop, lease and manage an urban, town center and transit-oriented portfolio.
Thinking Toward the Future
We are forward-thinking, always anticipating what demands might exist down the line, and how we can best support our clients and set new industry standards in customer experience, product features and social responsibility. Whether by introducing innovative tenant services like BEX co-working spaces, or our industry-leading approach to Corporate Social Responsibility, we strive to be true partners to our tenants, clients and stakeholders.
Our History
For more than 30 years, our commitment to innovation, integrity, quality, and community has translated into not only business success, but also, healthier and more vibrant communities.
Since our founding in 1994 by our current President & CEO, Jerry Sweeney, Brandywine has grown from 200,000 square feet and a total market capitalization of less than $5 million, to over 22 million square feet and a total market capitalization of approximately $5 billion.
Through strategic investments, powerful partnerships, stakeholder engagement and a bold approach, we have forged our way into new markets, built second skylines, and created more resilient communities.
Leadership
We challenge every member of our team to lead with strength, humility, and integrity.
What starts at the top translates across every aspect of our business, empowering employees to lean into a culture defined by adherence to the highest standards of excellence across our business practices, governance principles, and social initiatives.
Product Offerings
Our workplace environments take shape within vertical and master-planned mixed-use developments, inspired office buildings, state-of-the-art research and lab spaces, and innovative co-working spaces. From move-in ready to build-to-suit space, our goal is to shape the setting for collaboration, connection, and productivity that enables business success. These spaces are brought to life by market-leading amenities, vibrant outdoor and greenspaces, and lively community programming.
Our Expertise
Our integrated approach creates synergies across all lines of our business.
Our robust internal infrastructure includes Asset Management, Development, Construction, Investments, Leasing, Marketing, Property Management, and Construction Accounting services, ensuring a seamless experience with streamlined processes, clear channels of communication, and a cohesive vision.
Development
We’re building for the future. We develop for a broad range of uses—office, mixed-use, residential, retail, and public space—with each project prioritizing innovative architecture, placemaking, greenspace, community, connectivity, and sustainability.
Asset Management
We’re building for the future. We develop for a broad range of uses including office, mixed-use, residential, retail, and public space. Each project prioritizes innovative architecture, placemaking, green space, community, connectivity, and sustainability.
Investment
We manage risk, build resilience, and generate sustainable returns and have spent decades building a strategic portfolio, defined by thoughtful investments in people, places, and spaces.
Leasing
We understand your business needs. Many of our tenants have remained in the "Brandywine Family" for decades because they know our Leasing Teams are committed to enabling their success. We have years of experience accommodating growth, customizing spaces, and swiftly meeting unique, evolving needs.
Powerful Partnerships
We know that strong partnerships optimize outcomes.
Our foundation, platform, and proven experience allows us the opportunity to partner with the world-class brands, architects, institutions and tenants who share our same standard of excellence. Together, we take a partnership approach to collaborate, innovate and push forward in creating the greatest shared outcomes of success.
"One of the most important decisions I made was to ask Brandywine to be Drexel’s partner in what is now Schuylkill Yards. Without their vision, tenacity and desire to get it done right, we wouldn’t be here at the grand opening for Drexel Square today."
"Leadership requires the courage to be among the first to take bold steps, and Brandywine’s project team left no doubt that the potential to improve people’s health and well-being made the journey worthwhile."
"Brandywine Realty Trust saw an opportunity in University City long before it was fashionable, and has brought both an innovative eye and a disciplined approach to the real estate development process."
"…But it’s the difference between a good developer and a great developer that makes a difference. A great developer goes above and beyond to truly engage residents and ensure that their project and vision includes the needs of the community. Through its Neighborhood Engagement Initiative, Brandywine will do just that by creating job opportunities, engaging local community groups, and supporting small minority owned businesses."