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Drexel LeBow’s upward trajectory at 3200 Market Street has officially been rated “hot," further establishing the new structure as a vessel worthy of housing the future of business education in Philadelphia.
 
Hidden City Philadelphia, an organization devoted to exploring new additions to the urban landscape, has added the new LeBow College of Business building to its list of “hot” development projects.
 

LeBow is pleased to announce that we have seen the final beam that will be laid atop our new building and home — and it bears a bright shade of Drexel yellow.

LeBow personnel were granted exclusive access to Samuel Grossi and Sons’ facilities in Bensalem, Pa., to witness the process that transforms raw structural steel into fabricated, construction-ready beams used to frame the new building being erected at 3200 Market Street.

The Faculty Colloquium in LeBow College’s new academic center will be named for Professor and Vice Dean Thomas Hindelang, who died suddenly on Dec. 8.
 
“This is a fitting tribute for a man who dedicated his life to teaching others, and to helping teach teachers to become better at their profession,” said George P. Tsetsekos, Ph.D., the R. John Chapel Jr. Dean of the College. “Tom’s energy will live on in a space dedicated exclusively to the professional development of our faculty.”
 

LeBow’s sources from Keating have verified that as of today, the demolition of Matheson Hall is 100 percent complete and that total site excavation is 90 percent complete.

If the project progresses at this rate, Keating expects to begin laying “mud slab,” the basis for what will be the foundation of the new building, by Jan. 1, with cement to be poured soon thereafter.

Worthy of note:

Construction crews are making great headway in the demolition of Matheson Hall to make way for LeBow’s new building – it is more than 90 percent complete. Crews are working from east to west on knocking the building down. Their aim is to have the demolition complete by Thanksgiving, so they can begin working on creating the new building’s foundation.

The only thing missing from the opening of a 46-year-old time capsule at Drexel’s LeBow College of Business today was a recording of Peggy Lee singing the 1960s hit, “Is that all there is?”

A time capsule was discovered in Matheson Hall on Friday afternoon while construction workers were removing a plaque from the floor that reads "1965" to present to Dean George P. Tsetsekos, Ph.D.

Keating Building Co. has released plans for a fence to surround the project. The enclosed area will encompass much of the Quad and will be in place by Sept. 6.

More than 130 faculty and staff have moved out of Matheson Hall and prep work for the building’s demolition is well under way. Even the university’s founder, A.J. Drexel, was forced to relocate.

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George P. Tsetsekos, Ph.D., dean of Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business, will host a Farewell Matheson Fete on Friday, May 6, to toast the fall of Matheson Hall. Drexel alumni, friends, faculty and staff will gather in the shadow of the iconic brick building from 4 to 7 p.m. for an afternoon of hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and music. Attendees will also have the opportunity to share their “Matheson Memories” on a life-sized card and bid a final farewell to Matheson Hall.