Franklin Realty Development Corporation
Blue Bell, PA 11–50 employees 1 principals
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About Franklin Realty Development Corporation
Franklin Realty Development Corporation is a real estate operator headquartered in Blue Bell, PA. Franklin Realty Development Corporation operates in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania-Delaware and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its investment focus is on Multifamily - Ground-up, Multifamily - Value-Add and Suburban Office.
Franklin Realty Development Corporation is a Pennsylvania-based real estate development and investment firm established in December 1984 by founder Peter H. Gebert. Operating with an experienced, lean professional team, the company has built a nearly four-decade track record specializing in the acquisition, planning, and delivery of high-quality commercial and residential properties across suburban Philadelphia and the Lehigh Valley. The firm's operating platform encompasses site selection, land acquisition, municipal entitlement processing, financial structuring, and turnkey construction management. Over its operating history, Franklin Realty has acquired more than 800 acres of raw and improved land—valued at approximately $51 million—to fuel its pipeline of commercial and residential ventures. Its hands-on development strategy emphasizes rigorous asset planning and municipal coordination to maximize long-term real estate value. Franklin Realty’s diversified portfolio includes over 55 successfully completed projects comprising roughly 120 individual buildings and nearly four million square feet of space. Core product types feature Class "A" speculative and corporate office parks, luxury multi-family apartment communities, and complex landmark adaptive reuse assignments—such as the high-profile conversion of the former North American Technology Center into the modern CenterPointe Office Center in Warminster, Pennsylvania.