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Please join us on September 10th at 8:30am for a panel discussion that will explore the Avenue of the Arts as a nexus of economic and cultural development in Philadelphia. Our panelists include Temple President John Fry; Carl Dranoff, President and Founder of Dranoff Properties, Inc.; and Lindsey Scannapieco, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Scout. The conversation will be moderated by Danielle Dileo Kim, architect, Carpenters' Company member and Owner & CEO of DDK Urban Consulting. 

This conversation will highlight the important and timely revitalization efforts each of the panelists is advancing — including Temple University’s new Center City Campus, Scout’s Village of Industry and Arts, and Avenue of the Arts Inc.’s AveArts 2.0 Vision Project. The panelists will discuss how their decades of leadership in preservation, cultural investment, and city-building inform this next chapter for the Avenue of the Arts.

This discussion is part of the Carpenters' Company's Master Builders’ Dialogues Series. This series is designed to engage both our membership and the broader ACE community in conversations about projects shaping Philadelphia’s future. The 2026 series focuses on work that elevates the city as a destination and economic engine for the region — a theme your collective efforts embody. Beyond the content itself, this series supports the Master Builders’ Institute and its ACE mentorship initiatives for the next generation of design and construction professionals.

About President John Fry

John Fry took office as Temple University’s president on Nov. 1, 2024, having established a reputation as both a civic leader in Philadelphia and national leader in higher education. Under his leadership, Temple acquired Terra Hall, the former main academic building for the University of the Arts. With this acquisition, Temple will now have a prominent and permanent presence in the heart of Philadelphia, as the building will be the home for Temple’s Center City campus. In March, Temple joined the distinguished University Innovation Alliance (UIA) as its Pennsylvania institution. President Fry previously served as president of Drexel University from 2010 to 2024, where he elevated the university’s global presence through academic and research partnerships, major NIH and NSF research programs, as well as hubs for innovation and collaboration. In 2019, Drexel and Tower Health acquired St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, thereby ensuring that St. Christopher's will remain a source of health and healing, medical education and research, and jobs and economic benefit for its North Philadelphia neighborhood and the broader region. 

About Carl Dranoff

Civic leader, entrepreneur and urban visionary, Carl Dranoff is the president and founder of Dranoff Properties, Inc. The company’s work, though based in and around Philadelphia, is nationally known and widely respected, with projects ranging from the adaptive reuse of historic buildings to ground up skyscrapers and complex mixed-use projects. Some of Dranoff’s most well-known projects include Locust on the Park, The Left Bank, The Victor, Symphony House (named “#1 High Rise in the Nation” by Multifamily Executive and Developer Magazine), World Café Live, Venice Lofts, 777 South Broad and Southstar Lofts. 

Carl has previously been named Developer of the Year by the Pennsylvania Builder’s Association, Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young, and Multifamily Executive’s Editor’s Choice. Most recently, he was selected by Philadelphia Magazine among its “100 Most Influential People in Philadelphia." Carl earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering at Drexel University and his MBA at Harvard University.

About Lindsey Scannapieco

Lindsey co-founded scout UK in 2011, then moved back to her native Philadelphia and established scout US in 2015. Lindsey holds a B.S. from the University of Southern California and a Master's in City Design & Social Science from the London School of Economics. She is actively engaged in the wider development of the city as a board member of Fleisher Arts Memorial and as the co-president of the Friends of FDR Park. Lindsey was recognized as a '40 under 40' by the Philadelphia Business Journal in 2023 and received the Emerging Leader Award by ULI Philadelphia in 2023. 

About Moderator Danielle Dileo Kim

Danielle DiLeo Kim, AIA, serves as Executive Director of PHILADELPHIA250, the coordinating organization planning Philadelphia’s commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the country in 2026. As a registered architect and urban designer, Danielle has been instrumental in the realization of institutional and cultural buildings, citywide and campus master plans, and engagement processes for community and high-level stakeholders in and around the Philadelphia region for over twenty years. Her past clients and projects include the Philadelphia City Planning Commission, PIDC, Mann Center, The Salvation Army Kroc Center, Fairmount Park Conservancy, University City District, and Temple University.  Danielle is actively engaged in the community and currently serves on the boards of Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia and the American Institute of Architects Philadelphia. She founded Clementine Montessori School in 2010 and was awarded the Young Architect Award by AIA Philadelphia in 2012. Danielle holds a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Architecture from Virginia Tech.