• Solve Your Integration Challenges — the Qlik Way with Blendr.io

    Solve Your Integration Challenges — the Qlik Way with Blendr.io

    It’s hard to believe, but it has been just over one quarter since Blendr.io became part of the Qlik family. After building out our platform to bring orchestration and automation to a SaaS-driven world, the reception both internally and externally from the Qlik community has been just fantastic. In every conversation, I’m hearing and seeing…

  • King of Prussia’s Ann Li Victorious in Her Final Grampians Trophy Match

    King of Prussia’s Ann Li Victorious in Her Final Grampians Trophy Match

    King of Prussia’s Ann Li is taking on this year’s Australian Open on a winning streak after coming out victorious in her final Grampians Trophy match, according to a staff report from the WTA Tennis. In the semifinal match, Li upset the 7th-seeded Jennifer Brady to become a WTA finalist for the first time in…

  • King of Prussia-Based Qlik, a New Year Means New Delivery and New Innovation

    King of Prussia-Based Qlik, a New Year Means New Delivery and New Innovation

    Throughout 2020, a challenging year for so many in our community, Qlik remained laser-focused on delivering groundbreaking and transformative innovations across our portfolio. 2020 underscored the importance of real-time data and decisions to allow organizations to gain insights faster and navigate unforeseen business challenges. The events from this past year also helped accelerate the migration…

  • King of Prussia, Bala Cynwyd Mall Owners Look to Fill Vacant Retail Space with Medical Offices

    King of Prussia, Bala Cynwyd Mall Owners Look to Fill Vacant Retail Space with Medical Offices

    It is no secret that retailers are having a difficult time enduring pandemic conditions. Many stores are seeing their profits down considerably, and a number of noteworthy names have been pushed to bankruptcy. These developments are likely why some mall owners have begun looking outside of retailers for ways to utilize vacant space within their…

  • Hudson Bay Plans to Redevelop Lord & Taylor Space at King of Prussia Mall Into Offices, Rebrand it York Factory

    Hudson Bay Plans to Redevelop Lord & Taylor Space at King of Prussia Mall Into Offices, Rebrand it York Factory

    Hudson Bay is planning to repurpose the Lord & Taylor space at King of Prussia Mall into offices and rebrand it York Factory, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The new name is a reference to a Canadian settlement that was also the site of a historical Hudson Bay factory. The King of…

  • King of Prussia-Based Qlik Helps Ambulance Service in the U.K. Clear the COVID-19 Data Fog

    King of Prussia-Based Qlik Helps Ambulance Service in the U.K. Clear the COVID-19 Data Fog

    When the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the United Kingdom’s South Central Ambulance Service leaned on King of Prussia-based Qlik to help keep pace with and make sense of the data, writes Brian McKenna for Computer Weekly. SCAS’s front-line paramedics, who are featured on the television show Inside the Ambulance, and their managers…

  • FTA and SEPTA Announce Combined Record of Decision for the King of Prussia Rail Project

    FTA and SEPTA Announce Combined Record of Decision for the King of Prussia Rail Project

    King of Prussia District and the King of Prussia Rail Coalition announced an exciting step forward for SEPTA’s King of Prussia Rail project, writes Executive Director Eric Goldstein, King of Prussia District, in a recent blog post. Recently, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued a combined Final Environmental Impact Statement/Record of…

  • CHOP to Launch Dedicated Pediatric Emergency Department in King of Prussia This Fall

    CHOP to Launch Dedicated Pediatric Emergency Department in King of Prussia This Fall

    Thanks to a generous donation by the Abramson Family Foundation, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will open the first dedicated pediatric emergency department in King of Prussia in the fall, writes Gary Puleo for the Daily Local News. In recognition of the $2.5 million gift, the hospital will name the new facility after the late Madlyn…

  • King of Prussia’s Discovery Labs Now Fully Owned by MLP Ventures

    King of Prussia’s Discovery Labs Now Fully Owned by MLP Ventures

    In a real estate deal worth roughly $100 million, MLP Ventures has bought its partners out of their interest in the Discovery Labs in King of Prussia, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The deal included four separate transactions for individual parcels that have been subdivided as commercial condominiums. The entire property was…

  • King of Prussia Fintech Startup PowerPay Finds Success Amid Pandemic

    King of Prussia Fintech Startup PowerPay Finds Success Amid Pandemic

    With $2 million in seed funding provided by several well-known Philadelphia CEOs, co-founders of King of Prussia-based PowerPay David Haas and Mike Petrakis managed to find success and add 100 employees to their fintech startup during the pandemic, writes Michelle Caffrey for the Philadelphia Business Journal. PowerPay helps home contractors offer financing to customers. The…

  • Hotel Hero: Candice Jefferson, Housekeeping Manager

    Hotel Hero: Candice Jefferson, Housekeeping Manager

    Each week, the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board (VFTCB) is recognizing hard-working hospitality employees, specifically during the COVID-19 pandemic. To honor the travel industry, and share inspiring and positive stories, the VFTCB is putting a particular spotlight on Montgomery County’s 80 hotels by honoring different “Hotel Heroes” on the organization’s social media channels, (primarily on Facebook…

  • King of Prussia Makes National List of Top 20 Suburbs for Apartment Development

    King of Prussia Makes National List of Top 20 Suburbs for Apartment Development

    King of Prussia is among the top 20 suburbs for multifamily development in the nation, according to a new ranking published by RENTCafe.com. In the search for top booming suburbs for renters, RENTCafe.com looked at Yardi Matrix data for all rental units built between 2016 and 2020 in multifamily properties of at least 50 units…

  • CHOP Receives Generous Donation from Abramson Family to Establish Pediatric Emergency Department

    CHOP Receives Generous Donation from Abramson Family to Establish Pediatric Emergency Department

    Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has announced it will name the emergency department in its new inpatient hospital in King of Prussia after the late Madlyn K. Abramson, supported by a $2.5 million gift from The Abramson Family Foundation. The Madlyn K. Abramson Emergency Department will be the first dedicated pediatric emergency department in the…

  • Montgomery County Leadership: Dennis Johnson, Chief Financial Officer, Qlik

    Montgomery County Leadership: Dennis Johnson, Chief Financial Officer, Qlik

    Dennis Johnson, the Chief Financial Officer at Qlik, the King of Prussia-based company that is the leading business intelligence and data visualization software company in the world, spoke with MONTCO Today about growing up in Northeast Philly, the Lehigh Valley, and Bucks County; his jobs delivering the Bucks County Courier Times newspaper and working in…

  • Officially Out of Bankruptcy, JCPenney is Looking to Rebound in 2021

    Officially Out of Bankruptcy, JCPenney is Looking to Rebound in 2021

    It was a tumultuous year for JCPenney, with the department store going bankrupt in the spring, and the summer looking uncertain whether they would be bought out or left to fade away in 2020. However, by the fall, King of Prussia Mall-owner Simon Property Group and Brookfield Asset Management had secured a deal to become…

  • King of Prussia Likely To See Positive Residential Real Estate Trends Continue in 2021

    King of Prussia Likely To See Positive Residential Real Estate Trends Continue in 2021

    The residential real estate market in King of Prussia and the entire region has seen one of its best years and is likely to continue this positive trend into 2021, writes Sandy Smith for Philadelphia Magazine. The pandemic has disrupted many industries and markets but residential real estate – especially in the suburbs – has…

  • VFTCB Announces Restructuring & Promotional Staff Updates

    VFTCB Announces Restructuring & Promotional Staff Updates

    In the midst of challenges faced and lessons learned from COVID-19 in 2020, the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board (VFTCB) has announced a few reorganizational staff updates and promotions. “It’s always great to see leaders step up, especially in times of crisis, so we see this situation as an opportunity to recognize the awesome…

  • King of Prussia’s UGI Among Companies Focusing on Renewable Gas

    King of Prussia’s UGI Among Companies Focusing on Renewable Gas

    King of Prussia’s UGI is among the growing number of utilities that are focusing on reducing greenhouse gasses by investing in renewable natural gas, writes Ryan Dezember for The Wall Street Journal. “Renewable natural gas is something green for them to talk about,” said RBC Capital Markets analyst T.J. Schultz. “The benefit for them is…