The effort to build a unified, modernized Philadelphia family courthouse took another step toward becoming reality Tuesday with a bankruptcy judge’s approval of a settlement of legal disputes over the courthouse site and architectural plans.
Northwest 15th Street Associates, the owner of the courthouse site’s air, surface and development rights, filed for bankruptcy June 23 because Northwest’s agreements with the First Judicial District, the Philadelphia Parking Authority — which owns the courthouse site below ground and mortgaged the site aboveground to Northwest — and with architect EwingCole all were canceled. The agreements were canceled in the wake of the revelation that Jeffrey B. Rotwitt, who was retained by the court system to search for building locations and as a tenant representative, ended up on the other side of the project by striking a development fee-sharing deal with Donald W. Pulver, the principal behind Northwest 15th Street Associates.
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