In Brief: Advanta Buys Building To House New Hires

Advanta Corp. purchased a 90,000-square-foot office building close to its current facility to accommodate a staff expansion.

The financial services company hopes to hire several hundred new employees this year, to be added to its current 2,400 employee count.

Advanta had been leasing approximately half the space in the three-story building in the Commonwealth Corporate Center. The company will now occupy 74,500 square feet, with the remaining space leased to other corporations.

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