Tayyib Smith and his development firm Smith & Roller are behind plans for a five-story entrepreneurship hub proposed for 52nd and Arch streets in West Philadelphia.

Smith first introduced the plan during a zoning meeting earlier this month, as West Philly Local reported. The building would reportedly be about 27,000 square feet, cost about $6 million and offer services that would help get entrepreneurs’ businesses off the ground.

Smith, who is also a partner at Center City’s Pipeline coworking space and senior principal of Little Giant Creative, told Technical.ly he has an emotional relationship with the 52nd Street corridor. He grew up commuting to and from Cedarbrook for school via the nearby El station, and in those trips saw structural inequality.

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