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PHILADELPHIA — Malvern, Pa.-based Liberty Property Trust, in joint partnership with Parkway Corp., has broken ground on Pennsylvania Medicine at Washington Square, a new 12-story medical facility in Philadelphia. The 153,242-square-foot high-rise will be developed atop an existing parking garage on the southwest corner of 8th and Walnut Streets. Pennsylvania Medicine has signed a 20 year lease for the facility. Liberty's investment in the project will be $49.6 million and Pennsylvania Medicine will invest $22 million for the interior fit-out. The building is scheduled to open in the summer of 2013. Pennsylvania Medicine at Washington Square will house outpatient services for Pennsylvania Hospital.