PHILADELPHIA, PA — Bentley Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: BSY) has consolidated about 150 engineering, technology and business employees in a new 22,000-square-foot Philadelphia office, bringing its longtime Cherry Street operation and employees from acquired Cesium together in a Center City technology hub.
The office, located in the Curtis Center, represents a consolidation of existing Philadelphia operations rather than a newly announced expansion. The reporting does not establish that Bentley created 150 jobs or transferred positions from its Exton headquarters.
The approximately 150-employee count and 22,000-square-foot size were reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer. Additionally, Bentley received no city or state incentives for the project.
The Exton-based infrastructure engineering software company said the office will serve as a technology hub for its developer ecosystem and as an experience center where infrastructure professionals, students and partners can explore its software.
Patrick Cozzi, Bentley’s chief platform officer and founder of Cesium, will lead the Philadelphia office.
Bentley acquired Center City-based Cesium in September 2024, adding its geospatial technology to Bentley’s iTwin Platform. Cesium created the 3D Tiles format, which has been adopted by Google and the Open Geospatial Consortium as an open standard for 3D geospatial data.
Bentley said Cesium’s Philadelphia-based developer community will remain anchored in the city. The new office brings those employees together with Bentley staff who previously worked from its Cherry Street location.
“Bentley’s acquisition of Cesium was based on a shared vision of an open, interconnected 3D world,” Bentley CEO Nicholas Cumins said. “By bringing our teams together in this vibrant tech hub, we are accelerating the integration of engineering and geospatial data.”
The consolidation gives Bentley a larger operating presence in Center City while the publicly traded technology company’s corporate headquarters remains in Exton.
Cozzi described the new location as a base for developers and the open-source community, reflecting Cesium’s roots in the Philadelphia region.
“The Philadelphia region is where Cesium started as an ambitious idea to bring 3D graphics to the web,” Cozzi said. “This space will be a lighthouse for the open-source community, a collaborative engine for developers.”
Bentley has longstanding ties to the Philadelphia region, beginning with operations at the University City Science Center before establishing its corporate headquarters in Chester County. The company also works with the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University and engineering firm Pennoni.
Bentley held a ribbon-cutting for the new office on Sept. 3 with company executives, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker, and Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee Majority Chair Jordan Harris.
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