Brandywine Realty Trust is laying out a bold vision to pioneer a desolate plot of land across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, and a new Camden, N.J., headquarters for Subaru of America is driving the plan toward reality.

Brandywine Realty Trust aims to surround Subaru with 1.5 million square feet of new office space, a new PATCO high-speed train station and plaza, a recreational walkway to the Cooper River, and a business-friendly hotel, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report by Steele Allison.

The Radnor real estate firm has been charged with developing the site’s 13 acres, owned by the Campbell Soup Co. since 2012, into what will become Knights Crossing.

“Hopefully, as the neighborhood evolves, retail will pop up, and employers will want to come here,” Vice President of Development Brian Berson said. “If we design it correctly, people will want to be here.”

The commitment from Subaru came in 2014 with the help of state tax incentives, and the company’s convergence of four offices into a 250,000-square-foot headquarters and an 83,000-square-foot training facility is due to be finished this year.

The rest of Brandywine Realty Trust’s vision still waits on the horizon.

“We have a group of people waiting to see if the experiment has worked,” Berson said. “It is not our intent to build Subaru and leave.”

Read more about Brandywine Realty Trust’s new Camden development in the Philadelphia Inquirer here, and check out previous DELCO Today coverage of the developer here.