SCOTT ORENS, age 49, graduated from Muhlenberg College (Allentown, Pa.), in 1976, with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and secondary education teaching certification. After graduating Scott spent a few years working various jobs, and taking graduate courses.

In 1980, a real estate investment partnership, the Orens Partnership, was started with his brothers and a year later (1981) a construction company, Orens Brothers, Inc. was formed. In 1995, Orens Development, Inc. was formed to tackle new development opportunities.

As president of the development and construction companies, Scott is primarily responsible for investigating new development and acquisitions to keep the company growing and evolving. Day to day activities consist of construction management duties of current development projects, and oversight of the general contracting division. Currently the construction company has 40 mechanics in the field.

  
Past development projects have included a 52 unit, 2.4 million dollar renovation of four apartment buildings on the 4400 block of Walnut Street; a 15 unit rehabilitation using low to moderate income tax credits received from the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency; 8 modular homes in various scattered sight locations throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey; the renovation of a barber school in on the 5100 block of N. Broad Street; the renovation of over 100 single family homes scattered sight throughout the City for a lease/purchase program ; the renovation of 6 homes in West Phila. on Walton Ave. and 11 homes in East Oak Lane using monies made available through the Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia. After completing the supervision of The Old Shoe Factory, a large 10-story, $12,000,000 63 unit condominium conversion at 12th and Vine streets in Center City, and the Pitcairn building, a larger $22,000,000 project at 11th and Arch Sts across from the Convention Center, he is currently overseeing the construction of 2200 Arch St, a 300,000 square foot 160 unit, $60,000,000 project in Logan Square and 444 N. 4th Street, a similar size project near Old City. So impressive have these projects been that several developers have requested his assistance with other large projects of similar nature.

Scott has participated on the Real Estate Development Committee affiliated with the West Philadelphia Partnership, a city operation aimed at directing and helping development in that section of the city. He is a licensed real estate broker in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a Realtor affiliate of the Greater Philadelphia Board of Realtors and has also taught as a guest lecturer at Temple University Real Estate Institute. He has been in the construction and development fields for 20 years and has both a master plumbing license and a master electrician license in the City of Philadelphia as well as a real estate broker's license in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Scott was born and raised in Upper Dublin, Pennsylvania and graduated from Muhlenberg College in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. He married MaryBeth Montgomery in 1986 and has 3 children, Briana, Tamara and Tyler.