Pennsylvania's draft Opportunity Zone 2.0 map pulls back from much of Philadelphia's 2018 footprint, Bisnow reported on October 21, 2026, from the Department of Community and Economic Development's (DCED) draft map. Southwest Philadelphia is the exception, with four new contiguous tracts mainly along Woodland Avenue. Fishtown, Kensington and Brewerytown are not on the draft, West Philadelphia shrinks to an area north of Market Street and west of 36th Street, and Northeast Philadelphia keeps one tract on the Tacony waterfront. Outside the city, the draft adds parts of Upper Darby and all of Millbourne by the 69th Street Transportation Center, more than half of Coatesville, and six areas of Reading, up from four. The map is a draft: Pennsylvania has until October 28 to file, and Treasury has not certified any OZ 2.0 list.
A smaller Philadelphia footprint. According to Bisnow (October 21, 2026), most parts of Philadelphia have fewer tracts on DCED’s draft map than they had in OZ 1.0. Our count of the same map, in our October 8 story, puts 44 of the 208 draft tracts in Philadelphia County, the most of any county.
Neighborhood by neighborhood. Bisnow reports that Southwest Philadelphia gains four new contiguous tracts, mainly along Woodland Avenue between 46th and 65th streets, while the area around Bartram Park, which was in OZ 1.0, is not on the draft. North Philadelphia's tracts are more compact, mostly along Broad Street near the North Philadelphia Amtrak station and Temple University. Fishtown, Kensington and Brewerytown, which were in OZ 1.0, are not on the draft, and neither are several earlier tracts in Northwest and far North Philadelphia. South Philadelphia keeps two tracts, in Grays Ferry and Point Breeze, down from four. West Philadelphia's footprint is now entirely north of Market Street and west of 36th Street.
One tract in the Northeast. Northeast Philadelphia has one draft tract, down from about half a dozen in OZ 1.0, Bisnow reports. It includes part of the Tacony waterfront, where One River Development plans an $80 million marina.
The suburbs and Reading. Across the city line, the draft includes two sections of Upper Darby and all of Millbourne, next to the 69th Street Transportation Center, in a part of Delaware County that had no OZ 1.0 tracts. Chester's waterfront carries over from OZ 1.0, and more than half of Coatesville, which had no OZ 1.0 tracts, is on the draft. In Reading, DCED picked six areas, up from four in OZ 1.0, according to the same report.
Still a draft. DCED says the map leaves 10 of Pennsylvania's 218 slots open while it considers more tracts, and the Commonwealth has until October 28, 2026 to submit. No tract is nominated until the governor files, and none is an Opportunity Zone until Treasury certifies it. As of October 23, 2026, Treasury has not published a certified OZ 2.0 list for any state. Certified zones take effect January 1, 2027. Follow Pennsylvania on its zone page, check tracts in the Philadelphia County tract list, and see every state on the nomination tracker.
Original reporting by Sarah Whitfield for Opportunity Zone Invest, an independent OZ 2.0 research site. Facts are drawn from the primary sources cited above per our editorial standards. Nothing here is tax, legal, or investment advice.
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