Tracking Philadelphia Real Estate
We’ve told you that it is North Broad Street’s time to shine while covering the 290-unit tower proposal at Broad and Spring Garden, the recently-completed 41-unit Stable Lofts adaptive reuse project, the more than 500 units rising behind the Divine Lorraine, the 70-unit proposal just south of Girard, and the 225-unit proposal at Broad and Read more about 368-Unit Project Could Replace a Parking Lot on North Broad[…]
We’ve told you that the corner of 2nd and Cecil B. Moore Ave. in Kensington has multiple projects planned for it. We reported on the 93-unit mixed-use project planned for the northeast corner and on the 3 projects totaling 43 units and multiple retail spaces on the southeast corner. Let’s add another project to the Read more about 54-Unit Project Moving Forward in Kensington[…]
You have heard us preach transit-oriented development time after time. People want to live near public transportation, especially near the subway. That is why we have seen development follow the path of the train lines. Take the eastern side of the Market Frankford Line as an example. Development started in Old City (2nd St.), moved Read more about 106 Units Proposed on Blighted Lot in Kensington[…]
The garage at the corner of Cedar and East York on the border of Fishtown and Olde Richmond has sat vacant and blighted for the last several years. Back in 2011, owners applied for a variance to turn the building into two commercial spaces with one being a restaurant. The request was dismissed for reasons Read more about York St. Garage to Pediatrician Conversion Finally Proceeding[…]
A historic, beautiful brick warehouse sits at the corner of West Berks St. and Mutter St. The building was erected in 1886 and was originally used as the headquarters for the Peter Woll & Sons Feather Company. More recently, the building has been utilized by the Globe Paper Company. The Peter Woll & Sons building Read more about Plans to Convert Warehouse to 30 Units on West Berks St.[…]
We feel like a broken record. The area around the Berks El Stop is booming! Multiple large-scale developments are underway with a ton of infill sprinkled throughout the surrounding blocks. Yet, there remains a ton of vacant land and underutilized structures. It looks like another lot will be developed soon. 102-106 W. Berks St. is Read more about 28 Units + Retail Coming to Front & Berks in Kensington[…]
We have been telling you that Norris Square is a neighborhood that should explode with development over the next five to ten years. It is already happening. Vacant lots and under utilized buildings are being converted into residential and mixed-use developments. The largest project we have covered in Norris Square is the $28 million, 142-unit Read more about 102-Unit Proposal would Replace Norris Square Warehouse[…]
The border of Fairmount and Brewerytown contains two large vacant lots between 26th and 27th St. that have prevented a seamless transition between the two neighborhoods. The fields of grass mark the end of the high-end Fairmount and the beginning of emerging Brewerytown. These long-blighted lots create a real barrier between the two neighborhoods. It Read more about 108 Units + Retail Coming to 26th and Poplar[…]
Back in 2015, Powelton Village neighbors were up in arms when they heard that a development company was planning to knock down a full block’s worth of mixed-use brick buildings on the 3600 block of Lancaster Ave. in order to construct a residential-only project. The neighbors gathered together and got the whole row of buildings Read more about 126 Units + Retail Coming to University City[…]
North Broad St. continues to develop. We have covered a ton of projects on or surrounding Broad St. north of Spring Garden. We told you about the 225-unit mixed-use tower planned for Broad and Jefferson, the 521 units rising at Broad and Ridge, the 40-unit plan at Broad and Norris, the 41-unit Stable Lofts project, Read more about 70 Units + Office Space + Retail Proposed for Broad St. Near Girard Ave.[…]