Just over two years ago, we told you that developers were seeking a variance to build a 21-unit, mixed-use building along Lee Street on the back part of the parcel at 1324 Frankford Avenue. At the time, they were building a 50-unit project at 1324 Frankford. The development team ended up getting the variance for Read more about 20-Unit, Mixed-Use Building Under Construction in Fishtown[…]
About four years ago, news broke that a new home for West Collection, a contemporary art collection assembled by SEI Investments founder Alfred West and his daughter Paige West, would be built in Fishtown on the site of an old warehouse and piece of vacant land at 1115-27 Frankford Avenue. At the time, little details Read more about Work Has Begun on Fishtown Contemporary Art Museum[…]
If you take the El along Front Street through Northern Liberties, Fishtown, and Kensington today, it seems like every other property is under construction or a newly completed building. Just 7 or so years ago, this would have seemed unfathomable with a ton of blight and a void of commercial spaces along this strip. Today, Read more about 63-Unit, Mixed-Use Building Rising in Fishtown[…]
Back in April of 2019, we told you that four buildings at 1538 through 1544 Frankford Avenue were being sold as a package and imagined that they would be purchased by a developer and demolished to make way for a new mixed-use building. The buildings sold shortly after that and the development team went through Read more about 12-Unit, Mixed-Use Building Under Construction on Frankford Ave in Fishtown[…]
Last week, we told you that the 470-unit Festival Pier redevelopment and a 466-unit project right across the street on the site of a former Greyhound bus terminal were both under construction. That’s 936 homes getting built right on the same block. Well, these are not the only massive projects under construction on this strip. Read more about 462-Unit, Mixed-Use Project Under Construction on Border of Fishtown and Northern Liberties[…]
Just yesterday, we told you that the 470-unit Festival Pier redevelopment project is finally under construction after years of planning and preparation. Well, that’s not the only mega development in this neck of the woods. There’s another nearly 500-unit project underway right across the street from Festival Pier. Exactly two years ago, we told you Read more about 466-Unit Project Underway on Former Bus Station Site in Northern Liberties[…]
Back in August of 2020, we told you about plans to build roughly 500 residential units and multiple commercial spaces on the old Festival Pier site at Delaware Avenue and Spring Garden Street. After completing extensive site work that was required due to the nature of building a structure on a pier surrounded by a Read more about 470-Unit Festival Pier Redevelopment Underway[…]
One of the largest undeveloped parcels in Fishtown has sat unchanged along the neighborhood’s main commercial corridor as the properties surrounding it have been developed into new homes and commercial spaces. 1120 Frankford Avenue, until recently, was an unpaved parking lot situated just north of Barcade and just south of Girard Avenue. Although a lot Read more about 107-Unit, Mixed-Use Building Breaks Ground in Fishtown on Frankford Avenue[…]
Back in August, we saw that a demolition permit was issued for the Broad Street Diner at 1135-41 South Broad Street. At the time, we didn’t know what was planned for the site, but were sad to hear that another of the city’s quickly disappearing diners could be meeting the wrecking ball. Well, now we Read more about 29-Unit, Mixed-Use Project to be Built on Broad Street Diner Site[…]
If you’ve been in Rittenhouse Square doing holiday shopping on Walnut Street recently, you probably noticed the gaping hole in the high-end commercial corridor. Three historic buildings at 1706, 1708, and 1710 Walnut Street were demolished in early 2021 as a result of arson that took place during the May 2020 protests. After the fire Read more about Walnut Street Properties Destroyed by Arson Sold. Tower on the Horizon?[…]