It’s been a while since we updated you on the project underway at 3025 JFK Boulevard – the first new construction structure being built within the Schuylkill Yards masterplan. So, we went by the site recently to grab some photos of what’s happening on the ground (and in the sky). As a reminder, this tower Read more about 28-Story, 326-Unit Tower Rising in University City[…]
The amount of construction happening these days in West Philadelphia would have been unfathomable only five years ago. From Baltimore Avenue to Market Street and beyond, we’re seeing major projects and proposals stretch out to about 50th Street. The transformation that this area has undergone is incredible with hundreds of new residential units, lab space, Read more about 352-Unit, Mixed-Use Building Planned at 42nd and Market[…]
Back in April of 2019, we told you that The University of Pennsylvania received a $50 million gift from Roy and Diana Vagelos to help fund the construction of a new lab building along Walnut Street which would host the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology and the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research Read more about Updated Renderings of New UPenn Lab Building Emerge[…]
If you’ve been by 37th Street and Lancaster Avenue over the last couple of years, you have definitely noticed that it’s a massive construction zone. uCity Square, a 6.5 million square foot mega development on the site of the old University City High School, is already well underway with multiple buildings currently under construction. Hundreds Read more about 40-Unit Building Planned on Triangular West Philly Parcel[…]
The 4200 block of Chestnut Street and surrounding area is booming with new construction with several more proposals in the pipeline. We told you about the 278-unit project replacing the Christ Memorial Reformed Episcopal Church at 43rd and Chestnut St. back in 2019. That project is now nearing completion. A 102-unit, mixed-use project is planned Read more about 100-Unit Project Planned in West Philly[…]
Republic Properties Group is planning a $190 million, 11-story, 185,000 square foot life sciences and light manufacturing facility just north of Drexel’s Anthony Caneris Hall on 32nd St. The facility will be called Ultra Labs. The development team has negotiated a 90 year ground lease with SEPTA for the land rights. Republic Properties Group was Read more about $190 Million Life Sciences Building Planned in University City[…]
If you follow Philadelphia real estate development, you’re likely already aware of Schuylkill Yards, the mega project surrounding 30th Street Station in University City. Brandywine Realty Trust along with Drexel University is spearheading the multi-billion dollar project that will transform a sea of surface parking lots and under-utilized properties into a new vibrant community filled Read more about Building Permit Pulled for 326-Unit Tower at Schuylkill Yards[…]
Last week, we told you about the 18-unit apartment building rising at 43rd and Ludlow. Across the street from that building, a 278-unit modular construction project is well underway (see our Instagram feed for construction update pictures of this project from the end of September). There are several other new and proposed buildings along this Read more about 88-Unit Building Proposed in West Philly[…]
Major development in University City continues to move westward. We recently told you about a 102-unit mixed-use plan on the 4200 block of Chestnut. That project has not broken ground yet. However, the 278-unit development at the corner of 43rd and Chestnut that we wrote about is now starting to take shape. Right behind the Read more about 18-Unit Apartment Building Rising in University City[…]
More than a year ago, we let you know that the International House at 3701 Chestnut St. in University City was up for sale. The 14-story Brutalist building, constructed between 1968 and 1970, was most recently used as a dorm for international students, some UPenn offices, and the Lightbox Film Center. We hadn’t heard much about Read more about Proposal for 400-Unit Conversion of International House in West Philly[…]