Word broke late last year that the Rite Aid at 2301 Walnut Street in Center City would be replaced by a new residential building after the pharmacy announced the closing of the location. Now, in anticipation of the project’s hearing with the Civic Design Review (CDR), we have more information available about the plans. The Read more about 172-Unit Building to Replace Rite Aid in Center City[…]
A couple of weeks ago, we told you about roughly 1,400 units that are currently under construction amongst 3 projects on Delaware Avenue between Spring Garden Street and Frankford Avenue. Well, from Delaware Avenue to 5th Street along Spring Garden Street, a very similar situation is unfolding. There’s the 470-unit Festival Pier redevelopment happening at Read more about 12-Story, 329-Unit Project Under Construction at 5th and Spring Garden[…]
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, 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?[…]
Back in April of 2021, we told you that a zoning permit for a 160-unit building was issued for the southwest corner of Broad Street and Girard Avenue, which at the time was home to a CVS. A couple of months later, project renderings and details were released in anticipation of the development team’s meeting Read more about 171-Unit Project with Lidl Supermarket Breaks Ground at Broad & Girard Former CVS Site[…]
It was back in August of 2020 that we told you about plans for a large mixed use building right next to the Berks El Station at 1900 North Front Street. Back then, an old bar stood on the corner and an unflattering abandoned bank along with a surface parking lot occupied the north end Read more about 105-Unit Project Under Construction Next to the Berks El Station[…]