Back in October of 2019, we told you about a 106-unit proposal for a 31,527 vacant IRMX parcel at 1817-41 E. York St. in East Kensington next to the York-Dauphin El Station. The project is now well underway with 4 stories already framed out and windows beginning to be installed. The building will rise 5 Read more about 106-Unit, Mixed-Use Building Rising in East Kensington[…]
There are several large projects planned or under construction in the pocket of East Kensington surrounding the York-Dauphin El Station. We’ve covered many of them. Check out our map page to see what’s happening nearby. We plan on doing a few East Kensington project updates in the near future, but today we’ll bring you a Read more about 138-Unit Adaptive Reuse Project Planned in East Kensington[…]
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[…]
The area surrounding Germantown Avenue and Cecil B. Moore Avenue is undergoing an incredible renaissance. The Riverwards Group built and sold out a 57-unit mixed-use development on the southwest corner of 5th and Cecil B. Moore. A new brewery/restaurant (Human Robot Brewery / Poe’s Sandwich Joint) and another bar/restaurant (Sutton’s) opened just north of Cecil Read more about 42-Unit, Mixed-Use Building Rising in Kensington[…]
Back in June of 2019, we told you about Brickstone’s plan to replace a 2-story, 455-space parking garage with a 300-unit senior living facility at 123 S. 12th St. in the Gayborhood. That project would have risen 24-stories. It looks like the plans and development team have changed. In anticipation of the Civic Design Review Read more about 20-Story, 412-Unit Tower Proposed in the Gayborhood[…]
Over the last couple of years, plans for the Hoa Binh Plaza supermarket site at 16th and Washington in South Philly have been evolving. The site is made up of 2 light industrial (I-2) zoned parcels totaling 73,307 square feet. A large parking lot currently fronts Washington Avenue and a 35,657 square foot low-rise building Read more about New Plans Call for 223 Units + Retail in South Philly at Hoa Binh Plaza Site[…]
A little more than a week ago, we told you about plans to build 258 residential units at the former Delaware Generating Station at 1325 Beach St. along the Delaware River in Fishtown. 216 of these units were to be within the existing building and another 42 were to be within an addition. Building permits Read more about New Permits Issued for 2-Story Addition, 308 Total Units at Fishtown Power Plant[…]
West Girard Avenue in Brewerytown has quickly become a bustling commercial corridor with several new construction projects and renovations recently completed, underway, and in the planning phases. A bunch of cool restaurants and shops have opened along this strip over the last few years as more residents have moved into the surrounding area. Argo Property Read more about 16-Unit, Mixed-Use Project Underway in Brewerytown[…]
Over the last year or so, every time we’ve gone to Penn Treaty Park in Fishtown, we could hear some type of work going on inside the Delaware Generating Station right on the river next to the park. This summer, we watched as crews were using molds to repair the cornice and coating the concrete Read more about 258 Units Planned at Former Fishtown Power Plant Property[…]
I’ve told you about several adaptive reuse projects happening in the booming Harrowgate neighborhood of Philadelphia. There are many more that are underway and in the planning phases that I haven’t gotten around to writing about yet. This section of the city is made up of large old industrial buildings surrounded by row homes. The Read more about 54-Unit Adaptive Reuse Project Underway in Harrowgate[…]