Yesterday, we told you that National Real Estate Development and Kushner Real Estate Group control all but one of the properties between Spring Garden and Callowhill on the west side of 2nd Street. They plan on developing 4 projects along this stretch. The first phase includes the 23-story, 297-unit tower at 2nd and Callowhill that Read more about 14-Story, 355-Unit Building Planned at 2nd and Spring Garden[…]
The strip on 2nd Street between Spring Garden and Callowhill is in for a major transformation. In this part of town, 2nd Street is bordered on the east side by the Interstate 95 offramp and a bunch of industrial buildings on the west side. These couple of blocks, and especially the intersection of 2nd and Read more about 23-Story, 397-Unit Tower Planned at 2nd and Callowhill[…]
Callowhill Street between 2nd Street and Franklin Street is currently a 3-5 lane raceway with I-676 on the southern border and a mix of parking lots, blank walls, and industrial buildings on the norther side of the road. Although this area is a short walk to Old City and prime Center City in general, we Read more about 7-Story, 220-Unit Building Planned at 5th and Callowhill[…]
Just to the west of the much loved Liberty Lands Park (which was once the home of the Burk Brothers Tannery) in Northern Liberties, we have seen multiple old industrial buildings demolished over the last 15 years and replaced by modern residential buildings. 952 North 3rd St. is the most recent example of this. Around Read more about 29-Unit Building Rising in Northern Liberties[…]
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[…]
Back in January, we told you that developers were planning on building a 97-unit, mixed-use building on the site of the 711 in Fishtown at 23 W. Girard Avenue. At that time, we didn’t have much information about the plans. Now, we have renderings and more details about the development, which has grown in unit Read more about Plans for 107-Unit Fishtown 7-Eleven Project Released[…]
North Broad Street continues to rise. We’ve told you about several large, mixed-use projects that have broken ground and have been proposed over the last several years. Check out our Map Page to see all of those articles. One of the most underbuilt sections of North Broad Street is its intersection with Girard Avenue. The Read more about 160-Unit Building to Replace CVS at Broad and Girard[…]
The vacant lot on the southwest corner of 3rd and Christian St. has been begging for development for years. Back in 2018, developers were pursuing a 40-unit plan for the property, which was strongly opposed by neighbors. Then, in 2019, we told you that the owners of the property were pursuing a variance for a Read more about 30-Unit Building Coming to 3rd and Christian in Queen Village[…]
The amount of development happening around the York-Dauphin Station is incredible. In the last few years, the area has gone from a sea of vacant lots to a massive construction zone sprinkled with completed new buildings. We’ve covered nearly 600 units worth of large projects that are already under construction or are in the pipeline. Read more about 127-Unit Project to Replace Parking Lot in East Kensington[…]
The long-ignored North Front St. corridor in Fishtown continues to see new projects proposed and developed. Until the last five or so years, developers and commercial operators steered clear of Front St. and instead focused on Frankford Avenue and Girard Avenue. Over the last five years, though, Front Street has been on a tear. Multiple Read more about 70-Unit Project Planned in Fishtown on Front Street[…]