The gas station at 244-58 N. 2nd St. in Old City doesn’t seem to be serving too much gasoline these days. The pumps have been removed and the property is now being used strictly as an auto body shop. It looks like the low-rise building and surface parking lot that make up the gas station Read more about 11 Townhomes Planned for Old City Gas Station Property[…]
Back in January, the Philadelphia Warehousing and Cold Storage Company building at 500 N. Christopher Columbus Blvd. was designated to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places after being nominated by The Keeping Society of Philadelphia. The parcel that the historic structure sits on is much larger than the footprint of the warehouse itself and it Read more about 62-Unit, Mixed-Use Project Planned at Delaware Ave. & Spring Garden St.[…]
Back in the 1990’s, the City of Philadelphia took the CMX-2 parcel at 5300 Whitby Avenue via eminent domain and provided the site to Wade Telecommunications to use for the location of a substation. Wade Telecommunications was later absorbed by Time Warner and then Comcast. Comcast saw the property as disposable and listed it for Read more about Inclusionary 53-Unit, Mixed-Use Project Planned in West Philadelphia[…]
About 2 weeks ago, we told you about a 42-unit, mixed-use building that is under construction at 4th and Cecil B. Moore Avenue and mentioned that a bigger project is also rising nearby. Avenue V is currently under construction between Germantown Avenue and 5th Street on Cecil B. Moore Avenue. The Riverwards Group is leading Read more about 147-Unit, Mixed-Use Project Rising in Kensington[…]
Over the last several years, there has been a huge preservation controversy in Philadelphia involving Toll Brothers’ demolition of 4 buildings on the 700 block of Sansom St. on Jewelers’ Row. Toll Brothers already demolished the building and has plans to build a 329 foot tall, 63-unit condominium building on the site. The project seems Read more about Permits Issued for 42-Unit Building on Jewelers’ Row, Demolition of Buildings Currently on Site[…]
Back in July of 2019, we told you that Streamline was planning on building a mixed-use building on the corner of N. 2nd St. and Girard Avenue at 1134 N. 2nd St. in Northern Liberties. Construction is now well underway and many of the residential units are already pending sale. The development is being called Read more about 84 Units + Commercial Rising in Northern Liberties[…]
Back in July of 2018, a massive fire broke out at the scrapyard at 2200 E. Somerset St. on the border of Kensington and Port Richmond. The dark smoke could be seen for miles. The city temporarily shut down the junkyard and required them to limit their scrap piles to 10 feet in height. The Read more about 535 Units Proposed on Site of Kensington Junkyard[…]
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[…]