It looks like Bella Vista is going to trade a one story garage for a new residential building. The garage at 825-831 Bainbridge Street isn’t your typical auto garage, though. It has been the home to Meg Saligman Studio – a maker of murals and public art. You’ve likely seen a bunch of Meg Saligman’s Read more about 15-Unit Building Planned in Bella Vista[…]
The intersection of Frankford Avenue, York Street, and Trenton Avenue on the border of Fishtown and East Kensington is undergoing a major transformation. The city recently completed an infrastructure project that turned the dangerous, signaled, 6-point intersection into a traffic roundabout with better pedestrian crossings. The circle improved the intersection drastically for pedestrians, bicyclists, and Read more about 56 Units + 5 Commercial Spaces Coming to the Fishtown Roundabout Within 5 Projects[…]
About three years ago, there was a building fire near the corner of Frankford Avenue and Berks Street in Fishtown. Unfortunately, the damage from the fire led to the demolition of two stately brick structures on the corner. Then, just a few months ago, the property on the corner at 1828 Frankford Avenue hit the Read more about 9-Unit + Commercial Building Planned on Frankford Ave in Fishtown[…]
A 6-story, 65 foot tall, 70-unit building with ground floor commercial space and 13 parking spaces is being planned on the 11,678 square foot CMX-3 parcel at 416-24 Vine Street in Old City. The building will be clad in metal and cement fiber board panels with aluminum clad windows and beige retractable balconies accenting the Read more about 70-Unit, Mixed-Use Building Planned in Old City[…]
Take a walk through Fishtown and it will seem like there’s some kind of construction happening on every other block. Frankford Avenue has transformed into one of the best commercial corridors in Philadelphia over the last ten years with many more projects in the pipeline that will help to continue to improve the area. Just Read more about 42-Unit Project Rising in Fishtown[…]
Philadelphia has a legendary boxing history. However, the city’s best known boxer is probably the fictional movie character, Rocky Balboa, played by Sylvester Stallone. You may be wondering what this has to do with real estate development. Well, one of the famous buildings in the Rocky movies is set to be redeveloped. A zoning permit Read more about Rocky Balboa’s Gym to be Renovated into Mixed-Use Apartment Building[…]
Just last week, we shared news about a 57-unit project that is moving through the pre-development process in Germantown and noted that the neighborhood has been seeing a ton of new development with even more projects in the pipeline. It looks like we have another project to add to the list. Well respected developer, Argo Read more about 45-Unit, Mixed-Use Project Planned in Germantown[…]
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 northeast corner of Frankford Avenue and Berks Street has been the long time home to an auto and truck service shop. The property has been on and off the market for a couple of years now and it finally traded hands for $925,000 earlier this week. The new owners have an interesting plan for Read more about Cool Overbuild Planned on Frankford Avenue in Fishtown[…]
Back in December of 2019, we told you about a garage that was being demolished on Berks St. just west of Front St. At that time, no construction permits had been issued, but a zoning variance had been granted in 2016 that gave approval for a 32-unit building on the industrial-zoned (I-2) site at 171 Read more about 28-Unit, Mixed-Use Building Rising in Kensington[…]