It’s been a while since there has been any news about the vacant Provident Life Mutual Insurance Company building, located at 4601 Market St. Its cupola hangs in the West Philly sky like an imperial spire. The structure looks something like the Capitol building in Washington, but with a smaller

If you've walked or driven through Point Breeze lately, you've probably noticed an impressive amount of construction activity, which might lead you to believe that developers are going hog-wild in the neighborhood, bidding up vacant lots and barely meeting buyer demand. Unfortunately, this is not exactly the case.

About forty properties that

May 2012 be the best year ever.

Yaaay!

A mere two months ago, we brought the Spring Arts Condos to your attention, located at 603 & 605 N. 12th St.

Checking back in on this project, we were very impressed with just how quickly things are moving along.

At some point since we last mentioned this project, the condos have gone on

Earlier this week, we profiled an eleven-home development coming to the 2500 block of Montrose St., developed by Metro Impact. That project was presented for a second time to the SOSNA Zoning Committee a couple of weeks ago, and the re-imagined project has a look that we don't see enough of in

Over the summer, we told you all about The Nine, a development of new construction homes on the 1700 block of Tulip St. At the time, only six of The Nine homes were built. In the past month, construction has gotten underway on the final three homes, it looks like the

We were in the neighborhood yesterday and spotted a newish construction site at the southwest corner of 10th and Green Sts. The former vacant lot, owned by CJ Property Investment, was purchased about a year ago for $40K and according to the zoning application, will eventually include a commercial space and

A few months ago, we alerted you that 3rd Ward, the wonderful Brooklyn-based arts facility, will be opening a new location in the City of Brotherly Love next summer. At the time, we wondered whether the new Philadelphia location would, like the Brooklyn space, actively seek an outside restauranteur to

Prepare for sweatier and possibly slimmer friends and neighbors in Graduate Hospital and Fitler Square. One of the more anticipated businesses to come to South St. in recent memory, City Fitness has, at last, opened their second location at 2101-43 South St., in the building Grasso Holdings has been rehabbing all year.

For a vacant lot in the middle of our central business district, 1919 Market St. has a fascinating history over the past few decades. The last building on this lot, the Penn Center Inn, was torn down over twenty years ago in anticipation of a twin to the Blue Cross Blue Shield