The process of developing real estate is so incredibly fraught, it's frankly a miracle that most projects progress in a predictable fashion. Even so, there are always some projects that run into insurmountable issues and are not able to get across the proverbial finish line. A frozen construction site becomes

In January of 2022, the City of Philadelphia hit developers with a double whammy: a reduction of the value of the property tax abatement and a new construction tax. In anticipation of this change, developers rushed to pull building permits to vest their projects under the old, more favorable tax

Almost four years ago, we visited the 1800 block of Ludlow Street and presented you with a mystery. A developer was working on an assemblage, but we didn't know the ultimate plan for the site. Already, they owned 1808 and 1810 Ludlow St., along with 1813 Ranstead St., which were

What do you do with old industrial properties like electric substations that have outlived their original purpose? Sometimes the answer is to knock them down and move on to the next thing. As we saw with a former substation in Pennsport, sometimes they can be rehabilitated for another purpose. Now

The triple-wide 415-17 S. 15th St. was constructed as a single family home around 1860, which is pretty consistent with construction standards for mansions of the time, but feels extremely over the top these days. 419 S. 15th St. was built next door a couple years later, also as a

A ton of new housing has appeared along Front Street in recent years, with the 204 unit Urby building at 1700 N Front St. representing one of the largest projects. If you were concerned that all these new residents were going to starve, we're here to tell you not to

We've been covering the transformation of western Washington Avenue for years now, with a number of properties making the jump to mixed use, but plenty remaining entrenched as industrial or commercial. 2400 Washington Ave., a nearly 3-acre property that's primarily used for the storage of building supplies, falls into the

When we first wrote about a proposal to redevelop the Overseas Motor Works back in 2016, we noted the diminishing number of lots along Fairmount Avenue available for larger projects, and that's only become more true in the intervening years. But while Francisville has certainly continued to transform, the single

As we saw last year, proximity to old railroad tracks is definitely not a barrier to redevelopment around Port Richmond. So we weren't shocked to see a proposal for a small apartment building come before the ZBA this week on a residential block just north of a short railroad spur.

Folks have been living in Philadelphia for a long time, so under any patch of grass there's at least a chance you might stumble upon some archaeological artifacts. That might seem like a banal observation, but with the recent proliferation of historic districts in Philadelphia, it's proven to be a