We were scanning the ZBA calendar today, as we so often do, and noticed a new project in the works on the 1300 block of N. Broad Street. This block is notable for a couple of reasons, mostly because it's the home of the Legendary Blue Horizon, a 150 year

During the current development boom, Philadelphia has seen some of its embarrassing long term vacancies finally get filled in. And so our heart sings every time we go past Lincoln Square at the northwest corner of Broad and Washington or the "Fergie Tower" on the 1200 block of Walnut Street.

Last year, the Philadelphia Housing Authority decided to sell off a few dozen scattered site properties that they didn't have the funding to rehabilitate, hiring Barry Slosberg Auctioneers to facilitate the sales. We attended that auction, and even bought one of the properties on the list. We'd estimate that a

We were passing through South Kensington the other day and stopped dead in our tracks at the corner of 6th & Montgomery when we spotted a relatively large project in the very earliest construction phases on the southeast corner. This property had been sitting mostly vacant for a very long

If you find yourself on the 2000 block of E. Susquehanna at some point in the near future, a zoning notice at 2050 E. Susquehanna Ave. might just catch your eye. This vacant lot sits immediately next door to a relatively new home and has a couple more empty lots in

The 20th & Dickinson intersection has experienced some major changes over the last several years, and that trend is set to continue. You may recall, there was a large vacant lot on the southwest corner, but Innova built three affordable homes there in 2011-12. On the southeast corner, a simple addition/renovation

North American Street is a bit of a challenging corridor, clinging to its industrial character while surrounded on both sides by residential development pressure. The improvements to the surrounding neighborhood have driven up land values on N. American St., but the zoning remains industrial, creating redevelopment difficulties for anyone that

When Iron Stone Real Estate Partners introduced a plan in 2011 to redevelop the Apple Storage building at 780 S. 52nd St. into a significant residential development, we felt like the project was a bit ahead of its time. And wouldn't you know it, even through the project got zoning

If you've been near 10th & Vine of late, you've surely noticed the major project under construction on the northwest corner. We first covered this project, the Eastern Tower Community Center, waaaaaay back in the summer of 2011, but it wasn't until the end of last year that the project

As we were scanning the ZBA calendar for this week, a project at 4001-07 Ridge Ave. caught our eye. The property, which sits between East Falls and Allegheny West, is pretty large, with over 11K sqft of space, and the vast majority of the property has been sitting as vacant land