A few readers have reached out to us over the last few weeks, passing along the news that construction is finally moving forward at Graduate Square. What is Graduate Square? We're glad you asked.The folks at Hightop Real Estate & Development have been working on this project, located at 2501

Perhaps you recall, we told you a few weeks ago about a mansion at 113 Bainbridge St. that will soon be going up for auction. To satisfy both potential buyers and the hordes of real estate bloggers in this town, Max Spann Auction House held a couple of open house events for

It took us three tries to correctly type Coral & Firth and not Colin & Firth in the title of this post, and even now, looking at Coral & Firth, it just looks wrong. We're going to try to get this right throughout, but if we have a slip up,

Germantown Avenue in South Kensington has experienced tremendous change over the last several years, with the 1400 block seeing the bulk of the construction activity. And as we've told you previously, there's still more to come for that block, with the most notable projects being an adaptive reuse that will

The huge surface parking lot at 23rd & Cherry has always struck us as a little odd, considering its prime location on the western side of the Logan Square neighborhood, with easy access to the Schuylkill River Trail. The site has been subject to a few development proposals over the years, the most

If we may generalize, many people find comfort in familiar brands. It's reassuring to get the same Starbucks iced coffee in Philadelphia and Los Angeles (you know, if Starbucks is your thing). If you still do your banking in person, it's convenient that you can walk into a Wells Fargo or a PNC Bank

It's pretty rare that we find ourselves covering development in Society Hill, mostly because there's hardly any real estate to develop in the neighborhood. There are, though, some notable exceptions, one of which we've been eyeing since 2011. Back then, we told you that 212-218 S. 3rd St. was listed for

Allow us to present to you our latest installment of our long running series, Development Near the El. On our last episode, we covered a collection of triplexes under construction on the 1900 block of E. Dauphin St., and before that we told you about new construction on Huntingdon Street,

A reader tipped us off recently that the low slung building at 2225 Spring Garden St. will soon meet its maker, or at the very least, the wrecking ball. Because the building is located within the Spring Garden Historic District, any demolition plan will need to come before the Historical

We were killing time in Brewerytown the other day, randomly looking for anything of interest while awaiting a Rybrew lunch meeting. On 29th Street, we discovered a double-wide property with a 'For Sale' sign, and snapped a couple of photos with the plan of investigating later. Later has come, and now