
On July 14th, we told you that the City was preparing to sell Health Center No. 1 at Broad & Lombard, through an RFP process. This was exciting news, as the property covers roughly 40K sqft of very prime real estate with a favorable zoning designation. Further, the Goldenberg Group owns the former World
Read MoreFlyover Video Shows Evolution of the Philadelphia Skyline
7 August, 2017 | No Comments | Philadelphia
We get lots of random, unsolicited emails, and delete most of them right away. Every now and then though, one of those emails has something juicy and shareworthy, like the email we received earlier today from commercial broker Commercial Cafe. They sent us a link to a video which depicts the
Read More
It seems like every few days, we see a new story about the struggles in Kensington, where there's seemingly no end in sight to the opioid epidemic. Remarkably, East Kensington continues to experience one of the most significant development booms in the city, even though the neighborhood sits, at some
Read More
It was a little over a month ago that we checked in on Liberty Square, the major mixed-use project that's under construction on the property bounded by Germantown Avenue, Thompson Street, and N. American Street. This project, from Blackstone Development, first starting coming together back in 2013, but construction only got started last fall.
Read More
Somehow, it's been well over a year since we last checked in on the northeast corner of Broad & Locust. And as you can imagine, things are looking quite different there since our last visit. Back then, we told you that Pearl Properties had purchased a two low rise structures at the corner and a
Read More
The 1700 block of N. Bodine Street is pretty rough. The western side of the street has two homes, and the rest of the properties on that side of the street are seemingly used as rear yard space for homes on 3rd Street. The east side of the block is
Read More
We're always game for a good zombie project, and it seems that's exactly what's in store for a crappy looking garage that we last checked in on quite some time ago. You may recall, but we'll understand if you don't, we told you about plans to renovate the former auto garage at 1128
Read More
A reader reached out the other day, giving us the heads up that the properties at 101-109 Ellsworth St. are listed for sale. The list price is $1.2M, and the parcel certainly could represent an interesting development opportunity. Developers have built new homes along the 100 block of Ellsworth Street over the
Read More
Westrum Development Company was way ahead of the curve in Brewerytown, building an entire square block of homes on the 3100 blocks of Thompson and Master Streets over a decade ago, seemingly planning for a neighborhood on the rise. Change didn't come as quickly as expected, and the economic downturn of
Read More
It was just yesterday that we told you about plans to redevelop the northwest corner of Front & Oxford, a project that would provide a worthwhile companion to Oxford Mills on the southwest corner of the same intersection. This property is currently a collection of warehouses that have been used for industrial purposes
Read More