As Pennsport continues to boom, developers have been building up Dickinson Narrows just to the west of the neighborhood. V2 Properties in particular has done a ton of work in this area, with projects on Mercy, Dudley, Emily, and Hoffman Streets, among others. On the 400 block of Hoffman Street,

A reader recently directed our attention to some signs posted on a fence at 2717 Annin St., a property we actually told you about last fall. At that time, we had noticed some different signs on the little vacant lot, advertising that it was available for rent. The asking rate

Northern Liberties is a hot neighborhood, in case you haven't heard. It's been that way for the last few years, in fact, with home prices shooting up and demand for development sites increasing dramatically. With that in mind, it's no surprise that developers have increasingly been looking at unorthodox properties

Watching the former Burg's Lounge transform into Buckminster's over the last couple of years at 21st & Federal, the excitement in the neighborhood was palpable. We first told you about this situation at the end of 2012, when the property had just sold for $165K only two weeks after being

A Fishtown resident shot us an email at the end of last week, giving us the heads up about a new project coming down the pike for Frankford Avenue, and it's a biggie. Developers are looking to consolidate 11 lots into one at 1405-21 Frankford Ave., a project which will

A reader tipped us off last week that construction had finally gotten underway at 1326 Mascher St., a long vacant lot in South Kensington. We told you to prepare for this project back in the fall of 2014, and at the time we predicted that construction would get moving rather

There's a small commercial building at 15th & Hamilton, on the eastern edge of the campus for the Community College of Philadelphia, which will soon be on the outs. Had things broken differently, this site could have been the backyard of Philadelphia's second casino, but instead it will be home

Remember 1010 Tasker Street? About six months ago, when we brought this two-story home to your attention, it was on the market for $399K. The price recently came down to a more reasonable $339K, but that's not all that's changed.1010 Tasker StreetWe don't usually single out individual homes listed for

When we told you earlier this week about the upcoming renovation of the Pyramid Electric building at 31st & Glenwood, we made a point about the continuing northward movement of development in Brewerytown. We thought of Oxford Street as the northern border for development at the time, but completely forgot

The 1100 block of Chestnut Street has transformed in the last couple of years, mostly because of a large project from Brickstone on the south side of the block. This project got moving in earnest a couple of years ago, and has made quite a bit of progress in the year since