The folks at MJL Properties have plans for more development, this time including some preservation in the Spring Garden Historic District. At 2001 North St., right behind Fairmount Pizza and half a block below Fairmount Avenue sits the old Potts Ice Cream factory.Wonderful building at the cornerBuilt in 1947, the corner

For quite some time, Campenella Construction made their home at 1601 S. Columbus Blvd., and in more recent years their property was available for sale. For the last couple of years however, this site has been ground zero for a war of sorts between AAA, Pennsport Civic Association, the Planning

1312 N. Front St. is like nothing we've seen, and we've seen most of the construction in this town in the last five years. Traveling under the El, it catches the eye right away.Getting framed outCloser lookView on Hope StreetThe building, which is being built on the site of a

Earlier this week, we learned that nine Philadelphia-area Superfresh and Pathmark locations will be closing with parent company A&P's recent bankruptcy filing. Included in that list is the Superfresh location at 1851 S. Columbus Blvd., in the Pier 70 Shopping Center. Acme is apparently planning to purchase some Pathmark and

Close to I-95 in Northern Liberties, the 800 block of N. Hancock Street possesses an interesting collection of buildings, with a mix of new construction and adaptive reuse. If you'd like, you can preemptively add two more to the new construction side of the ledger as the Northern Liberties Neighbors

Fishtown has lost another vacant lot, but we're not in the mood to mourn. This time it's 546 E. Hewson St. that's left us, with four homes now under construction.In the pastFour homes now framed outWe actually spotted this project from Norris Street.View from Norris St.Developers came before the Fishtown

South Kensington continues to see new projects pop up, and as the neighborhood changes we're seeing projects drift further from the middle of the action. There have certainly been exceptions, the bulk of the construction activity in the area has taken place east of 4th Street. But today we look

Back in 2010, the first Nesting House location opened its doors in the Mount Airy neighborhood. This store wants to break the "traditional route of consumerism," offering high quality used goods in a setting that's more boutique than thrift store. They realized success and continued to grow, and in 2013 they opened a

When we looked at a bunch of properties under construction on the 1600 block of Ridge Avenue two weeks back, we somehow missed another project that's finally moving forward.It was way back in April of 2013 that we first told you about plans for 1608 Ridge Ave., for many years

Over the years, we've seen several projects from BMK Homes in the Fishtown, South Kensington, and East Kensington neighborhoods. Historically, at least as far as we can recall, BMK has done smaller projects. But of late they've ramped up their efforts, building more units at once. The Residence at York may be