A reader checked in today with a tip that the former home of Healthy Bites at 2521 Christian St. is under construction. In its most recent incarnation as a retail space, this building was home to a gourmet cafe/market that also did a bunch of premade meals to go. The

Frankford Avenue continues to make strides, with projects big and small coming down the pike. Frankford Square, a project from AGA Developers that we first told you about eighteen months ago, falls into the former category. Covering a lot at 1850 Frankford Ave. with over 15,000 sqft of space, this project

The former home of the Letto Deli, at 208 S. 13th St., has had a trying past few years. For quite some time, it looked like Jose Garces would be taking over the space to open a German sausage and beer hall called Froman's Wursthaus. We even shared the good

Just a block off of Lehigh Avenue, around the corner from where the Kensington Community Food Co-op will be opening sometime soon, we recently spotted two new construction houses at the intersection of E. Huntingdon & Coral. This parcel has been vacant for many years, but recently turned over for

Old beautiful churches demolished for high-rise development. It could be a headline about elements of redevelopment occurring across Philadelphia. But on Penn's campus at 38th & Chestnut, Philadelphia Episcopal Church was saved (it has been claimed) because of a trade; two historic brownstones at the site were demolished and a tower will rise

A little less than two years ago, PREIT closed on the purchase of the Kmart building, which meant it controlled the vast majority of the real estate containing the Gallery Mall. At the time, we wondered whether that transaction might finally lead to a renovation at the mall to make it more

In April of 2013, we told you about a new home rising at the corner of Orianna & Thompson in South Kensington. That home looks like it's done (as well it should be, a year plus later), though a construction fence remains around the property.Home on the corner of Orianna

We remember back when The 700 was the place to be on 2nd Street, mostly because there weren't too many other places to go. Over the last decade plus, the 2nd Street corridor in Northern Liberties has experienced a dramatic resurgence. The Piazza is the big fish, drawing plenty of people

We admit it, the Philadelphia street grid makes us feel all warm and fuzzy. When the grid breaks down though, we have problems; heck, we still get lost about 30% of the time we go to Fishtown. South Philly is pretty safe, grid-wide, with the notable exceptions of Moyamensing Avenue,

In general, residential developers in Philadelphia prefer a lot that's at least sixteen feet wide. Fifteen-wide lots are considered acceptable, and fourteen-wide lots are usually as tight as you're gonna see. Last year, we came upon a troika of twelve-wide homes on Hagert Street from the Brickstone Group that sold relatively