We last checked in on Southstar Lofts in November, when most of the facade was up but lots of details remained unfinished. Yesterday, developer Dranoff Properties celebrated the building's grand opening, and shared some big news about the anchor retail tenant.Pretty much finishedBroad Street sideThis seven story mixed-use building has

Way back in 2008, the first conversations were taking place around the organization that would eventually become the Kensington Community Food Co-op. Their mission is to "open a member-owned cooperative grocery store in the Kensington area," a la Mariposa or Weaver's Way. Over the years, they've been able to successfully

East Girard Avenue has come a long way in recent years, but it's still a definite work in progress. Sure, new businesses keep joining the fray, like Sancho Pistolas a few months back or Pizzeria Beddia last year. And it's true that older buildings are turning over and getting fixed up,

Yesterday, we got the unfortunate news that Jason Nusbaum's sensible proposal for 2300 South St. was denied by the ZBA. This makes us sad.For those of you that don't recall, this project first came up last summer when the developer presented plans to SOSNA for a five story building with

After years of planning, the first few homes of the massive Stables project rose at the corner of Bodine & George a little over a year ago. After the three modular homes were delivered and assembled, the project sat pretty much untouched for many months, until earlier this year when

It's taken years, but Tim Patton's dream of opening a nanobrewery at 1710 N. 5th St. in South Kensington is on the verge of coming true. A couple of summers ago, we told you about Patton's plan to turn a home brewing hobby into a legit business called Saint Benjamin

Along Baltimore Avenue in West Philly, the time has come for developers to move forward and officially apply for zoning for their proposal for a 132-unit mixed-use building with a fitness center at a vacant lot at 43rd & Baltimore across the street from Clark Park. Until 2009, a historic building

At 240 Arch St., a former surface parking lot across from the Betsy Ross House is experiencing a surprising transformation. In the last few weeks, a new hole has appeared in the ground in preparation for the construction of three mansions.Hole in the groundBetter lookAccording to the zoning plans, developers

It was over two and a half years ago that we first told you about 922-26 N. 17th St. in Francisville. Back then, the triple-wide six-unit building had been framed out and was waiting for bricks. We even commented that the project seemed to be moving a little slowly, as

Several months ago, we weren't so sad to share the news that Qdoba was closed on the corner of 19th & Chestnut. We were, in fact, pleased to tell you that Pearl Properties was planning to build a large mixed-use project on this corner, combining multiple properties into a big one just