We've told you about several projects from BMK Homes in the last few years, with new homes springing up from these guys in South Kensington, East Kensington, and Fishtown. Today, we have concrete news of another project from this developer, and a theory about another in the works. Let's start

In West Philly, the site where a fire took a neighborhood favorite on Christmas Eve in 2012 will become the newest site for Greensgrow, an organization dedicated to increasing healthy and fresh produce options in underserved urban areas.Beginning in April, Greensgrow will take over the former site of Elena's Soul at

We last checked in on the Stable Flats project in Northern Liberties over a year ago when the first three units were modularly constructed, and a row of foundations waited next door for additional homes. As the time has passed, those foundations have continued to wait. Meanwhile, immediately to the

A couple months ago, we checked in on the project at 2nd & Wharton and spotted new foundations, behind the five new homes that replaced a warehouse that burned a couple years back. Passing by last week, we saw that the second phase of this project is pretty much framed

In October, we told you that groundbreaking for Renewbold would finally be taking place at 16th & Moore. For decades, this was the site of the Drexel School. After the school was demolished, the parcel sat vacant for several years, as planning for Renewbold progressed. Now, nine new homes have sprung

We've continued to write about different retail that’s filled up vacant spots along the already well-developed North 2nd Street commercial corridor in Northern Liberties, and now a frozen yogurt shop is the latest proposal to reach the area.Plans for a frozen treat shop at 980-82 N. 2nd St., at an

A few weeks back, after yet another snow storm, the third floor of 848 Wharton St. collapsed under the weight of all that white stuff. We passed by the other day and the property has been totally cleared. It's now a vacant lot.In the pastNow a slightly blurry lotFor years,

Several years ago, a giant old warehouse building at 2152 E. Dauphin St. was converted into 24 apartment units. Last summer, building owner Troy Timpel hired D&D Philly Designs, the guys who did the work for the reconstruction of Jerry's Bar, to design an addition to the building. Timpel runs Original

You may recall, the other day we told you that Phil's Battery Service was moving from their location on the 200 block of Tasker Street to a new spot deeper in South Philly. We speculated that another large development could soon replace this business, which occupies about 8,000 sqft of

Developers from the Klein Company have proposed 108 apartment units at 312 Fairmount Ave., the site of an old industrial building with large windows, and very red garage front doors almost as twice as high as horse stable. They presented this project to members of the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association zoning