
Last fall, we speculated that the PREIT's purchase of 901 Market St. could mean that the Gallery Mall was finally close to undergoing a very necessary renovation and re-imagining. At that time, a Philadelphia Business Journal article suggested that the company was planning to turn the mall inside out, if you will,
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A couple of months ago, we broke the news that the long-awaited Carpenter Square project at 17th & Carpenter had finally broken ground. We were in the area the other day and noticed that the project is chugging along. Foundations seem to have been poured for all of the homes,
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A little less than a year ago, we first told you about plans for the construction of seven new homes at 114-22 Ellsworth St., a vacant lot in Pennsport. Since then, foundations have been poured, framing has taken place, interior work has been done, and the homes look like they're
Read MoreStartup PHL Will Make Life Easier for Philly Entrepreneurs
30 March, 2013 | No Comments |
In Philadelphia there are a string of innovative programs designed to kickstart development and the local economy. There’s the EnergyWorks program, which provides loans for energy efficient residential and commercial projects. There’s sustainability and green efforts like Green2015, planting one million trees and transforming school blacktops intro greenspace. To help secure additional funding
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As we sit here on Good Friday, we have news about another church that's slated to be demolished in order to feed the ever-hungry development monster. The newest House of God on the outs is St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, according to Hidden City. The church, located on the northwest
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A couple of months ago, we told you about plans from Postgreen to construct FRANK 2, a new mixed-use building at 2032-34 Frankford Ave., currently a vacant lot. Today, we have a little bit of new information as well as some pretty new pictures to share. In case you're forgotten,
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The gateway to the Baltimore Avenue business corridor may soon be transformed. On March 12th, developers received a conditional use permit for the construction of a ninety-two unit apartment building at the southeast corner of 43rd and Baltimore across the street from Clark Park and the Green Line Café.
Located at 4224-26 Baltimore Ave., the lot is zoned
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In Point Breeze, large parcels are hard to come by these days. So when one becomes available it's worth noting, even if the asking price makes redevelopment very challenging. Take 1153-61 S. 15th St., currently an auto body repair shop, for example:
A month and a half ago, this property came
Read MoreEnergyWorks Loans Makes Energy Efficiency More Achievable
28 March, 2013 | No Comments |
A maybe one-time only pot of money designated to provide low-interest loans for energy efficient new construction and retrofits will run out this September. The EnergyWorks loan fund is a federally subsidized initiative designed to jumpstart residential and commercial projects with energy efficient components. It's accepting applications until the grant period concludes
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Last summer, we told you all about a new playground getting built at Chester A. Arthur elementary school at 20th & Catharine. This project was driven by members of Friends of Chester Arthur (FoCA), a non-profit group that partners with teachers and school administrators to help make Arthur the best school it can possibly be,
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