Want to live in a brand new LEED Gold certified house that's tucked away in a mini community? Just steps away from the Italian Market, Olive Townhomes will be exactly what you're looking for. The lot at 808 Carpenter Street has been prepped for construction for four new 2,540 - 2,690 sf

A long vacant lot at 1203 Ellsworth St. that has been a small community garden for several years was recently introduced to Mr. Backhoe. Murray Development LLC purchased the property for $95K back in June, and appears to be preparing to build a new home on this property.

The 960 sqft

If you've been to the 1400 block of Bainbridge St. in the past five years, you've probably noticed the numerous luxury town homes on the block. Phase One of the Artisan development consisted of fourteen homes on the south side of Bainbridge St., all of which sold for $900K or

According to Michael Klein, 2046 Sansom St. will soon be the home of a new smoothie/froyo shop. The space was most recently a beauty shop, but in a raunchier former life served as a "modeling studio."

We imagine that the neighbors will be happy about this new use, but we're not

You've probably never been to the 1500 block of Melon St. in the Spring Garden neighborhood. Half a block south of Fairmount Ave., Melon St. and N Sydenham St. dead-end into each other, creating an area where development has thrived in the past few years.

As recently as 2005, the 1500

About two months ago, we tipped you off about the creation of a new public space on the southern end of 30th Street Station. This new forty-foot wide space attempts to improve walkability at this meeting of West Philadelphia and Center City and is brought to us by the Planning

We don't even know what we were doing at 2nd and Oxford Sts. last week, but a rather large development under construction on the southwest corner caught our eye.

RPM Builders LP purchased the lot, which measures nearly 17K sqft, for $450K about a year ago. From what we can gather

"Spring Arts." It's a maturing neighborhood in the southern part of West Poplar. It’s recognized enough to be listed in real estate Multiple Listings Service as a neighborhood, while West Poplar, a long-standing name for the area, isn't listed. Will Philly folks begin to call this burgeoning locale by this

A few months back, we reported on a 19-unit development on the 800 block of Christian St. From the looks of it, this project should be moving forward in short order. Cars haven't been regularly parking on the lot for a couple of months now, and the old chain-link fence

The University Club building at 1316 Walnut St. was built in 1887 and designed by Wilson Eyre, who we wrote about back in August. Most recently containing a camera shop on the first floor, the historic property was on the market for awhile and was purchased by Jason Real Estate