In South Kensington

About two blocks north of Girard, the ongoing construction of three single-family homes at 4th & Harlan is one more project in the burgeoning South Kensington neighborhood, which is about to be slammed with two huge projects that could bring more than 500 new units to the area.As we told

In South Kensington, redevelopment is happening all over the place. New homes are replacing long-vacant lots. Old warehouses and factories are being repurposed into apartments and offices. And a couple of huge projects on the horizon promise to add a large number of residents and businesses to the area in

A little over a year ago, Around the Clock Market opened its doors at 103-105 W. Girard Ave. in the space formerly occupied by Trax Foods. Now, this space could soon be home to another convenience store or whatever makes a new tenant's dreams come true. We were heading into Fishtown

Two years ago, we brought you the exciting news that 3rd Ward would be opening a new location at 4th & Thompson. Straight out of Brooklyn, this art school/studio/community represented an awesome addition to South Kensington, and new life for two old buildings. Earlier this year, after some delays, 3rd

Almost a year ago, we celebrated the opening of Brewerytown's first supermarket in decades as Bottom Dollar opened its doors at 31st & Girard. Little time has passed, but now Bottom Dollar is poised to open another location about twenty blocks away. At 9th & Girard, groundbreaking recently took place

Right around the corner from where 191 units are being proposed for a huge vacant lot at Germantown and Thompson, at 221 W. Girard Ave., a three-story building is being renovated. When finished, it will include some new bay windows and a little retail space on the first floor.

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Last June, we told you about plans for twenty new apartments for the corner of 2nd & Jefferson in South Kensington. At that time, the large parcel was mostly vacant land, and also contained the remains of an old lumber mill. Last summer, the lot was overgrown to the point that

We've written quite a bit about the fact that development in Northern Liberties is spreading to other neighborhoods as vacant land in No Libs becomes scarcer and more expensive. Fishtown, South Kensington, and Poplar are all seeing new development on blocks that developers wouldn't have given any thought to just

A few months back, we told you about plans for five structures coming to the corner of 7th & Thompson. We expected to see the buildings go up along 7th Street, but when we were in the area the other day we noticed that they were in fact rising along

A couple of months ago, we told you about plans for the Soko Lofts, a rather large mixed-use development planned for a 2.5 acre site at 2nd & Thompson. That project, as last detailed, will include 311 residential units, 4-6 retail spaces, about a hundred parking spaces, and a Piazza-like