There are a few blocks between Front Street and 2nd Street along Girard Avenue that are still blighted, vacant, and underutilized. Over the last few years, some cool businesses have opened along this stretch, but there is still a long ways to go to seamlessly tie Northern Liberties, Fishtown, and South Kensington together. It looks Read more about 7-Story, 84-Unit Building to Replace Bank on Northern Liberties Border[…]
If you missed the news, Powelton Village, a neighborhood on the northeast side of University City, was designated as a historic district by the Philadelphia Historical Commission last month. The designation protects 817 buildings within the district from demolition or drastic exterior changes without approval by the Philadelphia Historical Commission. Due to the designation, new Read more about 15-Unit Project Gets Design Update in Powelton Village Historic District[…]
About a month ago, we told you about plans for a 74-unit building that will replace a surface parking lot at Randolph Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue in South Kensington. Well, it looks like the same development group is planning another surface parking lot replacing building just up the block. In anticipation of the Read more about 78-Unit Building to Replace Parking Lot in Kensington[…]
Back in April, we told you that developers were seeking a variance to replace Vesper Day Club in Northern Liberties with 20 townhomes. We also told you that the same group planned on building 16 more townhomes to the east of the Vesper site and also owned the historic church next door at Front and Read more about 45-Unit Adaptive Reuse Project Planned for Northern Liberties Church[…]
Back in 2019, you may remember big plans for two vacant lots in Poplar just west of Northern Liberties at the northeast and northwest corners of Darien Street and Poplar Street. These lots sit just east of the elevated rail tracks that run along 9th Street. The 2019 plans called for two 11-story buildings with Read more about 212-Unit Project Set to Break Ground at 8th and Poplar[…]
It’s been a long road with many iterations for the project at 4300-26 Ridge Avenue in East Falls. A variety of plans have been proposed for the 70,000 square foot, CMX-3 site at the corner of Ridge Avenue and Calumet Street over the last 15 years. We’re happy to say that the site is finally Read more about 142-Unit Project Under Construction in East Falls[…]
The amount of new apartments recently built, under construction, and in the pipeline between 41st Street and 46th Street along Chestnut Street is truly astounding. Take a walk down this stretch of University City and see for yourself, or check out some of the projects we covered on our Map Page. The area has really Read more about 275-Unit Building Under Construction in University City[…]
If you’ve been on west Market Street recently, you’ve probably noticed the new modern building that has been under construction at the corner of 41st and Market Streets. The new building is called University Place 3.0. The 8-story, 250,000 square foot structure includes 25,000 square feet of retail space on the first floor and roughly Read more about University Place 3.0 is Nearing Completion[…]
Over the last decade, we’ve seen a ton of surface parking lots in Center City and surrounding Philadelphia neighborhoods replaced with multifamily and mixed-use buildings. These are some of our favorite types of projects as they turn storage lots for automobiles into homes for people and local businesses. Today, we have another surface parking lot Read more about 40-Unit Building to Replace Germantown Parking Lot[…]
Last week, the zoning board of adjustment (ZBA) approved a project at 7801 State Road next to the Pennypack Trail in Holmesburg aimed at fighting homelessness in Philadelphia. The project will consist of 28 tiny detached homes. A shared kitchen, dining area, and bathroom will be incorporated into an existing structure on the parcel. The Read more about Tiny Home Community for the Homeless Approved by Zoning Board of Adjustment[…]