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We’ve told you many times over the years that American Street north of Girard Avenue in South Kensington was set to transform before our eyes due to the area’s large, underutilized parcels and proximity to other booming neighborhoods and public transit infrastructure. Well, walk or bike down the thoroughfare today and you’ll see the evolution
Another day, another transit-oriented development to tell you about in Philadelphia. As we’ve told you about many times in the past through our articles and social media pages, developers have been flocking to development sites surrounding the city’s public transit infrastructure. One of the biggest hotbeds of transit-oriented development has been along the Front Street
Back in September, we told you that a zoning permit was issued for a 5-story, 55 foot tall building with 41 residential units, ground floor commercial space, 13 bicycle stalls, a green roof, and a roof deck on a 9,354 square foot, CMX-2.5 zoned surface parking lot next to the Kensington Community Food Co-op at
Our favorite types of projects to see in Philadelphia involve the adaptive reuse of beautiful old buildings. Too often in this city, we see these structures demolished to make way for new development. However, we’re hoping a program created a few years ago that is available to developers working on historic buildings continues to provide
It was back in August of 2020 that we told you about plans for a large mixed use building right next to the Berks El Station at 1900 North Front Street. Back then, an old bar stood on the corner and an unflattering abandoned bank along with a surface parking lot occupied the north end
Back in July of 2020, we told you about a plan to bring a 103-unit, mixed-use building to the corner of Howard Street and Cecil B Moore Avenue in South Kensington. The site formerly held an old industrial building with an impressive brick structure on the corner and was zoned RSA-5 so a variance was
It was back in August of last year that we told you about a major project planned at the northwest corner of Front Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue on the site of a giant surface parking lot that was used as a beer garden and outdoor gym during the height of the pandemic. The
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
The area between 5th and 6th Street surrounding Cecil B. Moore Avenue has some of the coolest loft-style apartment buildings in the city. Along 5th Street, you have the Sewing Factory, The Tie Factory, and The Lamp Factory. Human Robot Brewery and Suttons bar and restaurant also call this block home. On the corner of
Just four or five years ago, new commercial developments north of York Street along the Frankford Avenue corridor in Kensington were few and far between. All that has changed and now there are barely any lots available for development between York Street and Lehigh Avenue on this stretch. One property on the north side of
Remember that 278-unit proposal at 2157 East Lehigh Avenue on the site of a car scrapyard that we told you about back in May of 2019? At that time, the development needed a variance to build a mixed-use project on the site since the property is zoned ICMX and intended for industrial use. Well, the
The area surrounding the Berks El Station has transformed over the last few years. A 28-unit, mixed-use building at 102 West Berks Street recently leased up with several commercial spaces coming online soon. Berks Warehouse at the corner of Hope and Berks Street is currently being renovated inside and out with a bunch of exciting