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[…]
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 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[…]
A couple of months ago, we saw demolition permits issued for some stately buildings near the corner of 41st Street and Walnut Street in University City and knew some kind of dense development had to be on the horizon. We now have more information on what to expect here in anticipation of November’s Civic Design Read more about 136-Unit, Mixed-Use Project Planned at 41st and Walnut in University City[…]
Palmer Park is one of the great small neighborhood parks in Philadelphia. It’s located along Frankford Avenue in the heart of Fishtown’s commercial corridor. The community hosts live music performances, cleanups, and other events at the park to keep it activated and looking its best. Every time we sit in Palmer Park, though, we wonder Read more about 50-Unit, Mixed-Use Building Planned on Fishtown Parking Lot Near Palmer Park[…]
If you read our articles often, you know that our favorite type of developments to see happen in Philadelphia are adaptive reuse projects. We love to see the historic streetscape of Philadelphia preserved and for new life to be breathed into blighted old buildings. Just last week, we told you about plans to convert a Read more about 54-Unit Adaptive Reuse Project Nearing Completion in Grays Ferry[…]