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 Read more about 41-Unit Project Planned Next to Kensington Community Food Co-op[…]
As we’ve told you many times before, North Front Street under the El has been transforming into a thriving mixed-use corridor over the last several years. If you check out our map page, you’ll see all of the projects we’ve written about along this stretch. Back in April of 2021, we told you about plans Read more about 6-Story, 55-Unit Building Planned in Fishtown[…]
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 Read more about 278-Unit Project Under Construction on Lehigh Ave in Olde Richmond[…]
If you’ve lived in the Riverwards for more than a few years and tend to stay informed about real estate development in this section of Philadelphia, you likely remember the huge development proposed back in 2018 on the 100,000 square foot, IRMX-zoned lot at 2201 East Somerset Street in Port Richmond. Developers received a variance Read more about 153-Unit Project Under Construction in Port Richmond[…]
Back in October of 2020, we told you that Arts and Crafts Holdings was planning on building a 146-unit building on the site of a surface parking lot on the northeast corner of 8th and Spring Garden Street at 741 Spring Garden. Take a look at that article for details about the project. In summary, Read more about 146-Unit Building Rising at 8th and Spring Garden[…]
It’s been a while since we updated you on the project underway at 3025 JFK Boulevard – the first new construction structure being built within the Schuylkill Yards masterplan. So, we went by the site recently to grab some photos of what’s happening on the ground (and in the sky). As a reminder, this tower Read more about 28-Story, 326-Unit Tower Rising in University City[…]
It was back in June of 2019 that we told you about plans for a 3-story overbuild of the Jarvis Building in Callowhill. That project entailed 90 residential units, office space, and the existing NOTO nightclub at the base of the building. Since then, the former surface parking lot next door has been absorbed into Read more about 120-Unit Project Rising at 12th and Vine Street[…]
We first told you about the 150-unit building planned at 2400 East Huntingdon back in October of 2020. Since then, the development team has gone through the Civic Design Review (CDR) process, the design has changed, the warehouse that formerly occupied the site has been demolished, and the project has received a ton of backlash Read more about 150-Unit Building Rising in Olde Richmond[…]
We made it down to South Philly on this wonderful summer day to check in on a site that some of you may be wondering about. Besides the unbearable heat, we had a great time walking the streets of beautiful Bella Vista. The site we had our eye on was the corner parcel at 769-775 Read more about 13-Unit, Mixed-Use Building to Replace Bank in Bella Vista[…]
Take a walk around Fishtown and you’ll see new construction and renovations on almost every block. Over the last decade, developers have bought and built on most of the vacant and underutilized parcels in the neighborhood. However, there still are a handful of them out there that are hiding in plain sight. One of these Read more about 45-Unit Building Under Construction in Fishtown Next to I-95[…]