We were looking through the daily zoning report today and discovered some new zoning permits on the 2600 block of Sears Street. This was a delightful find, as nearly an acre has been sitting vacant on this site for at least the last couple decades. A portion of this land

Looking to avoid some traffic on I-76 the other day, we found ourselves in Manayunk, where some ongoing construction at 4050 Main St. caught our eye. The building at this address has been sitting vacant for the last few years, and was most recently home to a furniture store called

While Francisville has changed dramatically over the last decade plus, the northeast corner of 16th & Ogden hasn't changed at all. The property at 849 N. 16th St. has been home to the small congregation, the True Gospel Baptist Church, for a number of years. This church was small indeed,

Twenty years ago, 901 N. Penn St. was a huge vacant lot on the Delaware waterfront which was previously home to Riverfront Restaurant & Dinner Theater and before that, a short-lived old-timey faux-historical concept called Philadelphia 1700. Things changed dramatically in 2004, as work began on Waterfront Square, a five-tower

The saga continues at the northwest corner of 16th & Washington. Let's look back to... good Lord, ELEVEN YEARS AGO, when there was a proposal for the superman-logo-shaped property at 1601 Washington Ave. for a mixed-use building with 35 units over commercial. This project got a zoning variance, but the

Folks, we know that real estate development news isn't your top news priority today. But real estate development in Philadelphia doesn't rest. And while this might not be the talk around the water cooler (real or virtual), we still feel compelled to share news that potentially portends progress on a

If you're anything like us, you enjoy Philadelphia sports teams, real estate development, and an occasional cold beer. Today we have a story that speaks to two of those passions, as we turn our gaze to the northwest corner of 17th & Fairmount. You might have some familiarity with this

We don't make our way to Packer Park all that much, mostly because this neighborhood doesn't see all that much construction activity these days. That's a dramatic shift from the relatively recent past, of course. As you may or may not know, huge swaths of this neighborhood were occupied by

It's not secret that Fishtown, East Kensington, and South Kensington have collectively experienced an explosion in development over the last decade plus. And this development boom made sense, for a host of reasons. Rising prices in Northern Liberties pushed buyers and renters to look for less expensive options, but folks

We've told you in the past, but we'll remind you anyway: CHOP wasn't always located in West Philadelphia. The move to its current location happened only fifty years ago; and for an organization that dates back to 1866, that's only about 30% of its history spent on the other side