In Fishtown

In March of 2012, we told you about plans for five new homes next to Palmer Park, on a triangular piece of land bordered by Memphis, Orange, and Earl Streets. Back then, a one-story triangular warehouse stood on this site, but that building is now history.

While the triangular building above

Over a year ago, we told you about plans to renovate 1355 N Front St., which was at that time both vacant and rough looking. Located right next to the El, this former distillery was to become a mixed-use building, with apartments located above a commercial space of some kind. As

As Frankford Avenue continues to turn over, retail opportunities continue to crop up. One example is a retail space at 1600 Frankford Ave. which was renovated this year to install larger windows and make the spot more attractive to potential tenants. Back in March, we told you that the owners

Some time ago, we told you about a partially constructed building at 2030-32 E Dauphin St. that was going up for sheriff's sale. We explained that the ten-unit building with parking could be yours, provided you could come up with like half a million bucks and a few hundred thou more to

Frankford Avenue in Fishtown has been filling in with so many new businesses over the past few years, and even more so in the past six months, that soon it might look like the South Street West.

Today, we share with you news about the space now being built out, according

Last week, we gave you the heads up that La Colombe was planning a next generation cafe, a distillery, and a bakery in a large space on Frankford Avenue. Last night, the building's owner and La Colombe partner JP Iberti provided some additional details on this project to an expectant

1523 Frankford Ave. has sat vacant for several years, with the former pub nearly getting sold last year at sheriff's sale due to tax delinquency. New owners have stepped forward, however, and last month Fishtown Neighbors Association voted to support a proposal to renovate the building to include a vacant ground-floor commercial space

When the reworked zoning code took effect last August, it redefined the names of all the zoning districts, but didn't change the existing zoning classifications for the properties in town. In many neighborhoods, those old classifications are inconsistent with the way the area has developed and as such are out

La Colombe co-founder Todd Carmichael was raised in Port Richmond and is now an international businessman, as well as the first American explorer to cross Antarctica to the South Pole, alone, on foot, and without assistance, as well as the record holder for the fastest solo expedition to the South

During the winter of 2012, three homes replaced vacant lots on the 2000 block of E. Susquehanna. Built by US Construction, the homes are all owned by different investors and offered as rentals. Often with projects like this, the homes are rented for a few years then offered for sale,