In Port Richmond

The 3/4 mile stretch of Lehigh Avenue between Aramingo and Kensington isn't Rittenhouse Square, or even Washington Avenue. On one side of the street is a mix of residences, businesses, and the occasional large format commercial or industrial building. On the other side of Lehigh's five lanes are a smattering of

Investment opportunities cross our desk on a fairly regular basis, but the vast majority of them are unworkable for any number of reasons. Most commonly, properties are simply overpriced, making redevelopment financially impossible. Other opportunities have a financial path, but only with a zoning variance that we don't have perfect confidence the ZBA

In fits and starts, we're seeing real estate development make its way past Lehigh Avenue, over the railroad tracks, and into Port Richmond. We've covered a handful of larger projects over the last couple years, but the vast majority of the action in this area is in the form of a

There's a vacant lot at the intersection of E. Cambria Street and Trenton Avenue which doesn't seem like the poster child for market rate development. This property sits on the fringe of Port Richmond, a neighborhood that seeing developer interest trickle over from Fishtown. But it's also on the edge

As we've told you before, Port Richmond is a great neighborhood, if a little off the beaten path relative to downtown. It's got a commercial corridor on Richmond Street that's seeing incremental improvement, while still having several holdover businesses that cater to the local Polish community. It's close to Fishtown but considerably

Northern Liberties is done. Fishtown is old news. South Kensington? More like mouth rendsington. Okay, that last one made no sense. But the point we're getting at here is that Port Richmond looks like it's the new neighborhood du jour, with new projects popping up and tons of opportunity moving