Urban Planning

A request for proposals seeks someone to acquire, construct, manage and market a mix of commercial and residential uses at Main and DeKalb streets.

City Council is close to an agreement on a bill that would create a new tax on residential construction and push back a change to the city’s controversial development subsidy.

City Council passed a bill lowering the city’s parking tax. The move would roll back progress on meeting city goals and generating revenue at a time of financial crisis.

2020 has been a particularly deadly year on Philly roads. Holidays are a time when crash rates spike. Experts worry this year could be even worse.

Some landlords oppose the measure. An attorney for the Homeowner’s Association of Philadelphia said mediation should be an option, not a requirement.

The latest figures show that tenants and landlords who go through Philadelphia’s Eviction Diversion program reach an agreement in more than 86% of cases.

The commercial real estate abatement reduction could advance in place of 1% construction tax previously proposed.

“The American Dream” used to mean a single family home and two car garage. But lifestyles, family units, and income levels have changed, and so should the definition of home.

The legislation would shape and limit development in the increasingly desirable section of the North Philadelphia neighborhood.

With an eye to avoiding that fate in the historically Black and brown North Philly community, Quiñones-Sánchez said her goal is to shape the development that happens next.

SEPTA officials say they will not put frontline employees in a position to enforce the agency’s mask requirement.

A bill introduced by Philly City Councilmember Allan Domb and co-sponsors would create protections against scammers plastering the city with 'We buy houses' signs.

Built on formerly vacant city lots, the housing will be earmarked for families earning less than $50,000 and veterans.

The Philadelphia Historical Commission voted unanimously to add Sigma Studios to the local Register of Historic Places.

Construction crews are in the final months of prep work on a project that will drastically affect traffic on I-95 through the city of Wilmington for the next two years.