Jake Blumgart
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Tiny Starbucks coming to Dilworth Park
The new coffee shop would be smaller than the Dilworth Park Cafe-branded Starbucks that operates on the City Hall plaza’s northern end, and won’t include seating.
6 years ago
Provident Mutual building sale on hold, endangering planned West Philly health campus
Philly Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell has halted the city’s long-awaited remake of the former Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. building at 4601 Market Street.
6 years ago
Labor leaders, city officials spar outside Council chambers
Sheet Metal Workers Local 19 attempted to push through a contested bill requiring costly new annual inspections of the fire protection devices mandated for most high-rise buil
6 years ago
Demolition ‘crisis’ gets taskforce’s attention
After 18 months, the Historic Preservation Task Force released its final recommendations including ideas to incentivize preservation and encourage citizen engagement.
6 years ago
Renters win new protections at City Hall with passage of 'good cause' bill
Most tenants get evicted because they cannot afford their rent, and non-payment is a “good cause” under the bill’s definition.
6 years ago
City Councilmen respond to land-flip scandal with an offer of reform
City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson and Council President Darrell Clarke introduced a bill Thursday they say creates new safeguards against corrupt land dealing in City Hall.
6 years ago
Fishtown developer proposes fence; gives neighbors the ‘middle finger’
A 95-unit apartment building is coming to a blighted Fishtown lot near the Berks elevated train stop.
6 years ago
Union scores hot win over real estate industry in fire code battle
City officials are brokering a deal they hope will extinguish a feud over Philadelphia’s fire code.
6 years ago
City Council downsizes new protections for renters in ‘good cause’ bill
A good cause would include non-payment of rent, nuisance behavior, or breaking the term of a lease.
6 years ago
City selling vacant lots with eye to ‘social impact’
City agencies own a quarter of the 40,000 vacant parcels of land. On Friday 26 will be up for sale.
6 years ago
What happens when your real estate gets remapped
Developers shift strategy after remapping and adapt their business models to develop more single-family homes for sale, instead of multi-family units for rent.
6 years ago
HUD wants to sweeten the deal for landlords who accept housing vouchers
HUD Secretary Ben Carson wants to entice more landlords to accept housing vouchers and the agency’s first step in Philadelphia is talking to people like Michael Batley.
6 years ago