Economic Development

Who runs Philadelphia City Council? If campaign spending is any indication, the answer is labor unions and the real estate industry.

It pays to know a guy when you want to build in Philly. Especially if that guy is a sitting council member with the city’s Department of Licenses and Inspection on speed-dial.

Private developers filed for more than 500 new demolition permits in 2018, bolstered by a strong real estate market and weak historic protections.

Tenants are complaining of mistreatment at the hands of the biggest landowner in a burgeoning warehouse district northeast of Center City Philadelphia.

Now in its 10th year, America's economic expansion still looks sturdy. Yet the partial shutdown of the government that began Saturday has added another threat.

The Fed said in a statement it is raising the key borrowing rate to a range of 2.25 percent to 2.50 percent — the highest level in a decade.

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.

While parking is only one of a number of issues at play in the creation of the so-called South Philly Market Improvement District, the issue dominated the conversation.

George Maior met with leaders of the World Trade Center of Delaware and toured the Port of Wilmington during his time in the First State.

To accomplish public policy goals, helping Delaware's poorest communities in Wilmington, Claymont, and Seaford is essential.

A cautionary tale from South Philly about how rapid development can improve neighborhoods, but also dishonor them at the same time.

The park will play a key role in reducing the floods that inundate Wilmington's Southbridge section.

Philadelphia didn't get the nod for the location of Amazon's second headquarters. But that doesn't mean that the city's 100-page bid was a complete waste of time.

U.S. Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware has made a name for himself of late as someone who tries to coax his Republican colleagues out of march ...