Real Estate
Show me the money: Jumpstart Philly announces $3 million in loans for neighborhood developers
The program, along with new backing from Reinvestment Fund, aims to help aspiring developers move forward with projects across the city.
5 years ago
$12.6 billion: Why the company that built Philly’s skyline is being sold to a California firm
We basically owe Liberty Place, the Comcast towers and the reinvigorated Navy Yard to Liberty Property Trust.
5 years ago
Listen to a live conversation between Philly developer Ori Feibush, Paul Farber of Monument Lab, preservationist Faye Anderson and artist Karyn Olivier.
5 years ago
Listen 65:21A new report says that murder in Philadelphia hurts home values. And its authors think the city needs to hear that message to prompt real change.
5 years ago
This week; recap of Atlantic City mayor scandal, the past and future of Jewelers Row, and "Spit Spreads Death."
Air Date: October 21, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 48:59$150M mixed-use development planned for ex-health clinic at Broad and Lombard
The mid-century modern building, which is historically protected, is being sold to Goldenberg Group for $16.1 million, pending approval by City Council.
5 years ago
Judge: Old City’s Painted Bride can’t be sold for condos
The Painted Bride Art Center can’t sell its Old City home because of the building’s “priceless” mural facade, designed by mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar.
5 years ago
Flush that! New plumbing code expected to cut construction costs up to 20%
The most significant of Philly’s new code reforms could help lower construction costs that are among the highest in the nation.
5 years ago
The former clinic is listed for sheriff’s sale. Anti-abortion activists, some of whom will gather Saturday at the grave of Gosnell’s victims, want to buy it.
5 years ago
Listen 5:16Painted Bride goes to court to sell its distinctive building
In the final step to sell the structure, which will likely also mean destroying an Isaiah Zagar mosaic, the Bride faced pushback.
5 years ago
16 condos could replace Painted Bride, Philly’s oldest alternative art space
In advance of a court hearing, a Philadelphia developer filed permits to build residential units with parking and a roof deck on the contested site of the Painted Bride.
5 years ago
108 apartments coming to vacant Poplar St. lot and neighbors aren’t happy
The owner of a popular Fairmount cafe and artisanal market has gotten permits to build a 55-foot-tall apartment complex on a vacant Poplar Street lot.
5 years ago
Why Kensington wants to tear down a 25-foot-high Lehigh Ave. wall
Kensington residents want a developer to put $1 million towards removing a wall they say divides the neighborhood.
5 years ago
Warning: Renovating your house can damage your health
Among the telltale signs are: questionable judgment; willingness to take on backbreaking labor; inability to delegate tasks. And stress, lots of stress.
5 years ago
Listen 05:25Developer Ori Feibush says ‘anarchists’ vandalized his Point Breeze home
It’s the latest in a string of vandalism incidents that have targeted properties associated with the developer and his company, OCF Realty.
6 years ago