Real Estate
South Philadelphia developer resists calls for more parking, promises grocery store
Alterra Property Group wants more housing, less parking in South Philadelphia Passyunk Square development, plans grocery store to rival Acme.
6 years ago
Wells Fargo will pay Philadelphia $10M to settle city’s discriminatory lending lawsuit
Wells Fargo Bank and the City of Philadelphia have settled a 2017 lawsuit brought by the city over the bank’s alleged discriminatory lending practices.
6 years ago
Apartments, commercial space proposed for Passyunk firehouse site
Alterra wants to build hundreds of apartments and create new commercial spaces on one of the last major underdeveloped parcels in Passyunk Square.
6 years ago
Brian O’Neill’s bid to ban rooftop decks in Northeast Philly just got killed
Republican Councilmember Brian O’Neill lost his battle to ban all roof decks and limit the height of homes in his Far Northeast Philadelphia district.
6 years ago
City Council caves to mayor’s threat, agrees to push back abatement reform
City Council passed the amended bill, which pushes back implementation of the abatement reform to Dec. 31, 2020.
6 years ago
Philly Council votes to shrink 10-year abatement, stoking real estate industry doomsday fears
The bill is expected to be approved by the full Council next Thursday, during the last meeting of 2019.
6 years ago
Real estate and development blog Curbed Philly is shutting down
The local site had been around since 2012.
6 years ago
Atlantic City set to auction off nearly 200 properties
The 194 lots will be auctioned off Dec. 17 at the city’s Convention Center.
6 years ago
Affordable forever? A new kind of housing comes to South Philadelphia
The new Mamie Nichols Homes, masterminded by the Women’s Community Revitalization Project, will be permanently affordable as part of a community land trust
7 years ago
Fishtowners band together to fight ‘construction destruction,’ work with L&I
Those living in the neighborhood formed a Facebook group, and work with the city’s Department of Licenses & Inspections to fight irresponsible contractors.
7 years ago
Philly steps up fight against deed fraud with new tools
The City of Philadelphia has unveiled a new online tool that aims to combat deed theft, a growing problem in a city with thousands of vacant or neglected properties.
7 years ago
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.
7 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.
7 years ago
Listen to a live conversation between Philly developer Ori Feibush, Paul Farber of Monument Lab, preservationist Faye Anderson and artist Karyn Olivier.
7 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.
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