CommercialMayor Parker wants City Council members to give up a little power over land. They don’t love the idea.Parker will have to proceed gingerly if she is to win over City Council for her $2 billion housing plan.
CommercialMayor Parker wants City Council members to give up a little power over land. They don’t love the idea.Parker will have to proceed gingerly if she is to win over City Council for her $2 billion housing plan.
CommercialA complex zoning bill passed in City Council despite fierce opposition, but Mayor Parker still has to OK it
CommercialA complex zoning bill passed in City Council despite fierce opposition, but Mayor Parker still has to OK it
CommercialTrump administration proposes sale of federal buildings all over Pa. — with three in PhillyHundreds of federal office buildings were seemingly targeted for sale by the General Services Administration Tuesday, stunning observers. The list has since been taken down.
CommercialTrump administration proposes sale of federal buildings all over Pa. — with three in PhillyHundreds of federal office buildings were seemingly targeted for sale by the General Services Administration Tuesday, stunning observers. The list has since been taken down.
CommercialPhilly developer Bart Blatstein owes the city $1 million in taxes: ‘It slipped through the cracks.’Philly developer Bart Blatstein defaulted on a $25 million loan last year, amid financial turmoil and an weakening real estate market. He's satisfied his lenders but still owes the city big bucks.
CommercialPhilly developer Bart Blatstein owes the city $1 million in taxes: ‘It slipped through the cracks.’Philly developer Bart Blatstein defaulted on a $25 million loan last year, amid financial turmoil and an weakening real estate market. He's satisfied his lenders but still owes the city big bucks.
CommercialPlans for UArts’ Anderson Hall take shape with ‘middle market’ apartments One- and two-bedroom apartments are planned for the nine-story building at 333 S. Broad St.
CommercialPlans for UArts’ Anderson Hall take shape with ‘middle market’ apartments One- and two-bedroom apartments are planned for the nine-story building at 333 S. Broad St.
CommercialThe Union League is expanding its reach at the Jersey ShoreThe Union League has been adding suburban and Jersey Shore properties to its portfolio in recent years, along with enhancing its storied Center City headquarters.
CommercialThe Union League is expanding its reach at the Jersey ShoreThe Union League has been adding suburban and Jersey Shore properties to its portfolio in recent years, along with enhancing its storied Center City headquarters.
CommercialPhilly is exploring a 20-year property tax abatement for converting struggling office buildings to apartments The 10-year property tax abatement was weakened in 2019 for new construction but left intact for conversions. This idea would boost the incentive to 20 years but sunset it five years after passage.
CommercialPhilly is exploring a 20-year property tax abatement for converting struggling office buildings to apartments The 10-year property tax abatement was weakened in 2019 for new construction but left intact for conversions. This idea would boost the incentive to 20 years but sunset it five years after passage.
EducationUArts’ Hamilton Hall will go to the Philly company that repurposed the Bok BuildingLindsey Scannapieco’s Philadelphia company Scout intends to preserve Hamilton Hall for artist workspaces and the attached Furness building for subsidized apartments for artists.
EducationUArts’ Hamilton Hall will go to the Philly company that repurposed the Bok BuildingLindsey Scannapieco’s Philadelphia company Scout intends to preserve Hamilton Hall for artist workspaces and the attached Furness building for subsidized apartments for artists.
CommercialSheetz eyes an expansion into Wawa territory in MontcoIn the ongoing battle between Sheetz and Wawa, the Altoona-based company is looking at the intersection of Ridge Pike and Swamp Pike in Limerick.
CommercialSheetz eyes an expansion into Wawa territory in MontcoIn the ongoing battle between Sheetz and Wawa, the Altoona-based company is looking at the intersection of Ridge Pike and Swamp Pike in Limerick.
Residential160-unit apartment complex planned for Southwest PhiladelphiaWest Philadelphia developer Haverford Square Properties is building in a neighborhood where it hasn't done so before — on the edge of Southwest Philadelphia.
Residential160-unit apartment complex planned for Southwest PhiladelphiaWest Philadelphia developer Haverford Square Properties is building in a neighborhood where it hasn't done so before — on the edge of Southwest Philadelphia.
EducationLead bidder for UArts’ Hamilton Hall plans art gallery, work space for artists, and restaurantThere are plans for an art gallery in the front lobby where local artists can display their work and the public can view it for free. Working spaces for artists also will be included.
EducationLead bidder for UArts’ Hamilton Hall plans art gallery, work space for artists, and restaurantThere are plans for an art gallery in the front lobby where local artists can display their work and the public can view it for free. Working spaces for artists also will be included.
OpinionMayor Parker can help keep the arts in the Avenue of the Arts — if she acts quickly Lindsey Scannapieco, who turned the Bok Building into a hive for makers, is going toe-to-toe with a deep-pocketed developer to gain control of UArts' flagship building.
OpinionMayor Parker can help keep the arts in the Avenue of the Arts — if she acts quickly Lindsey Scannapieco, who turned the Bok Building into a hive for makers, is going toe-to-toe with a deep-pocketed developer to gain control of UArts' flagship building.
CommercialBarnes & Noble returns to Bryn Mawr, and independent bookshops fear being squeezed out“Bookstores around the country feel like they are targeting areas with a good, independent bookstore culture," Main Point Books owner Cathy Fiebach said.
CommercialBarnes & Noble returns to Bryn Mawr, and independent bookshops fear being squeezed out“Bookstores around the country feel like they are targeting areas with a good, independent bookstore culture," Main Point Books owner Cathy Fiebach said.
BusinessA private company has paid $1 rent for decades for this public property. A new appraisal sets market rate at $330,000. Holt Logistics has paid $1 a year for the land under the Walt Whitman Bridge. That deal has come under scrutiny by the N.J. comptroller, and the Delaware River Port Authority wants a new one.
BusinessA private company has paid $1 rent for decades for this public property. A new appraisal sets market rate at $330,000. Holt Logistics has paid $1 a year for the land under the Walt Whitman Bridge. That deal has come under scrutiny by the N.J. comptroller, and the Delaware River Port Authority wants a new one.
CommercialThe Divine Lorraine will become apartments again, as hotel transformation is abandoned Amid a messy ownership dispute, North Philadelphia's historic building had become an extended-stay hotel.
CommercialThe Divine Lorraine will become apartments again, as hotel transformation is abandoned Amid a messy ownership dispute, North Philadelphia's historic building had become an extended-stay hotel.
EducationAnother UArts bid has come in: $11.6 million for Juniper HallA limited liability company has offered $11.6 million for Juniper Hall, formerly used as a student residence hall. A lawyer for the company did not immediately respond for comment.
EducationAnother UArts bid has come in: $11.6 million for Juniper HallA limited liability company has offered $11.6 million for Juniper Hall, formerly used as a student residence hall. A lawyer for the company did not immediately respond for comment.
EducationBankruptcy court judge rules that Arts Bank building can go to developer, the highest bidderThe judge said the UArts bankruptcy trustee “is required to liquidate estate property promptly and efficiently to maximize returns to creditors and that is what he has done here.”
EducationBankruptcy court judge rules that Arts Bank building can go to developer, the highest bidderThe judge said the UArts bankruptcy trustee “is required to liquidate estate property promptly and efficiently to maximize returns to creditors and that is what he has done here.”