April 17, 2012
Green Nine In Northern Liberties Coming soon to Northern Liberties at 618 North 3rd Street: Introducing Green-NINE Townhomes! A luxury New Construction TownHomes development in the Heart of Northern Liberties. This unit is a 4 story, 3 bed/3 bath unit. Each home will have Parking and a Private Green Garden!! Other amenities include; hardwood floors throughout, custom kitchens with Granite […]
April 16, 2012
Official Reading Viaduct Renderings The Center City District commissioned renderings for the proposed Reading Viaduct Park phase 1. Take a look they’re pretty cool. Looking east from above 13th Street: Here’s an overview of the entire proposal: Here’s a street level view: Pretty amazing. Reading Viaduct Park would transform the Loft District into a walkable part of Center City and […]
April 15, 2012
Fishtown New Construction At G8 Just saw an AMAZING new construction home in Fishtown at 2400 Amber Street. The project is called G8 and the home has 2beds/2.5 baths and is listed just over 300k. Introducing G8 Life in Fishtown! G8 builders are Energy Star and Green Advantage Certified Builders that takes the design element to the next level offering […]
April 14, 2012
Toll Brothers 2400 South Update Anyone who’s driven past 24th and South lately has seen the remains of the recently demoed garage that will soon be the newest Toll Brothers development 2400 South. Clearly there’s still a great deal of work to be done but interestingly, the first of the 2400 South real estate listings just hit the MLS: 2400 […]
April 12, 2012
Bart Blatstein Building Casino On Broad Street Philly.com reports that well known developer Bart Blatstein wants to build a casino complex on a property he recently acquired on Broad Street, North of City Hall, and covert the Inquirer/Daily News building into a hotel. The entire project will span 3 blocks and would be the largest contribution to the North Broad […]
April 12, 2012
Royal Izakaya Coming To Queen Village Stephen Simons, owner of Foobooz’s recently crowned #1 bar in Philadelphia – The Khyber Pass Pub, and also owner of Cantina Los Caballitos will open Royal Izakaya at 780 South 2nd Street in Queen Village later this year. A sampling of the food that will be offered at Royal Izakaya was offer at The […]
April 10, 2012
Unique New Construction Home In Graduate Hospital Noticed a really cool new construction home that just became available at 1732 Kater Street in Graduate Hospital. The property is 3 stories, has 2beds/2baths and is listed for $449,000. Not bad considering this is what it used to look like: Here’s the description from the Philadelphia MLS: Check out this brand new […]
April 10, 2012
One Divan Closes And Another Opens Divan Turkish Kitchen, formerly located on the corner of 22nd and Christian in Graduate Hospital, recently closed and SoWe, a new bistro, took it’s place. Former owner of Divan, Ilkur Ugur, apparently now has his hands full with a property he owns at 2132 Montrose Street and his attempts to create a restaurant that […]
April 10, 2012
Top Employers In Philadelphia People in the Philadelphia Real Estate community often hear that our local economy has helped insulate us from the housing crash experienced by most large metropolitan US cities. It is widely held that the top employers in Philadelphia are “meds and eds”. The Philadelphia Business journal recently released their report naming the Top Employers In Philadelphia […]