Home and Real Estate Editor
Sandy Smith is Philadelphia magazine’s Home and Real Estate editor. A Kansas City native, he has called Philly home for more than 35 years. He reports on houses for sale, condos for sale, apartments for rent, new construction, development and trends in the Greater Philadelphia real estate market.
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Smith: Neighborhoods crave more control over services. Why not turn them back into actual municipalities?
It’s part of the transit-orient development trend.
And it seems like they’re betting on Port Richmond to go big.
Smith: As our beloved/maligned transit agency celebrates 50 years, a look back at the 60 years of trial and (mostly) error it took to get there.
New owner will begin reconstructing the fire-damaged apartment building soon.
Rapid transit lines will operate all night. Here’s what you need to know.
Paseo Verde is so smart, it can teach its residents a thing or two.
Smith: That Spanish business school report was no joke.
The historic Trans Atlantic Co. warehouse will get a makeover.
For ‘Funeral for a Home,’ Temple Contemporary and Tyler sought a structure whose death could tell the story of a home, a family, and a community as well.
That 38-foot height limitation can be a bitch.
Its owners have been interviewing demolition companies.
Smith: Yes, it’s great. But SEPTA continues to ignore other, more under-served areas.
MSC Retail is shopping the PREIT-owned buildings to more upscale tenants.