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City Council Passes Budget, Construction Tax Ahead of Summer Break

Just like school kids pushing to finish their final projects before summer vacation, Philadelphia City Council on Thursday approved a flurry of measures both big […]

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Just Listed: A Standout Home in East Kensington for $585K

Red Oak Development, the people who built the Parish House not far from this place in East Kensington, pride themselves on being a notch or […]

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It’s Hip to be Square on Avenue 30

There have been all sorts of attempts to solve the central problem of the Philadelphia row house, namely, the need to fit it into a […]

Property

Tax Abatement Huge Shot in Arm for City, Study Finds

Consider the 10-year property tax abatements on new construction and rehabilitation a down payment on a future gusher in revenue for the city thanks to […]

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Hard Hat Tour: 1423 N. Myrtlewood Street

Most of the news you read on real estate and development sites like this one focuses on multi-unit projects that often take up the entire […]

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Jawdropper of the Week: New Digs in Old City for $2.3M

Do you dream of upscale living in Philadelphia? If so, feast your eyes on this townhome located at 240 Arch St., one of three properties making up […]

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Is The Center City Housing Boom Sustainable?

Center City may have just regained momentum as a job generator, thanks largely to adjacent University City, but its housing market has taken off like […]

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Trinity Tuesday: An All-New Trinity in Graduate Hospital for $595K

Thought the trinity was a house type of the past? We sure did, until this 21st-century trinity on steroids came to our attention. Check it […]

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Parke Place Progress Report

We were strolling up the Avenue of the Arts last week and decided to check in on the Parke Place townhouse development in the 1300 […]

City Life

Ori Feibush Doesn’t Like It When You Call Him a “Shady, Crass, Money Driven Developer”

Ori Feibush builds building. Point Breeze resident gets upset. Ori Feibush launches counterattack. If you’ve followed Ori’s career at all, none of this should be […]

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Two Seriously Injured After Center City Construction Accident

Yesterday, a 52-year-old construction worker who fell 30 feet from the steel frame of a building he was working on at 19th and Arch was […]

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Bart Blatstein Opts for “Invisible Man” Over Brand Name

Somewhere between turning South Columbus Boulevard into an extension of South Jersey and turning Northern Liberties into a newer Old City, developer Bart Blatstein figured […]

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Today in Animals: Giant Union Rat Is Now on Wheels

“This has been a helluva week for Philly’s animal population. A turkey in West Philly. A celebrity dog with a cleft palate. Rats in Rittenhouse. And […]

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WATCH: Philly Contractor Moons His Neighbors

Honestly: I’m not entirely certain what’s going on here in this not-entirely-safe-for-work video… …except that it sure looks like there’s poor relations between this Philly […]

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Philadelphia Zoo’s KidsZooU Opens This Month

This is a big spring for the Zoo—your new parking garage and new children’s zoo and education center, KidsZooU, both open this month. What can we […]