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320 apartments proposed for former S. Kensington Scrap Yard
On Thursday, April 11, Council President Darrell Clarke introduced a bill rezoning a small portion of the vacant lot between 2nd, Master, Thompson, and American streets from I-2 to CMX-3 to…
Navy Yard unveils updated master plan, celebrates 10K jobs milestone
Ten or 15 years from now, if all goes according to an updated master plan, the number of people working at the Philadelphia Navy Yard will double to 20,000, and could…
Navy Yard to release 2013 Master Plan update Wednesday
UPDATED: On Friday, PIDC announced the The Navy Yard event has been rescheduled for Feb. 1. An earlier version of this story had the original date. The Philadelphia Navy Yard will…
Mellits succeeds Sklaroff at Ballard Spahr
Bart I. Mellits is now chairman of the Ballard Spahr Real Estate Department, taking the reins from department founder Michael Sklaroff. Mellits' has worked on a wide variety of commercial…
Planning and development, a look back at 2012
It's been a busy year for planning and development in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia City Planning Commission added more detail to Philadelphia2035, the city's comprehensive plan, by adopting three district-level plans that…
Canal Street North developer meets with NLNA, hears concerns about noise, parking, traffic
Developer Michael Samschick spoke with the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association's zoning committee Monday about Canal Street North, the development he plans to build around Canal Street at Delaware and Frankford avenues,…
PCPC calls for mixed use commercial development at the Sheet Metal Workers union property
Planning Commissioners voted Tuesday to support a zoning bill that would allow a mixed use commercial development to be built at the Sheet Metal Workers union property at Columbus Boulevard and…
City says feds need to build earthen berm to provide flooding relief in Eastwick, and 722 apartments won't make it worse
Flooding in Eastwick is a very real problem, but it would not be made worse by a proposed 722-unit apartment complex, the Philadelphia water commissioner and the deputy mayor who oversees…
On the brink of reaching a 10,000-jobs milestone, Navy Yard will soon release an updated Master Plan
The Philadelphia Navy Yard will soon be home to as many workers as the shipyard employed before it closed.At the end of this year, GlaxoSmithKline will finish construction on its…
Planning Commission approves changes to Marina View plan of development
Developer Ensemble Real Estate has amended its original plan for Marina View Towers - a residential project at 230 N. Columbus Avenue, near the Benjamin Franklin Bridge – by adding more…
Toll Brothers gets support of Society Hill Civic board for its proposed condo building on the former NewMarket site
Toll Brothers' proposed 69-unit, 68-foot tall condo development at 401 Front St. - the former NewMarket site - got the support of the Society Hill Civic Association's board Monday night.The…
Waterfront developer plans 3,000-person music venue, restaurants, a bowling alley and a distillery at Ajax Metal Works site
Developer Michael Samschick hopes to transform the former Ajax Metal Works, at Frankford and Delaware avenues in Fishtown, into a 3,000-person music venue, a bowling alley, two restaurants and a distillery.…
1,458-unit, four-tower residential and retail complex proposed for former World Trade Center site
Developer Waterfront Renaissance Associates plans to build a 1,458-unit, four-tower residential and retail complex at the corner of Columbus Boulevard and Spring Garden Street – the spot where WRA had once…
Planning Commission gets first look at Toll Brothers plan for former Stamper Square site
Toll Brothers gave the city planning commission a look at the 69-unit condo building the Horsham-based company hopes to build on a long-vacant Front Street site in Society Hill. The spot…
Toll Brothers hopes to begin construction on a 69-unit, gated condo building at the former New Market site in 2013
Horsham-based Toll Brothers hopes to replace the large hole at 410 S. Front St. in Society Hill with a 69-unit, 68-foot-tall, gated condominium with 108 underground parking spaces.That 410 S.…
CDAG concerned Planning Commission isn't protecting Master Plan for Central Delaware
Members of the Central Delaware Advocacy Group worry that the Philadelphia City Planning Commission's recent acceptance of the development plan for a 180-unit, 11-story apartment building near the Ben Franklin Bridge…
Critics of planned Eastwick apartment complex say it would harm the John Heinz refuge and increase flood risk
Eastwick residents, advocates for the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, and the Delaware Riverkeeper Network have coalesced to fight a 722-unit, 35-acre apartment complex proposed for city-owned land adjacent to the…
PennPraxis celebrates 10th season with session on its future direction
To commemorate the 10th birthday of PennPraxis on Saturday, Executive Director Harris Steinberg and Penn School of Design Dean Marilyn Jordan Taylor invited planning and design experts, alums, and Philadelphia residents…
City planning gives its blessing to three street bills
Green Tree Charter School is a step closer to building a new track. The City of Philadelphia Planning Commission this week gave its blessing to Streets Bill 120178, authorizing the striking…
Three-story townhouse development planned for Front Street in Old City
Developer David Perlman told city planners Tuesday that he hopes to build a 38-unit townhouse development with a green roof, outdoor space for each unit, and a mix of surface-lot and…
