Center City
Congratulations, PREIT–the Gallery Is All Yours
As of yesterday, Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) officially owns the Kmart at Ninth and Market–the one it paid $60 million for even though […]
Hood Links: Drexel’s URBN Center, Mt. Airy’s Lovett Park, East Passyunk’s New Team Room
Here it is, your afternoon neighborhood news fix. · UCity: Drexel’s New URBN Center Has Stairways That Lead To Stairways [philebrity] · Center City: Historic […]
Where to Open Next? Strangelove’s Co-owner Leigh Maida Explains.
Leigh Maida and husband/business partner Brendan Hartranft–along with other parnters and investors–own and operate four neighborhood bistros that emphasize quality brews and delicious pub fare. […]
Mayor Nutter Tentatively Approves Statue of David Binswanger
At the renaming announcement for 1818 Market Street this afternoon, there were few big shocks. The bank’s CEO Gerry Cuddy happily and enthusiastically thanked half […]
Property Profiles: Condo King Allan Domb
Property Profiles is a series highlighting the people who have defined the Greater Philadelphia area and continue to chart its future–from established developers with numerous projects […]
Today: 1818 Market Street Is Renamed, Becomes Beneficial’s Corporate Headquarters
At 1 p.m. today, a crowd will gather in the lobby of the high-rise 1818 Market Street to hear the mayor and assorted real estate […]
Property’s Morning Obsession: A Louis Kahn House Not Built By Louis Kahn
Take a quick look at this Center City house and you might think it was designed by legendary Philadelphia architect Louis Kahn. Everything from the […]
Property Profiles: Developer Carl Dranoff
Property Profiles is a series highlighting the people who have defined the Greater Philadelphia area and continue to chart its future–from established developers with numerous […]
Hottest Philadelphia City Neighborhoods: Let’s Start With Graduate Hospital
The April 2013 issue of Philadelphia Magazine should be hitting newsstands soon, and the cover story is about the hottest neighborhoods in our area. While […]
Which Philly Neighborhoods Have the Most High School Dropouts?
Did you or someone you know enroll in the 9th grade class of a Philadelphia public high school in the Fall of 2006? If so, […]
Philly’s New Casinos, Plus the Apparently Related Crappy Basement of a Complete Stranger
There are six proposals for Philadelphia’s next casino, and you know wherever things ends up, people will complain. So let’s forestall the inevitable moaning and […]
Philly’s First Performing Arts Charter High School Will Be Housed in Former Glaxo Building
As more than two dozen traditional public schools are slated to close this year, at least one spiffy new charter school is poised to open […]
Phillie Phanatic Smothers Carl Dranoff at Southstar Groundbreaking
Groundbreakings are always exciting, what with the crowds and the photo ops and the smell of new construction in the air. Inviting the Phillie Phanatic […]
Here’s What the New Southstar Lofts at Broad and South Will Look Like
Today is a press conference to commemorate, among other things, the groundbreaking of Southstar Lofts, the newest project from Dranoff Properties (Carl Dranoff will soon […]
Update: Graduate Hospital House Sold in 60 Seconds!
Remember the Graduate Hospital home we predicted would sell quickly? Sure you do. Your brain is agile. We hear that it did indeed sell briskly […]