Development
Welcome to the Bland New World of Philly Development
Earlier this year, Bart Blatstein, the developer best known for building the Piazza at Schmidt’s in Northern Liberties and a personal Rittenhouse Square mansion, announced […]
Richard Florida Calls For Truce in Amazon HQ2 Bidding War
Richard Florida, the urbanist researcher who first told us about the “creative class” and is now sounding the alarm about “The New Urban Crisis,” is […]
Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Big Builders: Awards Honor Shapers of the Future
How is building a development like mentoring a young child? Gary Jonas, principal of HOW Properties, explains it this way: “What I see is real estate […]
Kensington Fuming Over Developer’s Fake “Historical District”
There’s a new neighborhood in Philadelphia, kids! Parts of Kensington shall henceforth be known as Stonewall Heights. No, the name change wasn’t voted on by […]
Behind the Boom: The Next Wave of Philly Developers
Rahil Raza, founder and CEO, Raza Properties Backstory: Despite graduating from Temple with a pharmacy degree, Raza, 33, decided to start a development firm in […]
Schuylkill Yards Project To Include Major Community Engagement Component
Brandywine Realty Trust today unveiled another development to rise during Phase One of the Schuylkill Yards project. This $5.6 million project will build a stronger West […]
Philly’s Market East Is Now the Country’s Top Destination for Retailers, Report Says
It’s clear the buzz about Market East won’t let up anytime soon. We still haven’t come down from the news that the area is getting […]
New A.C. Master Plan Loosens Up Longtime Zoning Restrictions
This week the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, the body that controls Atlantic City’s Tourism District, gave the green light on changes to the city’s master […]
Developers Duel for Right to Build on Chinatown Block
Two of Philly’s local development heavyweights, Pennrose Properties and Parkway Corporation, are duking it out for the right to develop a parcel of land the […]
Is King of Prussia the New Promised Land?
ONE RECENT AFTERNOON, I take a short drive west, out the Schuylkill, to a place I have never been, despite a quarter century of living […]
Who’s Building Philly: David Perlman
One thing that David Perlman’s former line of work and his current one have in common is this: He specializes in renewing old things. Back […]
Little Pete’s to Close by End of August
Little Pete’s has a closing date. The diner, one of only a handful of diners left in Center City, has been told it needs to […]
Who’s Building Philly: Alexis Miles
This is the first in a series of profiles that will introduce you each month to the people who are actively changing the face of […]
It’s Official: Aramark Is Moving to the Schuylkill Waterfront
Aramark announced on Monday that it will move its global headquarters from Market East, where it’s been for the last 30 years, 13 blocks west […]
Insider: How to Incentivize Development In Philly’s Overlooked Neighborhoods
(This is an opinion column from a Citified insider.) Last week, Councilman and Condo King Allan Domb went public with a proposal to double the […]