Brewerytown

   Two new triplexes are under construction at 2536 – 2538 West Girard Avenue. An unnamed developer, purportedly affiliated with Streamline Solutions, bought the corner property (2536 West Girard) approximately a year ago. Two of the units had been put on the market for $365,000 each, though they are currently not for sale. The third is up for grabs at $325,000. Callahan Ward has purchased the property next door, the framework of which is now going up.

Poplar

   In 2014, Zain Development LLC purchased what was formerly the Althea Gibson Community Education and Tennis Center at 1000 West Girard Avenue for approximately $1.5 million. (It had closed a year prior due to insufficient funds.) The signs that had been posted on the side of the building advertising the property’s availability for lease are now gone. Which begs the question: what is to become of the community center?

Sharswood

   A Save-A-Lot grocery store will soon be constructed at the intersection of Ridge Avenue and Jefferson Street in the Sharswood section of North Philadelphia. It is the latest development in the Philadelphia Housing Authority’s (PHA) $500 million plan to rehabilitate Sharswood. The grocery store will cost $4.5 million to build. Construction will supposedly begin early next year. The new headquarters of the PHA will be built across the street from the Save-A-Lot. Many more projects are soon to pop up in Sharswood in the relatively near future.