Real Estate
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Features in KensingtonBreaking Ground on NKCDC’s New Development Project in Neighborhood North of Lehigh
The five story Orinoka Mills building in Kensington will undergo an ambitious $16.2 million transformation. On October 27th, The City of Philadelphia and New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC) broke…
Thomas Weir | 11/05/2015 -
Community in KensingtonPop’s Playground Ready for Revival in East Kensington
At the corner of Trenton Avenue and Hazzard Street in East Kensington lies a Frankenstein of a public space: Part playground, part dog park, part basketball court, part skatepark, Pop’s…
Thomas Weir | 11/04/2015 -
Features in Fishtown“WTF is That?” 26th District Police Station
For this month's edition of “WTF is That?,” we're looking at a building that has happily found new owners and a new use in this decade, unlike some of the…
Austin Nolen | 11/02/2015 -
News in KensingtonBoston Court to Be the Newest Addition to East Kensington
East Kensington is starting to see some more development projects above Emerald Street. Currently, there are two lots with plans for development next to each other stretching from York and…
Thomas Weir | 10/14/2015 -
Local Business in Northern LibertiesConstruction Begins at Former Ortlieb’s Brewery Site
Construction has begun on a new project that will reside at the former location of Ortlieb's Brewery at the corner of 3rd and Poplar in Northern Liberties. Henry Ortlieb started brewing…
Ben Smolin | 10/05/2015 -
A&E in KensingtonMartha Comes to Kensington
Kensington will be getting a new bar at the corner of York and Martha Streets. Martha, a collaborative effort consisting of Fishtown developers Cary Borish and Michael Parsell and Khyber Pass veteran Jon…
Ben Smolin | 09/30/2015 -
CommunityWTF Is That? Frankford & Torresdale Industrial Site
This month's “WTF is That?” features buildings slightly out of our normal beat here at The Spirit, but they represent a history that could just as easily fit into the…
Austin Nolen | 09/25/2015 -
Community in FishtownAwesometown Holding Open House Before Night Market
On Thursday, October 1 there will be an open house at the new Awesometown housing development located at 437 Moyer Street. The development is a unique collaboration between the New…
Ben Smolin | 09/23/2015 -
Community in KensingtonGroundbreaking at Former Orinoka Mills Site
On October 27 Philadelphia and the New Kensington Community Development Corporation will have a groundbreaking ceremony at the location of the former Orinoka Mills building in Kensington at 11AM. Located…
Ben Smolin | 09/22/2015 -
CommunitySRC Approves Sale of Two Riverwards Schools
The Philadelphia School Reform Commission approved the sale of two Riverwards schools on Thursday, August 20. The SRC is selling Willard Elementary School in Kensington to the nonprofit Project HOME…
Ben Smolin | 08/24/2015 -
Features in FishtownSugarHouse “Tops Off” New Expansion Project
Wendy Hamilton addressed the crowd gathered in the parking lot of her casino on a hot summer morning. The general manager of SugarHouse called the gathering the second largest announcement…
Max Pulcini | 08/19/2015 -
News in FishtownFishtown Engineer Returns to Neighborhood of his Youth
In 2003 Lawrence McKnight was a Drexel-educated engineer working on Citizen's Bank Park when he ventured to a home construction site in nearby Packer Park. The houses were getting offers…
Ben Smolin | 08/18/2015