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Drexel University is selling medical building on North Broad Street for apartment conversion
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (364+ words) The apartment project is only the latest in a boomlet of conversions just north of City Hall. Drexel University is selling the Arnold T. Berman building at 219-25 N. Broad St. , while securing permits for its conversion into 90 apartments. The 11-story building is…...
This Narberth therapist's home is filled with original art
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (565+ words) Carla Krash's Narberth home is a reflection of her extensive artistic talents. Her inventive projects include hand-painted stenciled walls, unique furniture designs, luxurious bedding, and imaginative ways to create stunning decor from ordinary objects. She bought the 1, 450-square-foot, two-story home…...
Apartment proposal for Queen Village is back with a new owner and affordable units
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (520+ words) The proposal for the 63-unit building will include one- and two-bedroom apartments and seven affordable units. A long planned four-story apartment building at 1015 S. Third St. is set to break ground this summer after a five-year delay. Zoning permits were issued…...
Philadelphia needs more housing. So why does Center City still have so many parking lots?
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (1253+ words) More than two dozen sites continue to be used for public parking in Center City, one of Philadelphia's most desirable residential areas. Those lots are a valuable, untapped resource. Certain things in Philadelphia defy logical explanation. I call them the…...
Conversions of offices to apartments in Philadelphia more than doubled over the last year
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (423+ words) The office building at 1701 Market Street, the Wannamaker Building and Center Square are prominent conversion projects underway in Center City. At the beginning of the year, the Philadelphia metro area had 2, 697 apartments in the process of conversion from office space,…...
Mounting foreclosures around Temple U. spotlight questionable real estate deals
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (1765+ words) Temple University and other renters in North Philadelphia could be effected as apartment buildings start heading to foreclosure following suspicious sales. A potential wave of foreclosures has begun near Temple University after some buyers who paid tens of millions of…...
They wanted more space than they had in Newtown Square. They found what they were looking for in Malvern. | How I Bought This House
1+ week, 6+ day ago (890+ words) During a winter-long search, Marissa Diorio and Dean Koch took their time selecting their new home. The buyers: Marissa Diorio, 32, nurse practitioner; Dean Koch, 33, interventional radiology tech The house: A 3, 200-square-foot split-level home in Malvern with five bedrooms and 2" baths…...
Margate's priciest home for sale | Real Estate Newsletter
2+ week, 1+ day ago (739+ words) Greetings! Michaelle is off, so I'll be here to talk real estate with you for the next few weeks. Last weekend's spring weather has me fantasizing about trips to the Shore. I'm an Ocean City girlie (my pizza loyalty is…...
Cherry Hill rezoned an office park to allow for housing, but don't expect new construction any time soon
2+ week, 3+ day ago (362+ words) A new zoning overlay allows for up to 320 housing units to be built at Three Executive Campus, an office park between Route 70 and Cuthbert Boulevard. Cherry Hill has rezoned an "underutilized" office park to make way for potential housing, but…...
Delco is one of only five counties in the Mid-Atlantic where the typical home is affordable for the typical buyer
3+ week, 2+ day ago (750+ words) The multiple listing service Bright MLS analyzed roughly 90 counties in six states and found that most are unaffordable for homebuyers. In no county can a median-income renter afford a starter home. If you made the typical income in your community,…...