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Jake Blumgart

Reporter · US

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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Jake Blumgart

    An office-to-apartment conversion is underway in Logan Square. Here’s why it works. (opens the original)

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    The residential conversion of the former office building at 2100 Arch St. is underway, with completion expected in late 2027 or early 2028. Philadelphia-based MM Partners paid $12 million for the eight-story building in March 2023, with plans for 116 apartments in the Logan Square neighborhood. It was formerly the Jewish Community Services Building. But the site was quiet for a few years and the project delayed by skittish lenders who were concerned about financing more apartments in a market th

  2. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Jake Blumgart

    Penn’s $520 million renovation of David Rittenhouse Lab is one of Philly’s largest construction projects (opens the original)

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    As real estate development in Philadelphia slows, the most expensive project on the horizon is a state-of-the-art laboratory and classroom building set to replace a mid-century structure that lacks central air-conditioning. The $520 million redevelopment of the David Rittenhouse Laboratory at 209 S. 33rd St. will raze two-thirds of the existing structure. A seven-story, 325,000-square-foot replacement, dubbed the Penn Discovery Commons, will be built in its place. The David Rittenhouse Laborator

  3. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Jake Blumgart

    A 122-unit duplex development is planned just west of Girard Estates (opens the original)

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    A new housing proposal would bring 122 units in 61 duplexes to 2225-27 Shunk St., a vacant lot next to South Philadelphia’s Girard Estates neighborhood. The property is one of the few large developable parcels in the area, which has seen little new housing construction even as neighborhoods to the north boomed in recent years due to its scarcity of empty lots. “Adding more single-family residences there, with parking and green space, will breathe some life into a little pocket of the area th

  4. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Jake Blumgart

    A gated community of 140 townhouses is proposed near Packer Park (opens the original)

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    A former Philadelphia Housing Authority warehouse site at 3100 Penrose Ferry Rd. is set to be transformed into a gated community with 140 townhouses, just to the northwest of FDR Park. The proposal comes from Philadelphia-based Trove Capital, which bought the site from the housing authority in June for $8.5 million. The townhomes will be built in 28 clusters of three to seven units across the site, with each home coming with two parking spaces. The site will have an additional 141 surface parkin

  5. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Jake Blumgart

    Mixed income apartment project in Center City gets its final approval after almost 11 years (opens the original)

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    Construction was supposed to have started on a 14-story apartment building at 2012 Chestnut St., a collaboration between the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) and Alterra Property Group. In late 2025, after years of delays, the partners said construction would begin in early 2026. Instead, the 121-apartment project has stalled for another nine months in the face of hang-ups at the federal level. But at a meeting of PHA’s board Thursday, the agency promised that this time, really, constructi

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