The Sixers proposed new arena in Center City is already getting bigger. Eyewitness News confirms the Sixers plan to acquire the current site of the Greyhound Bus Terminal on Filbert Street. Last month, the Sixers ownership announced their plans to build the new arena, calling it 76 Place at Market East. Acquiring the Greyhound Bus Terminal… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Philly Land Sites
Alterra Property Group Wants to Bring 352 apartment units for Market Street in West Philly
Alterra Property Group wants to bring 352 apartment units to the intersection of 42nd and Market Streets, on the edge of West Philadelphia’s University City. The six-story modular building would include 22,511 square feet of retail space, a roof deck, amenity space, and 110 parking spaces. “We think there’s a lot of demand for mid-size… Read more »
Haverford School pays nearly $20M for nearby 43-acre property
The Haverford School, an all-boys day school on the Main Line, has paid $19.88 million for a 43-acre property in Bryn Mawr that once served as the Presbyterian Children’s Village. The property at 452 S. Roberts Road is roughly three miles from the school’s campus off Lancaster Avenue in Haverford. The seller was Gemma Services,… Read more »
Lehigh Valley Health Network plans to build new hospital in western Montgomery County
Lehigh Valley Health Network has acquired property in western Montgomery County where it is in the early planning stages to build a “neighborhood” hospital, marking its latest push into the Philadelphia region. The project is planned along 21 acres acquired earlier this year by the Allentown-based health system in Gilbertsville, Douglass Township, for $7.6 million,… Read more »
New Plan for Philly Navy Yard, Nearly 9M SF of Development
A development team for 109 acres at the Philadelphia Navy Yard has fine tuned its initial plan for the site that involves $6 billion in new investment over the next two decades. The build out is expected to result in 12,000 new jobs at the South Philadelphia property and continue its transformation. The plan calls… Read more »
Tennessee-Based Developer Breaks Ground on Multifamily Project in Center City
Southern Land Co. has started construction on its new 27-story multifamily development at 1620 Sansom St. in Center City Philadelphia. The Nashville, Tennessee-based developer’s latest Philadelphia project is set to include 254 luxury rental units, including multiple penthouses with private terraces. Southern Land Co. purchased the site for the development project, which was previously home to an aging parking… Read more »
Main Line Health details plans for 75-acre St. Charles Borromeo Seminary site in Wynnewood
Main Line Health plans to pursue a health and wellness concept for the 75-acre St. Charles Borromeo Seminary property in Wynnewood after acquiring the site for $43.5 million in 2019. The development, which a Main Line Health spokesperson said will take shape over the next 10 years or more, will be anchored by medical offices… Read more »
Concerned about costs, PRDC Properties sells NoLibs site tabbed for $100M development
PRDC Properties has sold 650 Fairmount, a 5-acre parcel in Northern Liberties where it had planned to build a $100 million mixed-use development. Accurate Builders & Developers of Lakewood, New Jersey, bought the site for an undisclosed amount. Accurate is expanding into the Philadelphia market and will move forward with the mixed-use project PRDC had… Read more »
PHL to Kick Off $900M Cargo Expansion Project with New $15M Facility
Philadelphia International Airport is readying to break ground on the first phase of its $90 million undertaking to triple its cargo footprint with a new facility on the former grounds of its economy parking lot. As part of the plan which it announced last summer, PHL will construct a new nine-acre, 70,000-square-foot facility. The air support… Read more »
Developers finalize lease, financing for 9-acre Delaware River mixed-use project
Jefferson Apartment Group and Haverford Properties have closed on a long-term ground lease of one of the largest parcels fronting the Delaware River as well as secured construction financing that will pave the way for the development of a mixed-use project along the waterfront. In addition to apartments, the development will have a new Sprouts… Read more »


