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Out-of-town real estate developers and investors have seemingly fallen in love with Center City. A raft of private and public real estate firms from New York, Washington, Boston, Chicago and [...]

Home Depot, Target, Lowe's Home Center, Barnes & Noble, Old Navy. Those are some of the retailers whose names pop up in development proposals submitted to the city of Philadelphia [...]

PLYMOUTH MEETING - A building boom is under way in this Mongomery County crossroads, with more than 2 million square feet of office space and about 1,500 hotel rooms either [...]

James Brown IV works his magic in West Phila. Most of us would have taken one look at the vacant houses and apartments in the southern extreme of Fairmount Park [...]

Construction on one of the largest projects in Center City Philadelphia has come to a near standstill on word that Lehman Bros. is rethinking its commitment as the leading lender. [...]

Ask Bob Carmack, executive director of the Bucks County Economic Development Corp., about growth in the Newtown-Yardley area of Lower Bucks County, and his list of projects either under way [...]

Thomas Development Partners, owner of the twin Commerce square towers in Center City, plans to develop the block of land to its west. At the same time, the company has [...]

WARMINSTER - A Bucks County economic development group has submitted a formal bid to purchase 300 acres of the former Naval Air Warfare Center here. The proposal includes a 15-year [...]

The Delaware Valley real estate industry, catching up to a trend that surfaced in other parts of the country in the mid-1990s, is now finally seeing the return of speculative [...]

Here's the latest dilemma facing Philadelphia commerce officials: Beer vs. Pep Boys. Beer vs. Taco Bell. Beer vs. a college classroom. The battleground is a vacant lot at American Street [...]

Ask Arthur Loeben what's been happening lately and his voice softens. The director of Montgomery County's planning department hasn't had a whole lot of work do, not compared to 1987 [...]

William Rouse of Rouse and Associates discusses the development of his Great Valley Corporate Center. Rouse and Associates has developed corporate parks in five states, but Rouse has a soft spot for Philadelphia. Rouse stresses the needs for city planning and civic pride.

LOWER MAKEFIELD - Township Manager Terry Fedorchak uses the old real estate mantra to explain the recent interest in retail construction in the Lower Bucks County region surrounding Oxford Valley [...]

Driving along the Gibbsboro-Marlton Road, you see Main Street's parts before encountering its whole. The two-lane road rises and falls over wooded fields that give way to assorted asphalt plants, [...]

Expectations big for Conshohocken commercial market after the economy comes back to life. The land is there. The demand is there. The money isn't. Yet. Two developers are poised to [...]

Bucks economic planners say the future is diversity The flow of new businesses and residents into Bucks County continues, after a recessionary slowdown, county executives and planners say. 'Residential growth [...]

Shopping up a storm of development in Pa. Despite a poor overall retail economy, Pennsylvanians still have cash to spend and retail developers remain eager to cash in, according to [...]

Pine Creek long on luxury -- a niche short on buyers Even the rich seem to be staying put during the recession, real estate agents say, but some multi-million housing [...]

Nichols Co. grabs a piece of Delco for office project The Nichols Co. is entering one of the hotter commercial development markets in the region by purchasing a 75-acre tract [...]

According to local real estate observers, the Calavanese Corp. is the leading commercial real estate developer in Northeast Philadelphia. President Carmen Calvanese attributes the firm's success to its good relations with local civic organizations, and to good area demographics.

Real estate appraiser Joseph O'Donnell discusses the competitive market and the requirements for self-storage facilities in Greater Philadelphia. He cautions prospective operators to look at the area competition, surrounding population, property zoning and availability of loans.