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PHILADELPHIA After a dizzying period of expansion here, developers and investors have put the brakes on The Philadelphia skyline, which was transformed by a new generation of high-rise office towers [...]

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 [...]

PHILADELPHIA Reduction in downtown vacancy rate occurs due to unexpected circumstances It was not the way anyone expected to reduce Philadelphia's downtown office vacancy rate, but a spectacular fire that [...]

AIRPORT AREA Where Developers Fly Moon: With dozens of new commercial, residential and road projects underway, booming Moon Township is overhauling its zoning laws for the first time since 1971. [...]

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 [...]

City playing catch-up for 'lifestyle market' BLOOMFIELD -- For Joedda Sampson, the thought of turning some of the city's old industrial buildings into multifamily condominiums was more than a frightening [...]

Malvern, Pa.-based LIBERTY PROPERTY TRUST plans to break ground next month on its $50 million Quarry Ridge in Chester County project that includes an office building, hotel and two restaurants. [...]

Drive time, number of 'big-box' retailers credited for success NORTH FAYETTE -- When the owners of Bravo Development Inc. were scouting the Pittsburgh area for a restaurant site earlier this [...]

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 [...]

The Seltzer Organization, a privately-held real estate firm, does $40-50 million worth of construction annually. The firm specializes in office construction, and built the first suburban industrial park in the northeast, the 800-acre Fort Washington Office Center.

SOUTH SIDE - Forest City Enterprises Co. is working to sign at least five new restaurants with growing national reputations for Bessemer Court, its entertainment-retail plan for a Station square [...]

FRANKLIN, PARK - The sprawling North Hills market is attracting an estimated $43 million in two separate developments. Wann Corp., a Marshall Township-based contractor, has decided to build a new [...]

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 [...]

Some Western Pennsylvania communities are forcing eager developers to play by a new set of rules If you have spent any time on Route 19 in Cranberry Township or on [...]

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. [...]

Real estate developers Ira Lubert and Dean Adler are renovating and converting old office buildings in order to provide apartments in Center City, Philadelphia, PA. This method of regenerating city centers is discussed.

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 [...]

GREENSBURG - Five proposed expressway expansions. Ten standing or proposed county industrial parks. A $4.75 million airport terminal expansion. And 354 housing starts so far this year, only 111 less [...]

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 [...]

LaFarge weighs its options over Mon River property DOWNTOWN -- A prime chunk of property on Second Avenue along the Monongahela River may be sold to a Beaver County businessman [...]

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 [...]

East housing market signals growth Expansion in Pittsburgh's North Hills and Western suburbs gets a lot of ink, but to the east, Westmoreland County is also experiencing a spate of [...]

Oakland's Playhouse Square becomes reality The partnership of public and private interests in development was celebrated once again last week in Oakland. On Tuesday, July 17, representatives from the Urban [...]

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.

The Greater Philadelphia area is enjoying an explosion of retail development as major chain operators have finally discovered the fourth largest market in the nation, according to Daniel J. Hughes, [...]

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 [...]

Alcoa said to be among those interested in the riverfront property DOWNTOWN - CSX Realty Corp. said it is in the hunt for a real estate company to advise it [...]