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26 January 2022

Rooftop Fire Sends Smoke Billowing Over Center City Philadelphia

Heavy smoke could be seen billowing from a high-rise in Center City Philadelphia on Sunday, 23 January, 2022. The flames broke out around 11:30 a.m....

05 January 2022

Permits Issued For Auction House Overbuild in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square

Permits have been issued for a multi-family overbuild above the historic Freeman’s Auction House, located at 1810 Chestnut Street in Rittenhouse Square, Center City. Designed...

10 November 2021

New Addition to the University of Pennsylvania Campus Opens in Philadelphia

The Pavilion, an inpatient facility on the University of Pennsylvania medical campus is now open. Designed by the architects Foster + Partners, with the architect of...

30 September 2021

Philadelphia Residential Building Tops Off

The topping off of The Laurel Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia was celebrated by architect Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) and developer Southern Land Company on 28...

18 March 2021

Philadelphia Calls for "Lights Out" to Reduce Bird Collisions

The lights of Philadelphia may not shine as bright in the coming weeks as a coalition in the City of Brotherly Love tries to prevent...

09 March 2021

Hospital in Philadelphia Unveils New High-Rise Proposals

The week of 4 March, 2021, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has unveiled two new high-rise proposals, one at (tentatively) 3401 Civic Center Boulevard...

17 February 2021

New Permits Filed in Center City, Philadelphia

Permits have been issued for the consolidation of the five properties that make up the site of the 567-foot-tall (172-meter-tall) 49-story skyscraper proposed at 113-121...

24 September 2020

Specialty Care Pavilion to Rise in Philadelphia

Jefferson Health has announced plans for the Thomas Jefferson Specialty Care Pavilion, the latest in the organization’s portfolio of properties in the Market East district...

14 September 2020

Redevelopment Plan Approved for Waterfront Philadelphia Site

The Durst Organization of New York has been selected to redevelop Penn’s Landing, ending efforts by the Philadelphia 76ers to build themselves a new basketball...

04 March 2020

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Undergoing Major Expansion

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), bursting at the seams on its University City campus, has unleashed a US$3.4 billion building boom. Planned new construction...