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Greenlit Phoenixville Housing Plan Includes Hundreds of Residences
New Phoenixville housing got final unanimous approval by the city’s borough council. The Odessa housing development will include 166 stacked townhomes and a 224-unit apartment building, writes Holly Herman for the Phoenixville Patch. The apartment building will have commercial space on the first floor and also include a 351-spot parking garage. The housing development…
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Here’s a Taste of What Longwood Gardens’ $250 Million Expansion Project Will Include
Longwood Garden’s $250 million expansion is moving along smoothly. The project includes adding 17 acres to the esteemed botanical garden, writes Emma Dooling for the Philadelphia Business Journal. This includes a 32,000-square-foot conservatory, private event space, education & administration building, bonsai courtyard, and a new restaurant. Longwood Reimagined: A New Garden Experience is set to make…
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Development Project Set to Add Chipotle, Super Wawa to Kennett Square
A new development project that is set to join Kennett Square’s bustling commercial landscape will include a new Chipotle and a new Super Wawa, according to a press release at Newswires. The project is located on ten acres of commercial property at 804 E. Baltimore Pike and is being developed by Wright Partners. In addition…
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Developer Plans to Build Warehouses on 237 Acres Near Downingtown Turnpike Exit
Audubon Land Development has submitted plans to build four warehouses along a strip of 237-acre land near the Downingtown Pennsylvania Turnpike Interchange at Route 100, also known as Lionville Station, writes Bill Rettew for The Daily Local News. A Class “A” distribution center would take up nearly two million square feet of farmland with a…
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Developer Plans to Build Warehouses on 237 Acres in Uwchlan
Audubon Land Development has submitted plans to build four warehouses along a strip of 237-acre land near the Downingtown Interchange at Route 100, also known as Lionville Station, writes Bill Rettew for The Daily Local News. A Class “A” distribution center would take up nearly 2 million square feet of farmland with a 1,432-space parking…
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Concordville Inn Demolition OK’d, But Some History Must Remain
Demolition of the historic Concordville Inn has been approved, with conditions, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. A demolition date of the building at 772-780 Baltimore Pike was not announced. The Inn was built in 1777. A 50-bed specialty rehab hospital owned by Encompass Health Corp. will replace it. Concord Township Council gave seven…
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Chinatown’s Opinion of Montco Developer’s Center City 76ers Arena: It’s an Airball
A recent survey of Chinatown businessowners has put some statistics behind what has been anecdotal evidence that 76 Place, the proposed new Center City Sixers arena put forward last year by Penn Valley developer David Adelman, is ill advised. Nina Baratti reported the data for KYW Newsradio. The poll results reflect data gathered by the…
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Bucks County Country Club Undergoes Massive Restoration Project to Preserve Property
A country club in Bucks County is currently undergoing major reconstruction and renovations to bring it back to its former glory. The Bensalem Township Country Club, located at 2000 Brown Avenue in Bensalem, is having its well-known mansion undergo a much-needed restoration project. Many of the walls of the building are having stucco added to…
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Fortune: Fort Washington’s Toll Brothers Is the No. 1 Most Admired Home Builder Worldwide
For the eighth year running, Toll Brothers — the Fort Washington–headquartered builder of luxury homes — has topped Fortune magazine’s list of most admired companies of 2023. The distinction recognized the company in the home builder subset of commercial entities worldwide. Fortune’s analysts worked with partner Korn Ferry, a Los Angeles management consultant, to peer…
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For One Montco Municipality, 2023’s Heavy Machinery and Traffic Cones Signal Future Revival
The incessant beep-beep-beep of construction equipment in Norristown will ring in the ears of residents and business owners for quite a while in 2023. But the revitalization projects they herald could inject millions of dollars in the community, recasting the noise as cheery sounds of economic optimism. Justin Heinze explained in the Norristown Patch. Here…
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Competing Interests Reach Possible Accord on Contested Plan for Montco ‘Very Special Property’
Conflicting Lower Merion interests surround the sports program of the new Black Rock Middle School. Oona Goodin-Smith covered in The Philadelphia Inquirer what may represent some middle ground. The contention surrounds construction of athletic fields. The proposed plan at the former Oakwell Estate showed sites for not only multiple school sports — baseball, softball, and…
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Borough Council Green Lights Construction of Starbucks, Car Wash on Former K-Mart Lot in Phoenixville
Phoenixville Council has given the green light to a Malvern developer to construct Tommy’s Car Wash and Starbucks on the former K-Mart lot in the borough, writes Holly Herman for the Phoenixville Patch. Arnold Anderson, executive vice president of Longview Property Group, asked the council in December to approve a zoning change for the seven-acre…
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Nationwide Survey on Buyer Trust Among New Home Builders Reveals a Montco Standout
Lifestory Research, a California market research firm, polled more than 50,000 new-home shoppers across the U.S. Respondents were asked to quantify how much or how little they trusted builders. Leah Draffen collected the responses and analyzed the results. One downside became obvious: The pandemic bump in confidence surrounding the residential real estate construction business seems…
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Suburban Community on the Verge of Major Economic Boost from a New Niche Sports Facility
Groundbreaking for the National Sports and Events Center in Coatesville is set for this year and is expected to generate more than 240 jobs for the area, reports The Daily Local News. The nearly $80 million project has already been 15 years in the making, and officials hope to complete it in time for the…
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Hatboro School Board OKs Bids on New Middle School to Replace Its ‘Duck-and-Cover’ Eisenhower-Era One
The Hatboro-Horsham School Board voted unanimously to award bids for the construction of a new Keith Valley Middle School. Dino Ciliberti sharpened his No. 2 pencil to write the story for the Hatboro-Horsham Patch. Discussion on a new education building has been ongoing in the area since 2008. Further studies made it an unavoidable priority…
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2022 Pa. Infrastructure Report Card Awards Keystone State Unflattering C-Minus
The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the Keystone State an unflattering C-minus in its 2022 Report Card for Pennsylvania’s Infrastructure. Anthony Salamone covered the lackluster performance in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The report was unveiled to coincide with the first anniversary of the passage of the $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure legislation aimed at improving the…
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East Coventry-Based Builder Helps Nearby Couple Design Dream Home From Scratch
When high school sweethearts Mark Visco. Jr. and Nicole Holden decided to build their dream home from scratch during the pandemic, they turned to East Coventry-based Rotelle Studio(e) for help, writes Terri Akman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The couple purchased a 2.6-acre lot in their hometown of Upper Dublin Township and found a design they…
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Elkins Park Couple’s Plan for a Revised Thanksgiving Kitchen Turns Out Not to Be a Half-Baked Idea
Joel Fishbein and his wife Rachel Ezekiel-Fishbein will comfortably gather tomorrow for an expertly cooked Thanksgiving feast, produced in a refreshed kitchen. Terri Akman constructed their story for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The couple’s Tudor-style residence has been their home for 23 years. That stretch meant a lot of family celebrations prepared and served in the…
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