Daughter of luxury Rittenhouse high-rise developer has big plans for Bok; Vare & Smith sales also approved

UPDATE: Bok was sold to a company run by the daughter of the luxury developer mentioned in this post. Click here for details of the mixed-use plan. The sales of the shuttered Bok, Vare and Smith schools were approved last night

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Price of 7 houses at 1840 S. Camac St. spiked about $100k in the last year – and they’re not even built yet

A seven-home development called Passyunk Point, which is replacing the demolished Mancini catering hall at 1840 S. Camac St., has gone on the market with pre-construction prices of $459,000 to $525,000. Back in July 2013, here’s what we reported when

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Check out the new rendering for the 12th and Morris building

Construction will begin in about six weeks on the replacement for the recently demolished building that used to house Artisan Boulanger, according to developer Stephen Olitsky. Olitsky says the new design for the building at 12th, Morris and Passyunk, of

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CHOP to put vibration monitors in basements across from Broad and Morris project

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has hired a construction vibration consultant to monitor the impact of its Broad Street complex on surrounding neighbors, according to a letter posted on the Newbold Neighbors Association website. Preliminary work on CHOP’s community care

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Washington Avenue Pier sanctuary opens at Pier 53

The Washington Avenue Pier park has opened at Pier 53 behind the Sheet Metal Workers’ union headquarters, at Washington Avenue and Columbus Boulevard. City bigwigs on Friday cut the ribbon on the park, which provides a sanctuary and bird-watching area that

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Developer lowers number of apartments in proposed Artisan Lofts at 12th and Jackson

UPDATE: Here’s one important thing to note: the project does not yet have financing lined up. Another source who attended the meeting contacted us today to say that the lawyer on the project said several times, “if we get financing.” On

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