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How to Save Market East (For Real This Time)
Janine White I Philadelphia Magazine I February 20, 2026 The most beleaguered corridor in Center City is due for yet another major makeover. Eight of the city’s smartest urban thinkers have some ideas on what that should look like. What should Market East look like? / Illustrations by James Boyle The stretch of Market Street that runs from City Hall down through our nation’s historic founding blocks and ends at the Delaware River has been a phantom itch for decades. Street ph
Mar 26


AVE Opens Navy Yard Apartment Project in Philadelphia
Jasmine Kilman I Connect CRE - Washington DC & Mid-Atlantic Real Estate News I March 19, 2026 AVE , the residential brand of Philadelphia-based Korman Communities , in partnership with Ensemble Investments and Mosaic Development Partners, officially opened AVE Navy Yard. AVE Navy Yard anchors Philadelphia’s first new neighborhood in a generation, delivering 614 contemporary apartments across two complementary communities – Normandy and Constitution – along with 75,000 square
Mar 18


Mayor Parker backs legislation to boost housing development around SEPTA stations
Jake Blumgart I The Philadelphia Inquirer I March 5, 2026 The proposal expands an existing law. Currently, if a SEPTA station is made a “transit-oriented development” district — a designation City Council must adopt — then most properties within a 500-foot radius receive a variety of bene fi ts that allows developers to build more housing with less parking than otherwise allowed. The legislation sent to Council by the Parker administration would expand that radius to 1,320 f
Mar 5
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