Allentown planners approve apartment development around parking deck

The Allentown Planning Commission Tuesday gave the go-ahead to a plan by City Center Investment to wrap an apartment building around an existing downtown parking deck. Planners approved the proposal to add 61 one- and two-bedroom apartments around the parking deck at Sixth and Walnut streets.

Construction underway on three developments in North Bala Avenue area of Bala Cynwyd

One of the key ingredients to making a trendy neighborhood these days is having a trendy name. Now a section of Bala Cynwyd has one — NoBA. NoBA is the name a developer is using for the area around Bala and Union avenues where three large development projects are in the works.

Mid-Atlantic Real Estate Journal: 2018 Annual Forecast, “How to Build a Shopper’s Paradise”

Despite concerns about the “death of retail,” the number of retail stores has increased by 180% over the last 40 years while our country’s population has only increased by 40%.  Well-located, amenity-rich retail centers are doing better than ever.

Gov. Wolf, others help Turn5 open new Paoli area headquarters

Gov. Tom Wolf joined county commissioners, state and federal legislators and township officials at the opening of the new headquarters for Turn5, an aftermarket online parts seller for Jeeps, Mustangs and pickup trucks that is expanding and adding jobs on in the Paoli-Malvern area.

In design: A new, modern fire station for Broomall

In designing a new station for the Broomall Fire Co., Paul Andrew Sgroi decided to borrow from its past. The fire company had its first station constructed in 1924. It was a stone building with a cupola and it housed a motorized American LaFrance-made pumper that cost $5,700 in 1925.