PHILADELPHIA -- Two Center City properties — each housing well-known Philadelphia establishments — have sold for $11.35 million. Pineview, an apartment complex at 339-49 S. 13th St. that has Dirty Franks as its main retail tenant, was one of the buildings to trade. The four-story,…

PHILADELPHIA -- One Presidential Blvd., the 120,000-square-foot building in Bala Cynwyd where Aamco Transmissions Inc. has its headquarters, is in limbo. When Aamco announced March 8 that it would be bought out by Cottman Transmission Systems Inc., it meant that Aamco will no longer need…

PHILADELPHIA -- Albert M. Greenfield Co. Inc. has sold the Le Crillon, an apartment building just off Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, for $14.8 million. The 41,757-square-foot building at 105 S. 18th St. has 16 apartments and was bought for $925,625 a unit or $355 a…

UP FOR SALE -- Spring Mill Corporate Center, a two-building complex totaling 617,039 square feet in Conshohocken, is up for sale. Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates Inc. of Brooklyn, N.Y., and an equity partner bought the property off Hector Street in 2006 for $61 million. It could…

PHILADELPHIA -- About 100 tenants at 1616 Walnut St. have been put on notice that they need to vacate the property and find new space. A partnership that bought the 25-story, 279,770-square-foot Center City office building last month for $28.3 million is seeking to convert…

PHILADELPHIA -- Kimco Realty Corp. sold a property on Walnut Street in Center City for half the amount it bought it for five years ago. Pearl Properties of Philadelphia bought 1701 Walnut St., an eight-story office building that has Juicy Couture as one of its…

PHILADELPHIA -- Hal Wheeler wanted to transform the skyline of Baltimore. The Philadelphian’s plans for a 59-story, $400 million tower on a parking lot just steps away from the city’s famed Inner Harbor was the talk of mid-Atlantic real estate. The tower, which would have been…

PHILADELPHIA -- The historic Boyd, one block off Rittenhouse Square on Chestnut Street, has always had a devoted fan base who wanted to see the Art Deco theater preserved and Hal Wheeler stepped in to fill that role. After it closed in May 2002, the owner of…

PHILADELPHIA -- Korman Communities has taken an ownership stake in the Benjamin Franklin House, a landmark apartment building along Chestnut Street near Philadelphia’s Old City historic area. The Plymouth Meeting apartment owner declined to disclose details of the transaction other than it will take over…

PHILADELPHIA -- Two properties in the heart of Center City’s retail corridor have traded even though the frequency of such sales are few and far between. Pearl Properties, a Philadelphia real estate investor and developer, bought 1510-12 Chestnut St. for $4.2 million from a local…

PHILADELPHIA -- The fine print: DP Partners buys Logan distribution center Here are some recent deals that have me noticing that leasing and sales are starting to pick up: DP Partners bought a 259,910-square-foot distribution center on 14 acres in LogistiCenter in Logan, N.J. DP…

PHILADELPHIA -- The Inn on Locust, which helped redefine a seedy section of Locust Street in Philadelphia, is set to return to its roots as a boutique hotel after the owner toyed with the idea of converting it into condominiums. AFC Realty Capital Inc. of…

PHILADELPHIA -- AMC Delancey Group Inc., seeking ways to seize on opportunities in a shifting commercial real estate market, has decided to focus on the walk-up apartment. A staple of city living, the walk-up has no elevator and renters must typically walk up stairs to…

PHILADELPHIA -- Colorcon Inc. has finalized plans for a new global headquarters in Lower Salford. The company, which makes coatings for candy and medicines, is commencing construction on an 89,000-square-foot building that is designed to partially be built into the side of a hill, making…