A former school house built in 1893 and converted into an 8-unit apartment building at 1400 Willow Grove Ave. in Springfield, Montgomery County, traded for $2.4 million. JB Ventures 5 LLC was the seller and the buyer, though local, wasn’t undisclosed. “Typically, we would sell…

Vine New Associates LLC sold 214-20 Vine St. and 213-15 New St., an 8,500-square-foot parcel with an historic warehouse, for $2.5 million. The tenants in the warehouse are vacating and the new owner is considering developing the property with a residential project. Veronica Blum, Nadia…

A non-descript, single-story, 29,050-square-foot building at 949-77 Marshall St. that sits in the center of several high-growth areas including Temple University, Northern Liberties and Spring Arts, has sold for $5.5 million. Though fully leased to state agencies through at least next year, the building wasn’t…

As summer turned to fall, Center City started to find its bearings during the pandemic, not entirely shrugging it off but not wallowing in defeat either. Restaurants got more innovative with outdoor dining and the Philadelphia Streets Department went into action, temporarily shutting down some…

Philadelphia Suburban Development Corp. has put on the market dozens of Philadelphia properties valued at an estimated $100 million and plans to deploy any funds it reaps from those sales into new development in Malvern, Lansdale and Warrington. The King of Prussia real estate company…

Astoban Investments closed on buying for $14.3 million the building at 1808-1810 Chestnut St. in Center City that served as the headquarters for Freeman’s auction house for nearly a century and has preliminary plans to retain the existing structure and add a new residential condominium…

PHILADELPHIA -- The Center City building housing the recently shuttered Irish Pub, a Philadelphia institution for more than 30 years, has sold for $2.3 million. The property is located at 1123 Walnut St. In addition, its business assets and liquor license also sold as part of the…

PHILADELPHIA -- Edward Garcia was at a bachelor party at an ax-throwing venue in Montreal several years ago when he and his friends struck up a conversation with the owners, who were fans of Dungeons & Dragons, the board game. After the ax games, they…

PHILADELPHIA -- Counter Capital Management paid $19.1 million for 1501 Locust St., a 29-unit apartment building that adds to the firm’s growing presence in Center City. With this acquisition, Counter Capital, of Westport, Conn., has spent more than $80 million accumulating a portfolio of multifamily…

PHILADELPHIA -- Howard Nelson, CEO and owner of Doggie Style Pets, has nine stores throughout Philadelphia and was looking for a location to open a 10th store. He spent months looking for a space when a storefront along Frankford Avenue was brought to his attention.…

PHILADELPHIA -- The Harbison's Dairies plant, known for its iconic water tower shaped like an old fashioned milk bottle, in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia has sold for $4.2 million and there are plans to redevelop it into a mixed-use project. An affiliate of Pop!…