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!…

PHILADELPHIA -- A local investment group paid $8.3 million for Archworks, an eightstory, 50,000-square-foot office structure at 117-125 N. 8th St. in Center City. The property last traded in 2005 for $5.4 million when the seller, a Jenkintown investor, bought it from Kaiserman Co. The property…