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…

PHILADELPHIA -- A Japanese hotel chain has paid $2.4 million for a sliver of land on Cherry Street near the new Philadelphia Family Court building in Center City and has plans to develop a new hotel on the parcel. Toyoko Inn Development Co. Ltd. bought…

PHILADELPHIA -- Allan Domb Real Estate bought two buildings along Walnut Street — Philadelphia’s premier High Street retail corridor — from Pearl Properties. The real estate company paid $8.5 million for 1423-1427 Walnut St., a 17,748-square-foot building, and $8 million for 1421 Walnut St., a…

A parcel on Manayunk’s Venice Island has sold, setting the stage for its development after years in which various plans were proposed for it but never materialized. A partnership involving Greg Hill’s D3 Development, the Concordia Group and Resmark Cos. bought the property at 1…

PHILADELPHIA -- City Councilman Allan Domb’s real estate company has purchased a building that once housed Tria at 23rd and Pine streets in the Fitler Square neighborhood of Philadelphia for $2.2 million. In a separate transaction, Domb also bought the business and liquor license assigned to the restaurant…

PHILADELPHIA -- A building in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia that houses Charlie’s Jeans and other retail tenants has sold for $13.4 million. The property, which is located at 222 Church St. address, is also known by 231-37 Market St. The property consists of three structures that…

PHILADELPHIA -- Alterra Property Group has sold four properties to Dalzell Capital Partners, a Westport, Conn., real estate investment firm that has been acquiring multifamily properties in Philadelphia. Dalzell paid $10.1 million for 1310 Spruce St., 1311 Spruce St. and the Queen Village Lofts at…

PHILADELPHIA -- Dalzell Capital Partners, a Westport, Conn., real estate investment firm, has paid $21 million to buy Waverly Court, an apartment complex in Center City. The property at 412-26 S. 13th St. last traded in March 2014 for $6.92 million. While multifamily properties have…