PHILADELPHIA -- Chef Mel Tenorio has been teasing us with his Colombian cuisine - a mix of straight-ahead favorites with a few fusion dishes - for six months or so. Billed as Usaquén - after his home neighborhood in Bogata -his pop-ups at Fishtown's Philly Style Bagels…

PHILADELPHIA -- After seven years on Sixth Street near South, vegan hotspot Blackbird Pizzeria is in expansion mode. Mark Mebus and crew are coming to Northern Liberties, as Blackbird will take over the space at 614 N. Second Street whch last housed Same Same and previously Koo…

MPN Realty Inc. was named among 2016's Top 25 Commercial Real Estate Brokerages in the Philadelphia region, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal's Book of Lists, ranking No.21. The rankings are determined by the total square feet of real estate leased and sold.

PHILADELPHIA -- MPN Realty, Inc. was selected by commercial real estate’s largest research organization (CoStar) as one of the top Commercial Real Estate Sales Firms in the Philadelphia market. This annual award recognizes the “best of the best” in commercial real estate brokerage by highlighting…

PHILADELPHIA -- A former Reading Railroad building that has been vacant for more than a year after a small fire broke out in it has sold for $6.5 million. An undisclosed local partnership bought the 5-story, 72,000-square-foot building at 915 Spring Garden St. in Philadelphia…

PHILADELPHIA -- Goldenberg Group has bought a portfolio of properties in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia for $18.5 million. With just a few exceptions, such as the conversion of the Ayer into condominiums, the Blue Bell-based real estate company typically doesn't buy structures that…

PHILADELPHIA -- A retail property located in a prominent spot in Philadelphia’s Central Business District has traded for the first time in more than 20 years. The unassuming building at 33-37 S. 16th St. sits directly across from Liberty Place and had been owned by Carlos…

PHILADELPHIA -- They're in love, they're chefs, and they're opening a restaurant called Love & Honey Fried Chicken together in Northern Liberties. Todd and Laura Lyons, both grads of the Culinary Institute of America, just signed a lease for the ground-floor corner spot at the…

PHILADELPHIA -- The dreamy corner spot at Pine and Quince Streets in Washington Square West last occupied by the Farm & Fisherman (and Paul, before that) will become a white-tablecloth BYOB called Aroma. Antonio Cardillo and business partner Susan Dennis promise a quick turn-around for…

Philadelphia -- MPN Realty Leads The Charge In Downtown Philadelphia MPN continues to set the mark in multifamily investment sales, land for development and retail leasing in Greater Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA -- "The property is in shell condition and it’s unknown what the new owner will do with it, said Nadia Bilynsky, a broker with MPN Realty Inc. who arranged the transaction with colleague Josh Nadel." $1.1million Post Brothers sold a 6,500-square-foot structure at 2216…

PHILADELPHIA -- Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co. is opening a brewery and tasting room on a stretch of Fishtown's Frankford Avenue that has recently experienced a renewal with the opening of The Fillmore. The Bucks County-based brewery is moving in to a 5,655-square-foot space at 957-63…

PHILADELPHIA -- Allan Domb, who is in his first term as a Philadelphia city councilman, is still active with his side job as real estate investor. Domb bought 1525 Locust St., a 19-story, roughly 100,000-square-foot office building, for $17.7 million. The property is essentially fully…

PHILADELPHIA -- Located outside but within reach of Philadelphia’s downtown, the neighborhood of Fishtown has been labeled “up and coming” for some time. Thanks to the increasing density of neighboring Northern Liberties, however, it stands on the precipice of unprecedented growth. Northern Liberties is closer…