Real Estate
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Life at the Jersey Shore: ICONA Resorts Taps Into Our Positive Shore Experiences
ICONA Resorts CEO and Chairman Eustace Mita is all about bringing the positive to his company, writes Rebecca Logan for Philadelphia Business Journal. For Mita, there is no off season or winter. There is only the “cozy season.” Even the company name, ICONA, is warm and welcoming, combining “icon” and “aloha,” referencing back to Mita’s…
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Latest Proposal for Don Guanella Tract in Marple Calls for 141 Homes
There is a proposal to build 141 homes on the site of the former Don Guanella School in Marple, writes Kevin Tustin for the Daily Times. Sproul Road Developers will present its plans for 141 single and twin homes on 89 acres of the 213-acre land along Sproul and Reed roads to the Marple Planning…
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DNB First House of the Week: Historic Farm on 10 Acres in Media
The historic Roostertail Farm and farmhouse with four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms is available for sale in Media. Originally built in the early 1600s, this legendary farm was owned by several well-known local names throughout history, including Darlington, Sharpless, and Wood. The farmhouse is set on 10 acres that include a big…
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Prendie’s Been Sold: Former High School Clears Another Hurdle Toward Becoming a College Campus
The former Archbishop Prendergast High School building, which started out as an orphanage before being converted to a prominent Catholic high school, now seems destined to be a new community college campus. Delaware County Community College and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia have signed an agreement of sale for the building at Garrett Road and Lansdowne…
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DNB First House of the Week: Elegant Manor on Aronimink Fairway in Newtown Square
An elegant manor with six bedrooms and six and a half bathrooms is available for sale in Newtown Square. The home sits on a one-and-a-half-acre lot on a cul-de-sac with spectacular views of the golf course at Aronimink. The home was built in 2003 and updated and refurbished in 2019. The exterior features include a…
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Life at Villanova’s Commons: Dorm Life Was Never Like This
Villanova’s new dorms, The Commons, offer more than just living space. There’s two fitness centers and in 2020, the 200-seat Refectory restaurant will open, along with the Parliament Expresso & Coffee Bar, writes Melissa Jacobs for Main Line Today. A performing arts center and a five-level parking garage will follow. Villanova’s once-modest Lancaster Avenue entrance…
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DNB First House of the Week: Unique Colonial in Ridley Park
A one-of-a-kind home with unique features and five bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms is available for sale in Ridley Park. The home is set on a 0.44-acre lot with both a fenced-in backyard area and a large play area just outside the fence. Highlights inside include a living room with two separate sitting…
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Media’s Title Alliance Eyes Western Expansion into Phoenix, Arizona
Strong profits and growth out west have convinced Title Alliance, headquartered in Media, to open a regional office in the Phoenix area, writes Angela Gonzales for Philadelphia Business Journal. Market share and profitability have doubled each year since Title Alliance opened a Phoenix office in December 2015, said Jim Campbell, CEO of Title Alliance. The…
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DNB First House of the Week: Stately Colonial in Media
A stately colonial with four bedrooms and four full and two half bathrooms is available for sale in Media. The home is on a private cul-de-sac in the highly sought-after Chateau de Provence community in Upper Providence Township. Its acre lot is pristinely landscaped and includes mature trees and extensive hardscaping. Inside, the many highlights…
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A 1700s Stately Manor Was Relocated From Harrisburg to Chadds Ford
A stately stone manor house from the 1700s originally in Harrisburg has been hauled stone by stone to a 34-acre enclave in the Brandywine Conservancy in Chadds Ford, writes Eileen Smith Dallabrida for Main Line Today. The owners—she’s an astrophysicist and he’s a manager of family real estate holdings in New York City—are also partners…
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Villanova’s New Residential Complex Means 85 Percent of Undergraduates Can Live on Campus
Students returning to Villanova University this fall will be hard pressed to miss the new $225 million apartment complex spread over eight acres of the campus, writes Susan Snyder for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The stone and brick residence halls on the southern side of Lancaster Avenue is housing 1,135 upperclassmen on what used to be…
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DNB First House of the Week: Elegant Living in a Prime Locale in Haverford
A center-hall colonial with five bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms is available for sale in Haverford. The home has 1.2 acres of manicured grounds with large trees, a lush lawn, and an in-ground swimming pool with spa. The entrance is through a spectacular double-height reception hall. This opens into a light-filled living room…
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Tinicum’s Lazaretto Quarantine Station to be Transformed into Township Offices, Museum
The Lazaretto, an 18th century quarantine station that protected our new nation from Yellow Fever will now be re-purposed into part township offices, part museum, writes Kristen De Groot for The Philadelphia Tribune. Tinicum Township went out of its way to save the oldest surviving quarantine station in the Western Hemisphere from demolition. Now it…
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Folcroft Architectural Firm Makes Major Move to Center City
Formcraft, an architectural firm in Folcroft, has decided to relocate its headquarters in November to Two Commerce Square in Philadelphia and bring 31 jobs to the city, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The move comes after the company opened a Philadelphia satellite office in 2016 at 1515 Market St. “Our goal at…
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DNB First House of the Week: Early-1900s Estate in Swarthmore
An early-1900s estate with six bedrooms and three full and three half bathrooms is available for sale in Swarthmore. The home features a front-to-back entry hall with a grand staircase. On the side is the living room with wood-burning fireplace and access to an outdoor patio area with an additional fireplace. There’s also a second…
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1892 Aston Home at Neumann University to Be Restored, Used as Student Residence
An 1892 Victorian home in Aston, which morphed into a bed and breakfast, then an apartment house, is now the property of Neumann University. The university plans to restore it as a residence hall. The home, located at 601A Convent Road, boasts wood floors, high ceilings, an impressive wooden staircase, a vintage oval window, and…
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Upper Darby Apartment Rents Are Lowest in the Region, but Grew the Fastest in July
The fastest growing rents in July for the Philadelphia area were in Upper Darby and Levittown, according to the Pennsylvania Rent Report . Rental apartment prices in Upper Darby increased by .6 percent month-over-month, $5 more per month. That said, rents in Upper Darby are the lowest in the region; $892. Rents in Drexel Hill…
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Upper Darby’s Tower Theater Sign Comes Down, Museum Gets Iconic Sphere and Letters
The Tower Theater’s radio tower sign, a landmark for 69th Street in Upper Darby, is unsafe and is being removed, writes Joseph A. Gambardello and Dan DeLuca for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Live Nation, the theater’s owner, said inspections by company engineers determined the signage atop the 92-year-old building had deteriorated, according to Upper Darby Mayor…
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