• Philadelphia Developer Expanding Fishtown Apartment Project After Securing $22M in Financing

    Philadelphia Developer Expanding Fishtown Apartment Project After Securing $22M in Financing

    Philadelphia developer PCG Investment has secured $22 million in financing, allowing it to expand its original plan for a Fishtown apartment project, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Called the Fairman, the new two-building project on Delaware Avenue across from Penn Treaty Park will feature a two-building, 86-unit apartment project. The project will…

  • Local Developer Plans Mixed-Use Project After Prime Fishtown Site Acquisition

    Local Developer Plans Mixed-Use Project After Prime Fishtown Site Acquisition

    Philadelphia-based development company Eclipse Development recently acquired a prime Fishtown development site and is planning a four-story mixed-use building there, writes Paul Schwedelson for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Eclipse paid $2.65 million for the vacant Frankford Avenue site, acquiring it from the nonprofit, Lutheran Settlement House. Plans are calling for 20 apartments and 7,000 square…

  • New Ballers in Fishtown is Sprawling Social Sports Club With Modern Sports Bar and Restaurant

    New Ballers in Fishtown is Sprawling Social Sports Club With Modern Sports Bar and Restaurant

    The new Ballers venue in Fishtown, that opened its doors this week, is a sprawling social sports club with a modern sports bar and restaurant, writes Michael Klein for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “We’re trying not to be just a sports center,” said David Gutstadt, who developed the concept with his wife, Amanda Potter. The pair…

  • Ballers Raises $20M Ahead of High-End Sports Concept Opening in Fishtown, More Locations Planned

    Ballers Raises $20M Ahead of High-End Sports Concept Opening in Fishtown, More Locations Planned

    Ballers, preparing to open its flagship high-end sports concept at The Battery in Fishtown, has raised $20 million in Series A financing to support its development pipeline, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The financing round was led by Sharp Alpha and RHC Group, both sports investment firms, along with new investors David…

  • Anthropologie Leaps Into Hospitality Design With Hotel Suite at Fishtown’s Hotel Anna & Bel

    Anthropologie Leaps Into Hospitality Design With Hotel Suite at Fishtown’s Hotel Anna & Bel

    Anthropologie has entered the hospitality space with its first-ever hotel suite, “The Anna Suite by Anthropologie Home,” located inside Fishtown’s Hotel Anna & Bel, writes Laura Swartz for Philadelphia Magazine. Once an asylum for indigent women, the stylish boutique hotel honors its Philadelphia roots and feminine history with thoughtful art and design. The hotel’s two-bedroom…

  • Beloved Fishtown Dance Bar Set to Reopen After Three Years

    Beloved Fishtown Dance Bar Set to Reopen After Three Years

    Three years after The Barbary in Fishtown shut its doors, the popular dance bar is set to officially reopen on Thursday, March 27, writes Earl Hopkins for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The announcement was made in an Instagram post earlier this week. The Barbary is known for its amazing dance parties and matinee punk shows, and…

  • New Social Club for Car Enthusiasts Coming to Fishtown

    New Social Club for Car Enthusiasts Coming to Fishtown

    Car enthusiasts will find a new home away from home in Philadelphia when Cannonball Club, a collector car warehouse and club, opens in Fishtown next year, writes Emma Dooling for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The aim of the concept is to provide car zealots with a space where they can gather and celebrate their passion…

  • Harriett’s Bookshop is Raising Funds to Send 10 Philly Youth to Study Abroad This Fall

    Harriett’s Bookshop is Raising Funds to Send 10 Philly Youth to Study Abroad This Fall

    Harriett’s Bookshop owner Jeannine A. Cook is aiming to send 10 North Philadelphia youth to study abroad in Paris this fall, writes Shara Dae Howard for KYW Newsradio. Cook’s reasoning is because of her understanding that there are kids that would otherwise rarely get such a life-changing opportunity. Just like the bookshop itself, Harriet Tubman…

  • Philadelphia is Home to One of the Best Pizzerias in the World, New Ranking Says

    Philadelphia is Home to One of the Best Pizzerias in the World, New Ranking Says

    50 Top Pizza has published its newest list of the 100 Best Pizzerias in the World, and a Philadelphia pizza shop found its way onto the list, writes Jeremy Repanich for Robb Report. That Philly shop is Pizzeria Beddia, which ranked No. 13 on the list of the best pizzerias in the world. It trails…

  • Lancaster-based Cookie Company, Taylor Chip, Expanding to Philadelphia

    Lancaster-based Cookie Company, Taylor Chip, Expanding to Philadelphia

    Taylor Chip, the Lancaster-based cookie company, is expanding to the Philadelphia market with two stores opening here this month, writes Michaela Althouse for PhillyVoice. The two new Philadelphia stores will be located in Rittenhouse Square and Fishtown, respectively. The Rittenhouse location is set to open on 1807 Chestnut Street on September 14, while the Fishtown…

  • A New Indoor Sporting Facility Will Soon Open in The Battery in Fishtown

    A New Indoor Sporting Facility Will Soon Open in The Battery in Fishtown

    The Battery, the new residential and hotel complex in Fishtown that replaced a former power plant on the Delaware River, has a 45,000-square-foot space that housed the huge turbines that generated the electricity. The developers have decided that the space will be transformed into a state-of-the-art indoor sporting facility called Ballers, writes Jake Blumgart for…