• Tozour Picks Liberty Property Trust For Energy Award

    Tozour Picks Liberty Property Trust For Energy Award

    Tozour Energy Systems, a full-service heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and building automation provider based in King of Prussia, has presented Liberty Property Trust with the Trane “Energy Efficiency Leader Award.” Liberty, an $8 billion real estate investment firm headquartered in Malvern, has been committed to energy reduction, operational efficiency, and sustainable design and…

  • Brandywine Real Estate Trust Named Developer Of The Year

    Brandywine Real Estate Trust Named Developer Of The Year

    Brandywine Real Estate Trust of Radnor has been named 2014 Developer of the Year by the Commercial Real Estate Development Association (NAIOP).  This is the association’s highest honor. The full-service commercial real estate services firm structured as a real estate investment trust owns, leases and manages 283 properties and more than 33 million square feet…

  • Chester County Stock Trends

    Chester County Stock Trends

    SmarTrend, a New York City based analyst firm that uses their own proprietary stock analysis software to inform and educate investors about when to buy and sell securities, had this to say about Malvern-based Liberty Property Trust (LPT NYSE) on Tuesday: SmarTrend recommended that subscribers consider buying shares of Liberty Property Trust on December 23rd,…

  • Whitehall Acres In Oxford Receives Funding For Improvements

    Whitehall Acres In Oxford Receives Funding For Improvements

    Whitehall Acres in Oxford in southwestern Chester County is one of 24 affordable, multi-housing developments scheduled to receive federal tax credits and federal PennHOMES funding. The Daily Local News reported in February Whitehall owner Conifer Realty sought a letter of support from Oxford Borough Council to seek tax credits and funding to make repairs and…

  • 86 New Homes To Sprout On Waterloo Gardens Exton Site

    86 New Homes To Sprout On Waterloo Gardens Exton Site

    West Whiteland’s newest housing development will soon sprout 86 new carriage homes in its former Waterloo Gardens site, according to an announcement by West Whiteland Township. The neighborhood will reflect the style of the nearby Woodledge community plus 25 acres of planned open green space, if area residents and the township board of supervisors approve…

  • Is Passion Enough To Revive Forlorn Center?

    Is Passion Enough To Revive Forlorn Center?

    It takes passion to breathe new life into a shopping center that has seen nothing but an exodus of both customers and merchants over the past decade, and that’s precisely what a new developer has in store for the Chesterbrook Village Shopping Center in Wayne. “I’m really passionate about this project,” said Robert F. Whalen…

  • Homebuyers Backtracking On McMansion Concept

    Homebuyers Backtracking On McMansion Concept

    Bigger doesn’t seem to be better anymore, as the homebuyer of today is increasingly looking for more practical and efficient space. West Chester architect Richard Buchanan of Archer & Buchanan Architecture recently told Philly.com that “his customers are seeking smaller but still well-made homes and eschewing some of the grander affectations of the McMansion —…

  • The News Funnel For Real Estate News Offers Mobile App

    The News Funnel For Real Estate News Offers Mobile App

    The News Funnel – a comprehensive database for real estate news – is available in Pennsylvania and now has a mobile app available for download on all iOS devices. This new app offers an easy-to-use, untethered platform for real estate professionals to browse and digest the latest industry news on the go. Currently more than…

  • Exton Mall CEO To Speak At National Real Estate Investment Trust Conference

    Exton Mall CEO To Speak At National Real Estate Investment Trust Conference

    Joseph F. Coradino, chief executive officer of the Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, will be a speaker at this week’s national conference of real estate investment trusts at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. PREIT owns the Exton Square Mall. For those interested, Coradino will present from 3:45 to 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, and…

  • Exton Firm Is Finalist To Redevelop Willow Grove Naval Air Station

    Exton Firm Is Finalist To Redevelop Willow Grove Naval Air Station

    The Exton-based Hankin Group has been named one of five finalists competing for the opportunity to redevelop the 862-acre former Willow Grove Naval Air Station. The Hankin Group stood out among the 11 initial applicants based on its “organizational structure and key personnel assigned to the project, experience on similar projects and past performance of…

  • Liberty Property Trust Anchors New Property, Three International Firms At The Navy Yard

    Liberty Property Trust Anchors New Property, Three International Firms At The Navy Yard

    Joint partners Liberty Property Trust of Malvern and Synterra Partners recently announced a tasty deal as they broke ground on a 100 percent pre-leased building at The Philadelphia Navy Yard which will house three international tenants. The 75,000-square-foot building at 4000 S. 26th St. will complete the development of the 40-acre Navy Yard Commerce Center…

  • Local Firms Will Locate In Renovated Wayne Business Complex

    Local Firms Will Locate In Renovated Wayne Business Complex

    Three Chester County businesses recently committed to move to Wayne’s newly redeveloped CrossPoint at Valley Forge business complex. With the addition of leases for law firm Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith of Berwyn, health management firm Medecision of Chesterbrook and investment firm Conestoga Capital Advisors of Radnor, the 258,000 square feet within CrossPoint’s pair of…

  • Liberty Property Trust Of Malvern Wins UK Real Estate Honor

    Malvern-based Liberty Property Trust, which purchases, develops and manages high-end office and industrial properties in the U.S. and Canada, won a prestigious UK real estate award. Liberty’s Cambridge Biomedical Campus won the Place Making Award at UK real estate publication Property Week’s 2014 Property Awards. The Cambridge Biomedical Campus combines world-class biomedical research, patient care…

  • Exton Chamber Of Commerce To Celebrate Freestyle Real Estate Grand Opening

    The Exton Regional Chamber of Commerce has several events planned for April, including a grand opening celebration at the third and newest office of Freestyle Real Estate, LLC in Chester Springs. The grand opening celebration will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 17 at the new site, 245 Byers Road, Chester Springs. Broker/Owner…

  • Chester County Home Prices Higher, Increasing Faster Than Neighboring Counties

    Chester County Home Prices Higher, Increasing Faster Than Neighboring Counties

    According to Philadelphia Business Journal, home prices in Chester County were higher than any other Delaware Valley county during 2013. The paper’s January 28th edition, citing a report prepared by Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices states the median sale price of Chester County homes in 2013 was $297,000, an increase of 4.2% over 2012 sale prices.  Bucks…