Real Estate
-
LCOR Finds New CEO in Lehman Brothers Veteran
Berwyn’s LCOR has found its new CEO in a Lehman Brothers veteran. The real estate investment and development company has named Anthony J. Barsanti to the position, writes Natalie Kostelni for Philadelphia Business Journal. Barsanti was the Managing Director of Real Estate at Lehman Brothers Holdings for nearly two decades where his responsibilities included overseeing the…
-
PREIT Clears the Way for $30M Exton Square Mall Upgrade & Whole Foods Anchor
Exton Square Mall Owner Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust is digging into a major project to transform the face of the Route 100 shopping center and pave the way to exciting new opportunities. At a time when PREIT is selling off other properties to pour investment into its most promising ones, the Exton Square Mall…
-
Downingtown Country Club Owner Ron Jaworski Adds Seventh Course to Golf Empire
Ron Jaworski achieved huge success as a Super Bowl quarterback for the Eagles and later as an ESPN football analyst. Now his longstanding passion for golf has helped him add successful businessman to his achievements, writes Joe Juliano for Philly.com. But filling his thirst for golf was not always easy. Jaworski camp up in a…
-
Saint-Gobain’s New HQ: From Ignoble to Iconic
Malvern has been the proving ground for a transformative effort as legendary as the 350-year-old building materials giant it was created for: the resurrection of a monumental corporate eyesore and its reshaping into a sustainable continental headquarters for France-based Saint-Gobain as iconic as its historic feats in building the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles and…
-
Bright Red Attention-Grabbing Virginia CubeSmart Building to Get Facelift
A new three-story CubeSmart self-storage facility that everyone in Warrenton, Va., has noticed will get a slight makeover before opening this summer. The owner there has agreed to bend to public opinion and will tone down its bright red accent panels — a striking feature shared by several of CubeSmart’s newer facilities — over the…
-
Home Values in Berwyn, Paoli, and Devon up More Than 20 Percent Since 2004
The overall housing market in the United States has recovered from the crisis that plunged the country into recession. But a new analysis by the Washington Post shows that the recovery has been deeply uneven along lines of race, income, and geography. The data indicates that, in Chester County, the zip codes closest to the Main Line…
-
House of the Week: Revival Mansion Near the Heart of West Chester
Rising up in the middle of West Chester is a columned Greek Revival mansion with a spacious half-acre of landscaped grounds just a block from the edge of West Chester University and an easy walk to the best of the borough’s downtown scene. Now on the market for $1.4 million, the six-bedroom, 5.5-bath historic home…
-
House of the Week: Entertainer’s Paradise
Showcasing an impressive backyard pool and spa with overlooking flagstone patio at the center of a social destination neighborhood, Devon’s 3 Patriot Circle is an entertainer’s paradise and VISTA Today’s House of the Week. Situated in “the Shand Tract, a sought-after community with an active neighborhood association that hosts parties, hayrides, 4th of July and…
-
Swope Lees Helps Find Extra Space for Treehouse World
Thanks to Chuck Swope’s help, Dan Wright, the founder of Tree Top Builders, Treehouse Supplies, and Treehouse World, can now expand Treehouse World to another four acres, writes Nina Malone for The Town Dish. Wright, who took his childhood hobby and turned it into a lifelong pursuit, met Chuck Swope of Swope Lees when he was running Tree…
-
Phoenixville’s Valley Vet Hospital Expanding
The din of good old times in Phoenixville’s Bull Tavern is about to rise again — but not from those who once frequented the Route 23 establishment. The clamor of paws and pet food dishes will fill the historic tavern halls once the operator of Valley Veterinary Hospital converts it into a pet hospital. The…
-
Liberty Property Trust on Course to Complete $1.2 Billion in Sales This Year
Liberty Property Trust announced q1 results on April 26th and used the opportunity to reiterate its intent to sell between $900 million and $1.2 billion of its non-core suburban office and flex properties this year. The Malvern trust said it’s the next step down a strategic path charted three years ago when it decided to sell…
-
250-Year-Old Covered Wagon Inn Safe from Demolition
By Carla J Zambelli, Although the Covered Wagon Inn has stood in Tredyffrin Township for over 250 years, its future was jeopardized at the beginning of the year when developers submitted plans to raze and replace the inn with a CVS Pharmacy. The developer, Summit Realty Advisors, could not have anticipated what followed. As news broke…
-
House of the Week: A Multi-unit Gem in the Heart of Kennett Square
It is rare that a great investment property located just walking distance from the restaurants, shops, YMCA, and other advantages of the town center shows up for sale in Kennett Square Borough. This stunning three-floor building at 307 S Broad Street in Kennett Square does exactly that. It features one unit per floor and an…
-
The Grande Dame of Lancaster Pike Loch Aerie Has a New Owner
By Carla Zambelli, Loch Aerie stood proudly against the afternoon spring sky on Thursday in Frazer, unaware that her future hung in the balance. In less than half an hour the auction closed and The Grande Dame of Lancaster Pike was introduced to her new steward: CZ Patel of Princeton, NJ. Mr. Patel had forced out…
-
Down but Not Out: Coventry Mall Gets New Lease on Life with Pennmark Management
Coventry Mall, the struggling retail center, has a chance for revitalization under its new owner Pennmark Management Co., writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The mall, located on West Schuylkill Road and Route 100, has close to 800,000 square feet but has been having trouble maintaining customer traffic and sales due to competitors…
-
West Chester Doc Magrogan’s Closing in May
In the search for bigger and better pearls, West Chester restaurateur Dave Magrogan is discarding his hometown Oyster House. Magrogan has recently been reshuffling his buffet of restaurants to seize new opportunities. He sold Downingtown’s Barra Rossa, now called Milito’s, in December and just handed over the Barra Rossa in Center City to manager Nick…
-
Spat Over Devon Yard Development Has Urban Outfitters on Edge
Urban Outfitters is on the verge of ditching Devon Yard if the spat over the high-profile development proposal for a 100-unit apartment community and shopping center drags on beyond an upcoming zoning decision by the Easttown Township Board of Supervisors. An Anthropologie storefront and two Vetri restaurants are among the highlights of the Devon Yard…
-
A Diamond in the Sprawl, This Historic Chester County Mansion is Heading to the Auction Block
Once the spellbinding summer house of a man who saw his fortune from manufacturing paper shirt collars rise and fall, William Lockwood’s Swiss-Gothic manor today is a diamond in the suburban sprawl, writes Kristin E. Holmes for Philly.com. With a Sheraton across the road and a Home Depot next door, this 6,522-square-foot grand mansion of…
Pioneer Partner
Founding Partners
Advertisement
Affiliate Partners
Community Partners
