Real Estate
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Chester County Commercial Property For Lease
Swope Lees Commercial Real Estate, a West Chester-based commercial real estate brokerage and consulting firm that operates regionally in Southeastern Pennsylvania with an emphasis in Chester County, has the following 30,400 sq. ft. Chester County commercial property for lease in West Chester. For more information on this and other Chester County commercial properties available for…
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Brandywine Realty Trust Building In The Big Leagues
Successful Radnor real estate developer Brandywine Realty Trust is swinging for a home run with its newest plan for a 275,000-square-foot office and retail high-rise with views of Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. “We believe the Capitol Riverfront neighborhood is well-positioned for future growth, and we are excited to be able to expand Brandywine’s presence…
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Excitement Rising For Opening Of $53 Million Phoenix Village
With final touches now in the works, anticipation is building for the grand opening of an expansive block-long apartment and retail development chock full of enticing amenities in the heart of Phoenixville. The transformation of a former stretch of Phoenix Steel-affiliated buildings into the $54.3 million Phoenix Village, conceived by the DeMutis Group a decade…
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$325K Bid For Phoenixville Water World Park Belly Flops
The $325,000 high bid in last week’s auction for Water World Park in Phoenixville was anything but refreshing for Customers Bank, holder of the abandoned waterpark. The bank, which reserved the right of confirmation for the highest bid, rejected the offer for being too low. According to the Inquirer, Water World Park was originally listed…
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Artistic and Green Farmhouse Mansion For Sale In Picturesque Kennett Square
Keeping pace with the latest wave of modern economic growth in Kennett Square is an amenity-rich, artistically styled mansion for sale in a serene setting just east of town that received prominent attention in Philadelphia Magazine last week. The modern four-bedroom, 4.5-bath farmhouse features beautiful woodwork and LEED certification inside with an expansive flagstone patio…
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Whole Foods Market Coming to Exton
Lovers of healthy, organic food can rejoice as Exton is about to get its first Whole Foods Market. A day after Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust Chief Executive, Joseph Coradino, announced plans to demolish Exton Square Mall’s Kmart building and replace it with a large format organic grocery store, PREIT revealed exactly which brand of…
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Pulitzer Prize Winning Critic Calls Liberty Property Trust’s Navy Yard Buildings Best In Philly
Trend-setting Malvern commercial developer Liberty Property Trust is embarking on a bold new voyage from the Philadelphia Navy Yard by sailing into the waters of imaginative but affordable architecture, and its work is being heralded as some of the best new designs in all of Philly. “Acting as a latter-day Medici, (Vice President for Urban…
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Trammell Crow and CBRE Study: New Turnpike Ramp Drives $2.5 Billion Into Malvern
Since the 2011 groundbreaking of the the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Malvern interchange, more than $2.5 billion in business development has jumped into the fast lane. “The impact of the interchange was felt as soon as they broke ground on it, and the momentum has continued ever since,” Trammell Crow Senior Managing Director Jeff Goggins said in a Philadelphia…
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Residents in West Chester Worry Pennsylvania House Bill 809 Will Lead to Chaos
If it gets passed, Pennsylvania House Bill 809 sponsored by State Representative Susan Helm of Dauphin and Lebanon Counties would prevent local municipalities from regulating student housing. This state is home to over 200 colleges and universities including West Chester University and Penn State. Up until now, local communities decided how to regulate renting to…
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Wayne’s Gateway Shopping Center Getting A Facelift
With shopping prospects booming at the eastern edge of Chester County’s high-traffic I-76/Route 202 corridor, Wayne’s Gateway Shopping Center is getting an attractive new facelift. Regency Centers’ premier Philly shopping center will undergo an aesthetic transformation via raised architectural features, a modern and vibrant new color scheme, an enhanced landscape design, LED parking lot lighting…
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Malvern Developer Liberty Property Trust Leading Navy Yard Renaissance
A fresh wave of optimism has washed over the once-abandoned Philadelphia Navy Yard, and its buoying prospects are largely thanks to the investment of Malvern-based commercial real estate pioneer Liberty Property Trust. Its 14th new office building since 2005 recently broke ground, and two or three more may get their start yet this year, according…
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Nearly $4M Chadds Ford ‘Jaw Dropper’ Home For Sale
A picturesque 13,000-square-foot chateau-style mansion in Chadds Ford is up for sale, and its rave review is among Philadelphia Magazine’s highlights this week. On a 10-acre Brandywine Valley estate, the seven-bedroom, nine-bath home is asking $3.9 million in exchange for a wrought-iron butterfly staircase, heated Italian marble floors, a multi-story library, a vaulted-ceiling living room with…
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Final Beam Connects Two Halves Of King of Prussia Mall
The nation’s second-largest mall is no longer divided; the final steel beam linking the King of Prussia Mall’s plaza and court was expected to be placed Tuesday, and the “trophy mall” is now focused on adding 50 new retail storefronts — nearly half of them for luxury brands — en route to a fall 2016 grand…
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As Liberty Property Trust Acquires Lot, Speculation On Third Comcast Tower Mounts
The momentum toward a possible third Comcast tower in Philadelphia quickened this week as Malvern-based Liberty Property Trust accumulated yet another property on the block near Comcast’s other two towers. This one, the fifth purchased within the block surrounded by 19th, Arch, Cherry and 20th streets, is a 10,720-square-foot surface parking lot at 19th and…
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New Design Philosophy at Work For Great Valley Corporate Center
Life is changing drastically for the 40-year-old Great Valley Corporate Center on Route 202 in Malvern. A year from now, its mid-life crisis will start creating three or four taller 200,000-square-foot office buildings mixed amongst two or three luxury rental complexes, a hotel, retail storefronts and open green space. “To attract and maintain employees, employers…
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After Four Decades, Bentley Homes Known For Timeless Quality
The passion, commitment, vision and principles of Bentley Homes hasn’t changed much over 41 years, and it is that timeless quality that has become the trademark of the West Chester-based homebuilder’s reputation. Above all, Bentley Homes, the company Tom Bentley created in 1974, is unwaveringly true to integrity — the integrity of the buyer’s personality…
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Liberty Property Trust Lures Industrial Development Leader From Boston
Malvern-based commercial real estate company Liberty Property Trust is getting its hands dirty and digging deeper into industrial and commercial development with the hiring of a proven leader from Boston. Greydon “Greydie” Sargent III has assumed leadership as senior vice president of construction and development across southeastern Pennsylvania. “Greydie brings to us a wealth of…
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Chester County Leadership: Eli Kahn
Eli Kahn’s name graces building lots, construction sites and finished commercial buildings across Chester County and Philadelphia’s western suburbs. Kahn, together with long time partner and mentor Jack Loew, who died suddenly last year, changed Chester County’s commercial real estate landscape forever. A few years out of college Kahn, with Loew’s help and guidance, purchased…





























































