• Talented Urban Designer Becomes New Bernardon Haber Holloway Shareholder

    Talented Urban Designer Becomes New Bernardon Haber Holloway Shareholder

    A familiar face will help Kennett Square’s renowned Bernardon Haber Holloway Architects design the future of the growing regional firm. A BHH architect since 2007, Michael S. McCloskey has stepped into a new leadership position as shareholder and associate principal. “During his tenure here, Mike has distinguished himself as a talented architect and has demonstrated…

  • Inclusive Approach Lands Bernardon Haber Holloway Designed Fire Station Notable Mention

    Inclusive Approach Lands Bernardon Haber Holloway Designed Fire Station Notable Mention

    Kennett Square-based Bernardon Haber Holloway Architects received national recognition for its recreation of Station No. 46, which featured a red-roofed tower and prominent antique room showcasing the highlights of past equipment alongside a modern linear array of engine bays. Bernardon Haber Holloway was bestowed a Firehouse Magazine Station Design Awards notable mention in the volunteer…

  • Devon Yard Development Plans Revealed

    Devon Yard Development Plans Revealed

    Proposed plans for the development of Devon Yards were revealed on Monday. Waterloo Devon L.P., Urban Outfitters, Inc. and Antropologie, Inc., shared their vision for the area in a public meeting. Plans for the project noted that the proposed development is “A unique development where like-minded/like-spirited retailers, restaurateurs and residents coexist and foster a unique environment…

  • California Investor Sees Medical Real Estate in Chester County as “Low-Risk”

    California Investor Sees Medical Real Estate in Chester County as “Low-Risk”

    There’s money to be made in medical real estate these days, and Chester County has recently become a hot spot for investors to put their cash. With its $18.5 million purchase of the 73,326-square-foot Merion Building in King of Prussia from O’Neill Properties still fresh in the books, California-based American Healthcare Investors just poured more money into the…

  • Tenant Search Finds Buyer For West Chester’s Insurance Building

    Tenant Search Finds Buyer For West Chester’s Insurance Building

    The owners of the two-part adjoined Insurance Building in West Chester went looking for a tenant and found a record-setting buyer instead. At $5.98 million, the borough’s largest-ever commercial transaction made the 26,507-square-foot Insurance Building the new crown jewel of Eastern West Chester Partners’ investment portfolio, according to a Daily Local News report. “Property values…

  • Building Expert And Well-Rounded Marketer Join Bernardon Haber Holloway

    Building Expert And Well-Rounded Marketer Join Bernardon Haber Holloway

    A growing Kennett Square architecture and design firm has included the talent of two new team members into its blueprint for success. Bernardon Haber Holloway recently hired an architect with plan examination and building code expertise as well as a multi-faceted marketer, according to a company announcement this week. “This unique combination of credentials will…

  • Chester County’s Liberty Property Trust Acquisition Hints at Third Comcast Tower

    Chester County’s Liberty Property Trust Acquisition Hints at Third Comcast Tower

    Real estate watchers are more tuned into the speculation about a third Comcast tower in downtown Philly this week after Malvern-based land developer Liberty Property Trust aired the first real evidence to support such a claim. The two partners have acknowledged they bought property diagonally across from the under-construction Comcast Innovation and Technology Center, according to a…

  • Energized By Spring, Pending Home Sales In Chester County Are Trending Hot

    Energized By Spring, Pending Home Sales In Chester County Are Trending Hot

    Sale pending signs are blooming across Chester County this spring as first-time homebuyers wake from their hibernation with newfound buying power. Pending sales were 85.8 percent higher in February than the same month last year, according to a Suburban West Realto Association housing market report. “Contract activity is convincingly up compared to a year ago…

  • Dream Home Built By Paoli Foundry Owner Up For Sale

    Dream Home Built By Paoli Foundry Owner Up For Sale

    Decades ago, the owner of Paoli’s Country Iron Foundry crafted a retreat from his sweltering factory work in the cool breezes and vast ocean views of an oversized, ultra exclusive lot on New Jersey’s southern shore. Now that prime piece of real estate is looking for its next owner — and asking one of the entire…

  • New Luxury Apartment By Plan StanAb Real Estate Brewing In Kennett Square

    New Luxury Apartment By Plan StanAb Real Estate Brewing In Kennett Square

    A plan is brewing to craft 175 new luxury apartments close to Victory Brewing Co. in Kennett Square, along with a pub-style restaurant on the main floor and a patio, garden and fire pit on the roof. West Chester’s StanAb Real Estate Development Co. has pitched the idea for a four-story complex called The Lofts…

  • Did You Know?

    Did You Know?

    According to Long & Foster’s Chester County Housing Market report for January 2015, the median sale price of a house in Chester County was $298,700, an increase of 10% or $26,406 compared to last year and a whopping $128,800 higher than the median price of a Pennsylvania house statewide. Assuming an interest rate of 4.11%…

  • Bentley Homes Bringing Luxury To Apartment Living

    Bentley Homes Bringing Luxury To Apartment Living

    Who says luxury can’t live in a small space? Seizing on a trend of downsizing Baby Boomers accustomed to the finer things in life and aspiring millennials with lofty expectations, renowned Chester County builder Bentley Homes is planning to put its signature luxury touch of “custom features and distinctive finishing touches” on a new 320-apartment development…

  • Liberty Sketches Dramatic Revision For Great Valley Corporate Center

    Liberty Sketches Dramatic Revision For Great Valley Corporate Center

    A modern new strategy for creating the perfect work environment is playing out in East Whiteland, where Malvern-based Liberty Property Trust is wiping clean a slate of nine ‘70s- and ‘80s-built office buildings in order to resurrect more than 1 million square feet. The great vision for Great Valley Corporate Center is for “three high-end apartment buildings…

  • Taney Dragons Coach Alex Rice To Join Archer And Buchanan

    Taney Dragons Coach Alex Rice To Join Archer And Buchanan

    Alex Rice, coach of the Taney Dragons, the Little League baseball team featuring a girl pitcher that came so very close to winning the world championship, will join West Chester’s Archer and Buchanan Architecture, Ltd. on April 1. Rice joins the firm as a project architect at the top of his professional and civic games.…

  • New Forces Are Luring Folks Away From Main Line Luxury Homes

    New Forces Are Luring Folks Away From Main Line Luxury Homes

    A perplexing merger of modern trends is making the Main Line’s menu of luxury homes more affordable to buyers. The price tags on $1.5 million-plus properties are on sale for 10 to 15 percent less than they were a few years ago, and roughly half as many sellers have signed the dotted line compared to…

  • County Economic Council To Bestow Hall Of Fame Award On Developer Jack Loew

    County Economic Council To Bestow Hall Of Fame Award On Developer Jack Loew

    Each year the Chester County Economic Development Council recognizes an individual with outstanding endeavors and achievements within the Chester County business community with their Chester County Hall of Fame Award. This year’s Hall of Fame award will be given posthumously to Jack Loew, President, J. Loew & Associates Inc. at the Council’s 2015 Business Achievement…

  • Chester County’s Ten Priciest Homes

    Chester County’s Ten Priciest Homes

    In its April edition hitting mailboxes and newstands this week, Main Line Today identified the 10 priciest homes sold in Chester County between 2010 and 2014. Vaux Hill (pictured above) in Phoenixville, currently on the market for a modest $8,999,999, didn’t make MLT’s list, but maybe your house did. Here are Main Line Today’s top…

  • Kate Brennan Joins Bernardon Haber Holloway Architects

    Kate Brennan Joins Bernardon Haber Holloway Architects

    Kate Brennan has joined Bernardon Haber Holloway Architects as its business development director. “We are extremely pleased to add Kate to our team of talented professionals at Bernardon Haber Holloway Architects,” said Bill Holloway, a principal at the firm. “Kate brings a wealth of knowledge regarding the design and development industry in the Delaware Valley…