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Author Archives: MasterBlaster
PHA Ditching 196 More Properties In Major Auction
The last round of PHA auctions yielded hundreds of interested buyers in a large PHA sell-off of 500 properties. The auction date is Tuesday July 16th, starting at 10AM inside 3801 Market. Max Spann is running the auction. It was successful … Continue reading
Uber-Industrial City Fitness Headed for Fishtown
As part of the Roland Kassis proposals before the Fishtown Neighbors Association tonight includes an industrial warehouse conversion to a City Fitness gym slated for Columbia Avenue. For you Fishtown peeps interested in more about Roland Kassis, 6ABC aired a … Continue reading
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Update on Fishtown Transit-Oriented Development: Renderings!
Fresh from Domani Developers is the elevation and 1st floor plans for the REACH baseball factory conversion in Fishtown at Tulip and Palmer Streets. The bike parking is by the elevator. 1st Floor Floorplan [PDF]
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Congratulations Philly, Your Credit Score Just Went Up
Oh how quick our Mayor and Finance director are to appear whenever Philly’s debt ratings come into question. But today there is good news [Philly Biz Journal]. We just got upgraded to A- by Standard & Poors. These numbers … Continue reading
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And Now, Some ACTUAL Porn (UPDATE)
Update: Chris Somers just reached out to let me know that his office meant to point to this, instead. Unfortunately there’s no porn in it. It’s getting hot and steamy at The Somers real estate team… In case you’re wondering … Continue reading
Winter Of Discontent Porn: School District Hunger Strike Begins
Two parents and two SDP employees have now gone on hunger strike over the Doomsday Budget [Inky]. This is pretty sad. It’s not like we’re not aware that much of City Council, our Mayor, a bunch of the Philly … Continue reading
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Roland Kassis Proposes Two Big Transit-Oriented Apartment Projects for Fishtown
A while back I told you about the dilapidated REACH Baseball Factory in Fishtown that once churned out the official MLB baseball in the early days of the major leagues. Well, tomorrow night the Fishtown Neighbors Association will be voting … Continue reading
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Comments System Moved to Disqus
Since PDQ was born I’ve gotten complaints about WordPress comments being too stupid b/c nobody can remember a WordPress login, and Facebook comments make some people scared to write anything for fear of being found out. So, in a hunt … Continue reading
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So, How Exactly Did NBC10 Get A Hold of Ron Wagenhoffer’s Cell-Phone Suicide Videograms?
Earlier on Friday, NBC10 managed to get a hold of exclusive videos of Ron Wagenhoffer‘s final goodbyes to his family on his cell phone before he committed suicide one week after the Basciano-owned building collapse. Without sharing any part of … Continue reading
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Remember that AVI Map? It’s Been Updated To Reflect The New Tax Rate
Click here for the mapping fun. It has also been enhanced to show you 2013 vs 2014 plus whether or not a property has a 10 year tax abatement.
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POLICY ALERT: Revenue Department Raises Sheriff’s Sale Deposits to $1,100
From an astute reader (and Sheriff’s Sale pusher), to put a deposit down with the Real Estate Tax Unit at the Department of Revenue is now going to cost $1,100 instead of the usual $800 it was before. Yours truly … Continue reading
The Suburbs: Pottstown is Worried Over Tax Credit Housing Developer Who Answers Few Questions
Up in Pottstown (that’s in MontCo for you folks who don’t know what lies beyond the City’s limits) is a blightfighter who runs Golden Cockroach, an activist fighting against substandard rental living conditions in rental apartments, vacancy and urban (yes, … Continue reading
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AVI Has Now Been Passed – Awaiting Nutter Signature 1.34% Rate / $30,000 Homestead
City Council has just taken final vote on the Actual Value Initiative. Mayor Nutter will be signing it when he returns from Chicago. Get ready to go back and check the AVI Calculator! Tax Rate To Use: 1.34% Your Homestead … Continue reading
MUST READ: AxisPhilly Uncovers Some Secret Sauce Behind Sheriff’s Sales
While uncovering how the Sheriff’s Department decided to arbitrarily set the starting auction bid for a Kensington lot at $4,500, they have discovered a few things [AxisPhilly]: Apparently part of the cost of a Sheriff’s Sale includes eating hoagies We actually … Continue reading