By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team A developer wants to build 74 townhouses on a 6.6-acre parking lot near Lansdale's Pennbrook SEPTA station. The Lansdale Borough Council did not push back on the project. They pushed back because they wanted more. Council members and residents told developer W.B. Homes they wanted greater density, mixed-use programming, and a more ambitious vision for a piece of...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team The mall most Philadelphians still call Franklin Mills is under contract to be sold. Developer Dean Adler has confirmed plans to transform the 137-acre site in Northeast Philadelphia into a major youth sports destination with workforce housing, restaurants, a hotel, and a water park. At least part of the 1.6-million-square-foot mall will be demolished. The rest may...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team No city in the country grew its office-to-apartment conversion pipeline faster than Philadelphia over the past year. According to a new report from RentCafe, the Philadelphia metro area's pipeline of office-to-residential conversions jumped from 1,200 units to 2,697 units between February 2025 and February 2026. That is a 119% increase year over year — the highest...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Lansdale Borough Council has unanimously approved a floodplain map update that clears one of the key regulatory hurdles for a proposed development of 73 townhouses near Valley Forge Road and West Fifth Street. The developer, W.B. Homes, conducted a hydrologic study showing the existing floodplain maps were inaccurate for the site. With borough approval secured, the...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Lower Merion Township commissioners recently voted to review conceptual plans for renovating Schauffele Plaza in Ardmore and the adjacent parking lot into a pedestrian-friendly civic green space. Two options are on the table, both priced around $9.3 million, with one preserving 18 parking spaces and another removing them entirely in favor of a more complete public...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Philadelphia is moving forward with one of the largest housing investments in the city's recent history. Mayor Cherelle Parker's administration is issuing $400 million in bonds to fund the first phase of the Housing Opportunities Made Easy initiative — a plan centered on building and repairing 30,000 homes across Philadelphia. The milestone comes more than a year...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Montgomery County broke ground last week on a new 50-bed emergency housing facility at 1430 DeKalb Street in Norristown. The project is expected to be complete by the end of 2026 and will serve single adults at serious risk of housing instability. Commissioner Neil Makhija pointed to a stark data point at the groundbreaking: housing costs in Montgomery County have...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Springfield Hospital has been closed since 2022. Now it appears to be coming back. Todd Strine, who also acquired Taylor Hospital in Ridley Park last September, became the majority owner of the Springfield facility and is moving forward with a plan to reopen it as a specialty care center. The 90,000-square-foot building has 40 beds, four operating rooms, and an...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Narberth Borough Council is set to consider zoning changes in May that could meaningfully affect who can afford to live there and what kinds of housing get built. For anyone watching the Montgomery County real estate market, this is a story about supply, affordability, and what happens when a highly desirable small town tries to grow without losing what makes it...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team A 24-acre property along Route 202 in Doylestown Township just moved one step closer to becoming a luxury townhome community. The Doylestown Township Planning Commission voted 4-1 in March to recommend a zoning amendment that would allow Zaveta Custom Homes to build 36 townhomes on the historic Hart property, owned by the Bucks County Historical Society. The plan...
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