They wouldn’t have the same construction costs and financing issues in the suburbs?

“It was just yesterday then that the construction pause was confirmed by Durst, citing rising construction costs and difficulties with financing as rationale, despite already sinking $40+ million into the archaeological and construction work thus far.”

Damn. Their plan for the waterfront looks awesome and is much needed.

A lot of auto theft is crime of opportunity so it could be!

Yeah a bit, but with their thefts increasing at a much higher rate I’d expect them to surpass us next year. Chicago also had a higher rate of carjackings per-capita last year, but I have no clue about 2022. I’d like to see the data you mentioned as well.

Interestingly, Chicago has has license plate readers since 2006 but they are averaging 50+ thefts a day, having doubled since last year.

Seems to be a common trend in big cities right now, unfortunately. Thefts have nearly doubled in Philly since 2019. In Chicago, thefts are up 96% with more than 18,000 vehicles stolen in 2022 in compared to just over 9,000 in 2021. In NYC they had also nearly doubled compared to 2021 earlier this year, though I can’t find anything more recent.

Sources:

https://abc7chicago.com/amp/chicago-crime-parking-garage-car-thefts/12529948/

https://abc7ny.com/amp/car-thefts-stolen-nyc-crime-new-york-city/11639682/

From a past article on Philly car thefts:

“One-third to one-half of thefts are crimes are just too easy, says Captain of Major Crimes Squad, John Ryan.

"It's directly tied to people leaving their cars running, people leaving their key fobs in their car, so people can just drive off," says Captain Ryan.”

Who didn’t read the article? You? Because It states that some business/property owners think it’s worth the increase in costs.

I think the different branding is a pretty bad idea, I've followed this development from the beginning (not that closely) and haven't even heard of that until just now. I googled "Laurel rittenhouse rentals" and "laurel rittenhouse apartments" and nothing for 1909 Rittenhouse even came up, and I don't see a way from the Laurel website to get to the apartments either. Besides the prices, this certainly doesn't help get them leased...

Edit: OMG, a 2 bedroom on like the 3rd floor is $10k a month?!

The housing authority spending millions on a few units would be a tremendous waste of taxpayer money.

Two weeks ago I read that nearly 70% of the condos in the Laurel had sold: https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2022/12/05/laurel-rittenhouse-square-philadelphia-photos.html?ana=TRUEANTHEMFB_PL&csrc=6398&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+New+Content+%28Feed%29&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3oB2W-sbHM5wZjYxqe6yhkgsFKV45rJG75sms4NsCdRBhjxlF1saBO5vg

How do you know it's not leasing well? That's disappointing, it is very expensive though.

That would be nice!!

Can’t wait! Heirloom is the closest grocery store to me now so I will be checking frequently.

Thank you!!

Why yes I did! And it was lovely, despite a weak MNF matchup.

I was leaving Heirloom when I took this! Got some Christmas beer.

Thank you, me too!!

This awesome, especially the unemployment numbers. Go Philly

They might be easy to identify by that obscure sock brand 😂

I found an update from 2019, not sure if this has already been shared by anyone: https://www.phillymag.com/news/2019/01/28/scientology-philadelphia-church/

Apparently they lost their tax exemption in 2017 and are one of the city’s biggest real estate delinquents.

I always wonder about this building, any idea if something will be done with it?

Haha I like that logo actually. It reminds me of the "dude, give up your seat" signs on SEPTA for someone reason.

Idk what this says about me but I still voted for Peruto, one of the few Republicans I've ever voted for. A couple of days before voting I watched an interview with Krasner where he was asked how he felt about a specific homicide, and his response was something like "crime prevention is important, but what I really want to focus on is the great strides we are making with regards to reform" and just started rambling about that. It was at that moment he lost me, as despite his occasional televised "emotional" pleas, that showed me who he really is and how little he cares about anyone/anything beyond his agenda... which is NOT public safety.

Anyone but Gym. Please. Even Amen Brown would be better.

Gotcha, that makes sense. Yeah I used to live right by Mom’s and it’s infuriatingly expensive… but I still went 🙄