What We're Reading: Week of October 2, 2023

Here's what we're reading this week about the projects, people and policies driving local development:

The Inquirer examines the slower than expected sales at the two new ultra-luxury Center City high rise condominium buildings in the context of the broader Center City market and the luxury sub-market

by Jake Blumgart and Ryan W. Briggs, Oct 3, 2023

🏦The US Supreme Court refused to hear a case arguing for rent control in New York State, ending a push started in 2019 to introduce rent control legislation

by Dees Stribling, Bisnow National, Oct 2, 2023

The Philadelphia Inquirer interviewed Cherelle Parker about how a Mayor Parker would approach policy, governing and access to the press

by Sean Collins Walsh, Oct 2, 2023

🪶The Philadelphia Inquirer reports how even low-slung buildings can be fatal for migrating birds, and features the treatment being done to the one story café in Sister Cities Plaza to address birds colliding with the building

by Frank Kummer, Oct 2, 2023

Inga Saffron urges the City and Hilco to look to the Navy Yard redevelopment to improve upon the automobile centric development of that job center at the end of the last century, and to integrate pedestrian, cycling and public transit into the new job center along the Schuylkill banks

by Inga Saffron, Sep 27, 2023

The Philadelphia Business Journal summarizes 20 River Wards new construction projects that promise to bring over 10,000 new residential units to this area of Philadelphia

by Ryan Mulligan and Paul Schwedelson, Sep 20, 2023

🍋 Billy Penn: A committee of the Pennsylvania legislature held a hearing in Philadelphia on a proposed “lemon law” to protect homeowners of new construction houses and homeowners adjacent to new construction

by Meir Rinde, Sep 11, 2023

The Penn Capital-Star reports on Gov. Shapiro’s announcement to undertake a detailed economic development blueprint for the Commonwealth, something that has not been done in two decades

by Cassie Miller, Sep 26, 2023

The Real Deal reports on Eric Adams’ proposed zoning changes to eliminate parking minimums and allow ADUs to move towards his goal of providing 100,000 new housing units across New York City’s five boroughs

by Kathryn Brenzel, Sep 21, 2023

🏘️ Brookings Metro Senior Fellow Jenny Schuetz testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs’ Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development on the impact of constricted housing supply on housing affordability in the United States

by Jenny Schuetz, Sep 12, 2023

🏢 Lauren Gilchrist, Executive Vice President of Newmark Real Estate shares her projections for the future of office space in Center City Philadelphia

by Paul Schwedelson for Philadelphia Business Journal, Aug 10, 2023