Yearly Archives: 2011

WASHINGTON, DC - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it is charging a Philadelphia condominium association with violating the Fair Housing Act for refusing to revise its “no pets” policy as a reasonable accommodation for condominium residents with disabilities who required assistance animals. HUD's charge alleges that The Philadelphian Owners' Association (POA), which manages the 776-unit Philadelphian condominium complex, requiredthat residents provide burdensome and invasive medical documentation before requests for accommodation would be considered, severely limited access to the complex's facilities for residents accompanied by assistance animals, and failed to address several instances of harassment of residents requiring assistance animals.

HARRISBURG, PA - October 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency today announced that it exceeded its $105 million allocation from the federal government through the Emergency Homeowners’ Loan Program by approximately $3 million.

Harrisburg, PA - October 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- During National Fire Prevention Week, Pennsylvania State Treasurer Rob McCord today said Treasury is working to return $207,256 in unclaimed property to 330 fire companies and emergency medical services organizations across the Commonwealth.

Marlton, NJ - October 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Ukrainian Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, along with its development partner, The Michaels Organization, today hosted a grand reopening and dedication ceremony of the newly revitalized Ascension Manor, a landmark affordable housing community in North Philadelphia that the Archdiocese has owned for the past four decades, which has undergone a complete modernization.

LANCASTER, PA - October 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A 29,000-square-foot heavy industrial building located at 2200 Hathaway Road in Lancaster has traded hands, announced commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. B&B Structures, a shed manufacturer located in Bird-in-Hand, Pa., purchased the property for $900,000.

EUGENE, OR - October 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The custom IDX solution Jon Tori now hosts on his Philadelphia, Pennsylvania real estate website has forever simplified the online real estate search process for area home seekers, agents and brokers alike. With the unique IDX Broker software, thousands of Trend MLS (Trend) listings are seamlessly displayed on the website Tori hosts. Potential buyers can experience a level of customer service comparable to none, and finding a home in and around Pennsylvania has never been so easy!

Mount Laurel, NJ - October 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- On Walnut Street's "Rittenhouse Row," Metro Commercial Real Estate brings to Philadelphia an exciting, new-to-the-area, international retailer, Jack Wills. They have leased the entire 5,800 SF 1617 Walnut Street Building.

Mt. Laurel, NJ - October 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Metro Commercial Real Estate, Inc., the Philadelphia region's premier full-service retail real estate company, has negotiated a lease for Mealey’s Furniture to occupy 60,000 square feet at Brixmor’s (formerly Centro Properties Group) Valley Fair Shopping Center. The shopping center is located at 260 W. Swedesford Road in Devon, PA. The store held its grand opening on October 1, 2011.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa./FORT LEE, N.J. - October 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Adam Putter, president of Solar Roof Development, will moderate a panel titled "Crunch Time for Solar," slated for Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The discussion is part of the three-day 2011 Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Delaware Idea Exchange, produced by the International Council of Shopping Centers. Founded in 1957, ICSC is the global trade association of the shopping center industry, with over 50,000 members in more than 80 countries.

CARLISLE, PA - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. has orchestrated the sale of 1627 Ritner Highway, a 201,000-square-foot warehouse/distribution property in Carlisle. An entity of Industrial Income Trust purchased the fully leased asset from the owner, a family trust, for $8.1 million.

EUGENE, OR - September 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The iPhone enabled IDX Broker software is now also available on the website of Felix Portman with Onyx Management Group of Feasterville, Pennsylvania, thanks to his collaboration with IDX, Inc. Now simpler than ever before, IDX Broker extracts raw listing data from the Trend MLS (Trend) and displays it seamlessly on the website Portman hosts. The once complicated online property search is now simpler than ever, when potential buyers utilize the incredible IDX enabled website Portman manages.

EUGENE, OR - September 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. has enabled IDX Broker software on the real estate website of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania agent Cindy Stys. Home seekers can now experience an online real estate solution that integrates thousands of Lehigh Valley MLS (LVMLS) listings directly on the search page Stys employs. Never before has it been easier or faster to scan the LVMLS listings and match potential buyers with properties based on their own personalized criteria.

WASHINGTON, DC - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes following Tropical Storm Lee.

Philadelphia, PA - September 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Negotiations for a new union contract covering more than 2,600 property service workers in Philadelphia began on Friday between 32BJ and representatives of the real estate industry. 32BJ presented its contract proposals to leaders of Building Owners Labor Relations, Inc. (BOLR), an organization representing Philadelphia’s major commercial office building owners, managers, and cleaning companies such as ABM Industries, Inc., The Arthur Jackson Company, and Shellville Facility Services

HARRISBURG, PA - September 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency is encouraging homeowners in danger of foreclosure to contact an approved counseling agency and submit their applications for the Emergency Homeowners’ Loan Program on or before Friday, Sept. 16 to allow adequate time for processing.

Conshohocken, PA - September 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Metro Commercial announced today that it has brokered a 52,450-square-foot lease for the Oklahoma based Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. at Kohl’s Plaza in Dickson City (Lackawanna County), PA. Dickson City is approximately 8 miles northeast of Scranton, PA.

EUGENE, OR - August 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Jon Christopher have brought a new IDX solution to the Southeast Pennsylvania area real estate market. IDX Broker software now syncs directly to the website of Christopher, extracting raw listing data from the Trend MLS and displaying it seamlessly on the IDX-enabled search page Christopher hosts. Now, Pennsylvania home seekers can experience and dynamic, time-saving, online real estate search from the convenience of the website of Christopher, thanks to IDX Broker software.

ELIZABETHTOWN, PA - August 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. has brokered a long-term, 111,000-square-foot industrial lease to MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc. at 1499 Zeager Road in Elizabethtown. The company will relocate its regional distribution operation to the 280,000-square-foot warehouse facility from Harrisburg, Pa

Harrisburg, PA - August 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania is a statewide membership organization working to increase the availability of homes within reach of all Pennsylvanians, especially those with low incomes. Our members include nonprofit and for profit developers, social service and homeless providers, housing counselors, local government officials, lawyers, bankers, real estate professionals, and people in need of affordable homes. We are all working to balance the housing market so that supply more closely matches the demand for affordable homes.

Mt. Laurel, NJ - August 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Metro Commercial Real Estate, Inc. is pleased to announce that Lars Kerstein has joined the company, where he will expand the firm’s presence in Center City Philadelphia.