The 234 Apartment

The $13. 5 million Dillard project is scheduled to break ground in October and be completed in spring 2019, Deb Wendel-Daub, a Kilbourne project manager , said Wednesday, Aug. 23. The construction site is now a parking lot owned by the Dillard family but had once been home to row houses and a lumberyard, according to Kilbourne. Like many parking lots, it's not appealing to pedestrians and the new building is intended to change that. The Renaissance Zone Authority on Wednesday recommended tax exemptions for the project worth $967,000 over five years. After the incentives expire, Kilbourne estimates it would pay $202,000 a year in property taxes. The parking lot now pays $2,400 a year. Because the area is also part of a tax- increment financing district paying for a city- owned parking ramp that the developer finished in June, the taxes would go towards the ramp. Plans call for a 94,000-square-foot, six- story building with 84 apartment units and 13,000 square feet of ground...

ARTICLE OPTIONS Throughout his early 60s, Brad Buchner and his wife, Elizabeth, lived in the kind of house that many near-retirees dream of: a peaceful, manageable ranch- style property tucked in a quiet Poconos town surrounded by trees, lakes, and plentiful open space . Costing anywhere from $30,000 to $150,000, tiny homes designed by Escape Homes enable anyone to travel around the country in a single-family home. As it turns out, however, that’s exactly what Buchner and his wife don’t want as they think about the next years of their lives. Three years ago, the Buchners packed their things and headed to Philadelphia, settling down in a Center City rental . As if ditching their longtime rural digs weren ’t enough, the pair also abandoned spaciousness, swapping their three-bedroom, two-bathroom home for precisely 345 total square feet . The transition has meant parting ways with a fully finished basement and a home office, and adjusting to an ovenless kitchenette and two miniature...

Welcome back to The Six-Digit Club , in which we take a look at a newish-to- market listing priced under $1 million, because nice things sometimes come in small packages. Send nominations to the tipline . Part of a six-story co-op building on West 13th Street , this cute studio is now on the market for $635,000. The apartment opens up into the living area with the kitchen to the left and a couple of closets to the right. The kitchen is fitted with a bunch of fancy appliances including a Liebherr refrigerator, and a Fisher & Paykel dishwasher. The kitchen also features marble countertops and custom-made cabinets. The living room is spacious enough to fit a couch, a dining table set , and what appears to be a desk. next to the kitchen. The wall adjacent to the couch is currently fitted with a tv and bookshelves, which gives future tenants an idea of how to best utilize this space. The sleeping alcove here is separated from the rest of the studio by a frosted- glass sliding door , ...