This mid-rise mixed-use development sandwiches North Broad, with one of the two apartment buildings located right on the edge of Callowhill. Pitched as a gateway to North Broad, the project is finishing up and making last-minute touches, with tenants already moved into the 339 apartments. Construction on the ground-floor retail is still underway.

Located just on the opposite side of Callowhill in Spring Garden is the former headquarters of the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Daily News, which was sold in 2011 to developer Bart Blatstein. He originally planned to turn it into a casino, but Blatstein recently inked a deal with the City of Philadelphia instead. The stark white building will now be the future home of the Philadelphia police and the city’s health services.

Amerimar Enterprises and Abrams Capital have been fixing up this massive carrier hotel after acquiring the 1.3 million-square-foot building in 2014. The hulking Art Deco building is now home to a 23,000-square-foot “Meet Me Room” facility where tenants can connect with their networks.

This is the big park project that has this neighborhood abuzz. The Rail Park, whose first phase construction is well underway, will be a three-mile park running along the abandoned Reading Viaduct rail line. The first phase is set to open in early 2018 and will stretch a quarter mile from Broad to Callowhill Street.

After years of questioning, “Will it?” or “Won’t it?”, work has begun on the 23-story Eastern Tower Community Center. The residential tower is being led by the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation (PCDC)—it’s located right over the Chinatown-Callowhill border—and will bring 150 apartments and 44,200-square-feet of commercial and retail space, including a 17,000-square-foot community center, to the corner of 10th and Vine.

This is just one of a handful of properties owned by local developer Arts+Crafts Holdings in the neighborhood. The seven-story, 50,000-square-foot building dates back to the early 1900s when it served as the headquarters for Haverford Cycle Company. Today, work is underway to turn it into creative workspaces. Made Institute, a fashion and design school, is the first tenants to set up shop in the old warehouse.

This warehouse had a long history as a main stopping point along the Reading Railroad. Originally, it served as office space and overnight accommodations for railroad employees. In later years, it was an artist's live-work community. Arts+Crafts Holdings is the beginning stages of its plan to turn the warehouse into a mixed-use space with food and beverage on the ground floor and artists studios and creative workplaces on the upper floors.

The hulking Willow Generation Steam Plant at N. 9th and Willow streets does not go unnoticed. It was built 1927 as part of the Philadelphia Electric Company, but has sat vacant for nearly three decades. Plans are in the works to restore the asbestos-ridden property, no small undertaking that could cost at least $1 million.

Most folks know this warehouse as the home of the music venue the Electric Factory. But when it was originally built in 1916, the seven-story structure served as the switchgear plant for General Electric. It’s now under new ownership—Arts+Crafts Holdings recently bought the property for $20 million—but there are no immediate new plans for the building.