Lehigh Valley Real Estate

Wilson Borough Council and Wilson Area School District repealed a LERTA for a former project at the old Dixie Cup factory site while approving a tax increment financing plan for the property so it can be developed into a 405-unit residential apartment building.

Bethlehem City Council unanimously voted down a developer’s wishes to build up to a 286-foot-long building within a planned 317-unit apartment complex on Hanover Avenue.

Officials are working to develop a comprehensive strategy to address a housing crisis, one that could deepen with Lehigh Valley the fastest-growing region in Pennsylvania.

Allentown City Council members unanimously backed a ballot question that — if approved by voters — would open the door for the deed-transfer tax to be raised for the first time in decades.

North Whitehall Planning Commission considered a plan to build a three-story, 40-unit apartment building at 3948 Portland St., the site of a former Lehigh Portland Cement Company building.

Racecar driver and property owner Marco Andretti should ease off the gas with his proposed West Broad Street apartment project, city planners agreed on Thursday.

The owner of an Allentown building plans to knock down the front portion of the first floor and replace it with an almost-all-glass storefront and new entrance on Hamilton Street.

Emmaus Borough Council continues to mull giving tax assistance to plans for a large apartment complex on condemned, environmentally hazardous former industrial land that has gone unused for nearly 30 years.

A 124-year-old West Ward building which previously served as a legal office may soon be turned into an eight-unit apartment complex in Easton.

Lehigh Valley home prices hit a record high in June, matching soaring temperatures and hindering market activity, the Greater Lehigh Valley Realtors said Monday.

The Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission on Thursday unanimously approved the sale of PPL Tower in Allentown to Wilkes-Barre-based D&D Realty Group. The sale comes more than four months after PPL Corp. announced that its subsidiary, PPL Electric Utilities, had reached a tentative $9 million agreement to sell the building to D&D Realty Group.

The Lehigh County Redevelopment Authority approved a contract between Elias Property Group and Synergy Environmental Group for $67,000 for an environmental study at the former Lehigh Valley Dairy site.

Plans call for a Tempo by Hilton hotel with a ground-level restaurant and bar, rooftop bar and expanded fitness center, with improvements to come later for the Greenway nearby.

A 4.62-acre mansion in Salisbury Township that took the community by storm when it burned years ago is now officially up for sale, by the township itself after obtaining ownership of it through a "generous" donation.

As soon as Oct. 1, the building will have first- and second-floor availability for tenants, though the entire complex will be up and running sometime this winter, according to Zachary Fortier, community manager with Dream Live Prosper Communities.

Developer City Center is planning a two-story school featuring about 200,000 square feet of space, with an athletics field, along the west side of the sprawling property.

Township Council on Wednesday got an idea of what 39 garden apartments and parking lots could look like in the open space across from the municipal complex on Old Philadelphia Pike.

Easton's Planning Commission decided Wednesday to table a hearing for the proposed Easton Commerce Park warehouse in a bid to wait on more information from PennDOT and Wilson Borough before making a decision.

Upper Macungie Planning Commission on Wednesday reviewed a preliminary/final plan for Sunset Orchards, a proposed housing development near the intersection of Shantz and Ruppsville roads.

Macungie is just one in a list of examples where the demand for homes in the Lehigh Valley has continued to surge. We put the 'hottest zip code' against other areas to see how they match up.

The bill introducing tax abatements for condemned properties met a roadblock in Emmaus, and will be re-introduced at a meeting in the near future.

As it has every year since 2017, Realtor.com unveiled its hottest ZIP codes in the United States on Tuesday to showcase the top markets attractive to homebuyers looking for a combination of value and desirability. One Lehigh Valley area made the top 10.

Interest rates are dropping, but what does that mean for home buyers in the Lehigh Valley?

A slightly smaller-than-expected award of state funding forced a developer to downsize its plans for an affordable housing complex in downtown Allentown.