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TOWNBYTOWN I PERKASIE ·A small-town boom · Here is a partial list of new developments, provided...
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II <ll'fie ,llnqnittr I SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2016 I PHILLY.COM I A R TATE TOWN BYTOWN I PERKASIE ·A small-town boom Development is matched by hlgh demand. . One in a continuing series spotlighting real estate markets in the region's communities. F rom what Realtors say, Perkasie is a place cov- eted by those enam- ored of small-town liv- ing. A whole lot of building de- signed to enhance that small- town experience is going on now in the Bucks County bor- ough 30 miles north of Philadel- phia. That includes more than 300 homes, a surprising number in a community of 8,515 people, es- pecially considering there isn't AlAN J. HEAVENS (] @aIheavens as much resi- dential build- ing going on in the suburbs now as there was before or during the boom years of a decade ago. "lbday's buy- ers want new, and residential • • • construction is a >good sign of an active real E!srate market," says Frank Dols- ki , an agent with Coldwell Bank- er Hearthside Real Estate in La- haska. "New construction is both refreshing and it goes off the market as fast as it arrives." Here is a partial list of new developments, provided by Joe Ferry, president of the Perkasie Olde lbwne Association: Perkasie Woods, 142 town- houses being built by Ryan Homes on the site of a former factory overlooking the bor- ough's 80 acres of parks. Prices start in the mid-$250,OOOs. Country Ridge, 18 single- family houses being built by Hallmark Homes, with prices ranging from $369,000 to $429,000. The Lofts at Draper, a new development with seven luxury apartments built at a former cigar factory. BRADLEY c. BOWER I For The Inquirer A Milton Bean house at 600 Chestnut 51. Bean was responsible for much of the local Victorian architecture, remi nd ing many of Cape May. The Lofts at Draper, seven luxury loft apartments in a See TOWN on J2 EXPANDED COVERAGE INSIDE Reaping rewards of sustainability HAVEN: She bought the N. Phila. rowhouse because of its beckoning energy effi c iency, but stayed for the sense of community. J4 They're catching Kensington's buzz THE BUILD: The partners of AGA Developers can expect success in a new project after finding fa st sales in their Fishtown projects. Jll 'On the House' by Alan J. Heavens The zip code where hipsters dwell, if hipsters there be. Glas s-and-steel townhouses are all around, along wit h people who fit right in. Jll
Transcript of TOWNBYTOWN I PERKASIE ·A small-town boom · Here is a partial list of new developments, provided...
II <ll'fie ,llnqnittr I SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2016 I PHILLY.COM I A
R TATE TOWNBYTOWN I PERKASIE
·A small-town boom Development is matched by hlgh demand.
. One in a continuing series spotlighting real estate markets in the region's communities.
From what Realtors say, Perkasie is a place coveted by those enamored of small-town living.
A whole lot of building designed to enhance that smalltown experience is going on now in the Bucks County borough 30 miles north of Philadelphia.
That includes more than 300 homes, a surprising number in a community of 8,515 people, especially considering there isn't
AlAN J. HEAVENS (] @aIheavens
as much residential building going on in the suburbs now as there was before or during the boom years of a decade ago.
"lbday's buy-ers want new, and residential
• • • construction is a >good sign of an active real E!srate market," says Frank Dolski, an agent with Coldwell Banker Hearthside Real Estate in Lahaska. "New construction is both refreshing and it goes off the market as fast as it arrives."
Here is a partial list of new developments, provided by Joe Ferry, president of the Perkasie Olde lbwne Association: ~ Perkasie Woods, 142 town
houses being built by Ryan
Homes on the site of a former factory overlooking the borough's 80 acres of parks. Prices start in the mid-$250,OOOs.
~ Country Ridge, 18 singlefamily houses being built by Hallmark Homes, with prices ranging from $369,000 to
$429,000.
The Lofts at Draper, a new development with seven luxury apartments built at a former cigar factory. BRADLEY c. BOWER I For The Inquirer
A Milton Bean house at 600 Chestnut 51. Bean was responsible for much of the local Victorian architecture, reminding many of Cape May.
~ The Lofts at Draper, seven luxury loft apartments in a
See TOWN on J2
EXPANDED COVERAGE INSIDE
Reaping rewards of sustainability HAVEN: She bought the N. Phila. rowhouse because of its beckoning energy efficiency, but stayed for the sense of community. J4
They're catching Kensington's buzz THE BUILD: The partners of AGA Developers can expect success in a new project after finding fast sales in their Fishtown projects. Jll
'On the House' by Alan J. Heavens The zip code where hipsters dwell, if hipsters there be. Glass-and-steel townhouses are all around, along with people who fit right in. Jll
