As we mentioned a few months back, Brewerytown Living, the brainchild of the folks at MM Partners, is an online community that helps spread awareness about and build community in the Brewerytown neighborhood. Their next event, the Connie Mack Classic Wiffle Ball Tournament, will take place tomorrow at 1pm at Atlantic Square, at 27th and Master Sts.

Sixteen teams of three will play in this tournament, competing for a $100 gift certificate to a neighborhood drinking establishment. From what we hear, a couple of spots are still open. If you’re interested in participating, click here to sign up. The cost is $15/person or $45/team. And you don’t even have to live in the neighborhood!

While the chance to get out and swing the ol’ yellow bat is certainly an enticing proposition, we’re just as enthused…

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Last week, we mentioned the good work that MM Partners is doing the corner of Taney St. and Girard Ave., rehabbing a former hardware store with plans to turn it into the nicest restaurant in Brewerytown. While we were up there, we checked in on their biggest project at the moment, the nearly fifteen-thousand sqft. North 28, which we originally reported on way back in March.

A view of the southern end of the development

The northern end of the development

As you can see, most foundations have been poured, with the rest on the verge. Once all the foundations are complete, the modular units will be delivered and assembled. After that, utilities will be connected and finishes will be completed. We’d estimate that the…

Mike Stollenwerk, who arrived on the local scene in 2007 when he took over Little Fish, has been moving at a frenetic pace recently, opening Fish and Fathom Seafood House in the past two years, and apparently opening a larger Fish in the near future. He has another project coming down the pike, and this time he’ll be making his magic happen in Brewerytown. The new space at 2617-19 W Girard Ave. is gigantic- you could probably fit five Little Fishes in the first floor of the building. Stollenwerk will be executing two concepts here- one side will be a sit-down BYOB, and the other side will be a take-out prepared foods market. If this sounds a little high-end for Brewerytown, it’s because it is. There’s nothing like it in the neighborhood, but Stollenwerk is betting that it’s…

We just took a trip to the North28 site at 1238 N. 28th Street; construction is well underway. MM Partners tells us that boxes will be on site in early July and the model unit should be ready shortly thereafter. Even more interesting, though, was the 1881 stone that we found from the church that was demolished at the same site. —-Caitlin Connors

Seven years ago Alon Barzilay looked out of the window at Bourbon Blue onto the 1860′s building across the street and called his friend David Waxman. The 3 Rector Street building had everything to make an unbeatable residential project: a great location, perfect neighborhood, waterfront lot, cobblestone street and access to the Tow Path and two train stations. Three years later Waxman tried to make a five-story residential complex out of the historical former Labov Plumbing Supply structure but the year-long legal battle that ensued (coupled with the collapsed market) was enough to make Waxman and Barzilay pause and rethink things. By the time the legal commotion about Rector Street had died down, Waxman had a fresh perspective for the 11,000-square-feet of stone and new plans.

Their initial thought to tear down the structure was met with opposition from the…

North 28 luxury prefab condominiums are moving into Brewerytown at 1238 N. 28th Street. MM Partners, who is spearheading the project, has closed on a construction loan from Beneficial Bank needed to begin building and are looking to finish the project by the end of this summer. The building will consist of 15 modular units (equipped with 15 gated parking spaces) and will be located a ½ block north of Girard Avenue (believe it or not). Making up the 15 units will be three one-bedroom condos as well as 12 two-bedroom units, also designed with the help of JKR Partners.

Each modularly constructed unit is prefabricated off site and later brought together to form one building (sort of like building a Lego house). The condos have been approved for both sale and rental; the one-bedroom units will be listed in the mid $100K range…