Such a double edged sword, on one hand you only become expensive when you're desirable. On the other hand the area has completely lost its advantages in this regard and it's going to be even more competitive and a tougher sell.

New Proposal and New Developer For 27th & Girard

Current site:
http://www.ocfrealty.com/wp-content/...2.15.51-PM.png

Project rendering:
http://www.ocfrealty.com/wp-content/...1.46.11-PM.png

Read more here:
http://www.ocfrealty.com/naked-phill...er-27th-girard

What a beautiful structure.

August CDR Submissions Part 2

1121-41 N. Delaware Ave. (Pier Village)
6-story 88 unit residential building with ground floor retail, and 28 4-story townhomes
PDF here:
https://www.phila.gov/media/20200805...20_reduced.pdf

230 N. 23rd St. (Edgewater II)
7-story 180 unit residential building
PDF here:
https://www.phila.gov/media/20200805...esentation.pdf

501 N. Columbus Blvd. & 601-61 N. Delaware Ave.
North Building: 7-stories, 265,000 sq ft of residential units, 16,000 sq ft of retail
South Building: 6-stories, 259,000 sq ft of residential units, 21,000 sq ft of retail
PDF here:
https://www.phila.gov/media/20200805...Submission.pdf

Festival Pier! Finally!
 

So glad to see movement on Festival Pier at long last. This may be a token gesture just to get everything filed and permitted before the end of 2020 to hold onto the current 10-year tax abatement pre the 2021 change, but encouraging to see the group take this somewhat significant step. Site plan and overall quality looks really strong from this submission. Nice to see them placing retail both at the mouth of the project but also along the river. Completing this project would be significant not just as a shot in the arm for the area's density, but for how much public park space we'd gain as another link in the waterfront system.

whoa, this is indeed major news. And long overdue.

Between the last two CDR meeting proposals -- there is something like 1500 new units planned for that stretch of Delaware Ave. now. ....Light rail???

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I like the Columbus/Delaware Ave designs. These are visually attractive low rises. Page 23 of 31 in the .PDF file shows 16 different exterior materials being used on the project. I think that might be a record for the mixing and matching the exterior of a building.

What percentage of the rather large number of residential buildings proposed since COVID do we actually think will be built. Don’t get me wrong, Philly had momentum before this but we were no Austin or Nashville. I have faith that workers and vibrancy will return to city centers, but it is still a big unknown.

a lot of this is being rushed to get permits under current tax abatement law, I suspect many of these are nowhere near being funded and ready to go

Didn't 1121 N. Delaware Avenue already go to the CDR a year and a half ago?

Does anyone know why it's going for another round after all this time? Something to do with change of ownership? Lapsing of permits?

http://www.ocfrealty.com/naked-phill...are-waterfront

Whatever else has changed, the design/layout of buildings is quite a bit different. Added apartments and retail, fewer townhouses.

Disappointed but not surprised. Would not attend.

Philly developers propose thousands of new apartments in a rush to beat the tax abatement change

https://www.inquirer.com/real-estate...-20200810.html

Some very interesting tidbits in this article, including Post Brothers' proposal to demolish Liberties Walk and replace it with a 102-unit building of 3BR and 4BR apartments aimed at families who can't buy in the neighborhood. I get that Liberties Walk has never quite flourished, but all the same I'll be sort of sad to see it go given the unique character it creates in the area. Given that it's several blocks long, I wonder which blocks Post intends to redevelop?

Separately, the rendering provided in the article and posted in the Piazza Terminal thread shows an unnamed tower adjacent to the Terminal occupying the site where Post currently houses their offices in a 1-story warehouse. So I guess that's yet another redevelopment play.

Bank loans to fuel development of two apartment projects near Center City, despite COVID-19 downturn

2601 Poplar
4-floors
108-unit apartment building and ground floor retail

https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/9fW...SXB6CBICA4.jpg

3029-31 W. Glenwood Ave
5-floors
49-unit apartment building with ground floor retail/commercial

https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/_ER...XI54YKYFLM.jpg

Read more here:
https://www.inquirer.com/news/citize...-20200805.html

462 Units + Retail Proposed on Delaware Ave Near Rivers Casino

Current site work:
http://www.rising.realestate/wp-cont...n-1024x683.jpg

Renderings of project:
http://www.rising.realestate/wp-cont...g-1024x561.png

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Read more here:
http://www.rising.realestate/462-uni...BAzcDYwISo6t48

106-Unit Building Proposed to Replace Parking Lot in Tacony

Current site:
http://www.rising.realestate/wp-cont...l-1024x563.png

Rendering of project:
http://www.rising.realestate/wp-cont...g-1024x628.png

Read more here:
http://www.rising.realestate/106-uni..._0pnWLQANeggz4

105 Units + Retail Proposed at Front and Berks in Kensington

http://www.rising.realestate/wp-cont...1-1024x576.png

http://www.rising.realestate/wp-cont...a-1024x577.jpg

Read more here:
http://www.rising.realestate/105-uni...PM18Bx3CbR5i3s

500+ Unit Development Moving Forward at Festival Pier Site?

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http://www.rising.realestate/wp-cont...a-1024x538.png

http://www.rising.realestate/wp-cont...g-1024x536.png

Read more here:
http://www.rising.realestate/500-uni...S6tzbaIMCrX_Cs