PHILADELPHIA | Lowrise/General Developments Thread

[Philly-Drew]

Originally Posted by 3rd&Brown

Let's just remember this when everyone on this board complains about neighborhood zoning committees.

They're not all equal and NoLibs is among the best.

Blatstein is a one hit wonder. And he owes that one success to Northern Liberties for pressuring him to do better.

Good points 3rd&Brown. I've been in Northern Liberties since the late 90's. Back then a lot of us could see, and feel, the tide coming. NoLibs was already starting to pop when Blatstiein showed up. I don't think Blatstein deserves as much credit for the Piazza as some people give him. Any success of the Piazza is due to the success of Northern Liberties as a whole.

That's just my humble opinion.

[blart]

Saturday, 2-6. Demolition continues at 5th & Race

[Jawnadelphia]

Logan Square new-to-newer development = gigantic homes!

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[Busy Bee]

Man, that's some fugly right there.

[TempleGuy1000]

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

Man, that's some fugly right there.

Which ones?

These are great compared to some others.

[EastSideHBG]

Cherry Hill to redevelop area near Cooper River
Updated: FEBRUARY 7, 2016 — 3:01 AM EST
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20...swwkzq0PmEj.99

[Cro Burnham]

The 4th, 5th, 6th, and last photos.

[Larry King]

Originally Posted by Cro Burnham

The 4th, 5th, 6th, and last photos.

I was about to ask what that project is.. i don't recall seeing it in person and I see most of them

[Larry King]

Originally Posted by EastSideHBG

Cherry Hill to redevelop area near Cooper River
Updated: FEBRUARY 7, 2016 — 3:01 AM EST
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20...swwkzq0PmEj.99

I really hate how redevelopment is done in NJ. Always very shady and political

[1487]

This is interesting

http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelp...ig-number.html

[Busy Bee]

Originally Posted by TempleGuy1000

Which ones?

These are great compared to some others.

4, 5 & 6 looks like a real heinous pile.

[Cro Burnham]

Originally Posted by Larry King

I was about to ask what that project is.. i don't recall seeing it in person and I see most of them

Photos 4,5,6 show houses on 2100 block of Race (I think); about 10 years old. Really big, really ugly, prison-cell sized windows. Really shoddy looking for "luxury".

The last photo is a house on 22nd between Arch & Race. Really shoddy looking stucco work There.

[Urbanthusiat]

Originally Posted by 1487

This is interesting

http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelp...ig-number.html

Good, a developer who doesn't want to wait to get started. Hopefully the new owners redesign the site to make it blend better with its surroundings. The site plan is pretty ugly IMO

[summersm343]

46th and Sansom updates from Naked Philly

http://www.ocfrealty.com/naked-phill...at-46th-sansom

[summersm343]

Francisville project updates from Naked Philly

http://www.ocfrealty.com/naked-phill...-at-15th-ogden
http://www.ocfrealty.com/naked-phill...sville-corners

[summersm343]

Temple Board to Talk Football Stadium with Community Today

Temple's board of trustees will open their meeting today to the public to discuss the hotly-debated football stadium plans. According to an NBC10 report, the meeting is at 3:30 p.m. today on campus, and is expected to be protested by community members.

Temple football's recent success on the field prompted talks of building an on-campus stadium during the 2015 season. Currently, the university leases the Linc, home of the Eagles, for its games for $1 million.

The proposed stadium would hold 35,000 seats, and be located behind Liacouras Center on North Broad Street. Newsworks reports that Temple board chairman Patrick O'Connor argues that having a home stadium would be less expensive than leasing the Linc.

Still, many locals, including Mayor Jim Kenney, are currently opposed to the stadium, stating that other neighborhood issues need to be addressed before building an arena.

http://philly.curbed.com/

[summersm343]

Historic West Philadelphia High School to Become Apartments

A historic high school in West Philadelphia will be converted into an apartment building, according to multiple reports. It was announced on Friday that a Brooklyn-based developer, Heights Advisors, had acquired $24 million to redevelop the four-story West Philadelphia High School into 268 apartment units.

Located on 4700 Walnut Street, the late Gothic revival high school was built in 1912 and shuttered in 2011. Students moved to another, newer building a few blocks away, while the former school, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, sat abandoned for years.

The construction loan was a long time coming, since this will be the developers' first project in Philadelphia.

According to the Height Advisors website, the rehabilitation project on the 442,200-square-foot building won't begin until 2017.

http://philly.curbed.com/archives/20...apartments.php

[summersm343]

Petition Calls to Halt Bart Blatstein's Waterfront Development

The Delaware waterfront has seen an immense amount of growth over the years, with multiple pier parks, bike-and pedestrian-friendly trails, and plenty of green spaces. But a developer's plans to bring residential units, a gas station, and strip mall to the former Foxwoods site in South Philly is drawing ire among residents and has led to a petition calling to stop the project.

Bart Blatstein, who is also behind the proposed mega-development at South Broad and Washington, purchased this site in 2014 after plans for a Foxwoods casino fell through. Property reported in January about Blatstein's current plans to develop the site for 670 apartments and townhouses, and retail, including a Wawa and Aldi.

As recently as last week, Blatstein told Philadelphia Inquirer that there were still plans to be worked out. The petition went up this morning and currently has 150-some signatures. It's calling for the plans for the "suburban development" to be revised to be more in line with the master plan for the Delaware Waterfront.

http://philly.curbed.com/archives/20...t-petition.php

[summersm343]

Low Income Housing For Artists In West Powelton To Break Ground

On Tuesday, the People’s Emergency Center will host a ribbon cutting ceremony for 4050 Apartments, an affordable live-work housing development for low income artists in West Powelton. The three story, 24,350-square-foot apartment building, designed by PZA Architects, will fill a long vacant lot at the intersection of 40th Street, Lancaster and Haverford Avenues and feature 20 two and three room units that will include personal studio space. Arts and educational programming will be offered to tenants and the general public in a community room on the ground floor. The $7.2 million building will also include shared exhibition and workshop space. Completion of the project is slated for December 2016 with leasing to begin in early 2017.

PEC has invested more than $65 million in the Lower Lancaster Avenue section of Philadelphia’s Promise Zone going back to the mid-1990s, producing 250 housing units and five educational centers.

The groundbreaking ceremony will take place at 4050 Haverford Avenue on Tuesday, February 9th at 11AM. In attendance will the City’s Deputy Managing Director Brian Abernathy, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency Executive Director Brian Hudson, Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, Third District, PEC President Kathy Desmond, and community leaders Elsie Wise and John Leatherberry.

http://hiddencityphila.org/2016/02/l...-break-ground/

[summersm343]

Originally Posted by 1487

This is interesting

http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelp...ig-number.html

NoLibs development site sells for big number

The Klein Co. has acquired a block-sized development site in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia for $7.25 million.

The 2.8-acre property at 1300-1354 N. 2nd St. is known as SOKO Lofts for its location South Kensington. The site as been approved for 320 apartments in three buildings.

The brokers represented Canus Corp., which took the property through the approval process. The parcel is bounded by 2nd Street to the east, American Street to the west and Master and Thompson streets to the north and south and has been environmentally remediated. It is the former Absco Inc. steel site.

There are some investors who want to stick to Center City but those who understand the Northern Liberties market were very interested in the site, Margolis said. Klein is expected to move forward with the project later this year.