PHILADELPHIA | Lowrise/General Developments Thread - Page 600

iheartphilly · #**11981** Posted **Apr 12, 2019, 9:02 PM**

^
Thrilled for another potential development on Walnut St. River to River should be the goal.

jsbrook · #**11982** Posted **Apr 12, 2019, 10:23 PM**

Bye bye, single story abortion of an underuse! AKA Wendy's: https://www.philly.com/real-estate/c...iHj4TmPP-0zsjA If your brother must remain at 15th and Chestnut, at least this despicable one-story will be turned into something that makes sense.

City Wide · #**11983** Posted **Apr 12, 2019, 10:30 PM**

Plenty of room for a new Wendy's to go in on the 1st floor and mezzanine. My question is will they have a drive through window?
Does anyone know how large of a building this lot and zoning will allow?

mcgrath618 · #**11984** Posted **Apr 12, 2019, 11:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by Aaamazarite

You're right. I thought it would take longer to get noticed, but apparently I'm not the only one who keeps track of that corner!

Can you give us a size estimate? Would it fall into this thread or the highrise thread?

iheartphilly · #**11985** Posted **Apr 13, 2019, 1:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by mcgrath618

Can you give us a size estimate? Would it fall into this thread or the highrise thread?

In the article, I think it said lot size of 3300 square feet. It also said mixed-used. So depending on how it is zoned (my guess
Is at least cmx3), I think it could meet the minimum to go on the high rise thread.

Jayfar · #**11986** Posted **Apr 13, 2019, 1:35 AM**

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Originally Posted by iheartphilly

In the article, I think it said lot size of 3300 square feet. It also said mixed-used. So depending on how it is zoned (my guess
Is at least cmx3), I think it could meet the minimum to go on the high rise thread.

3,277 square feet and it is CMX-5 (although it may or may not be subject to zoning overlays).

Human Scale · #**11987** Posted **Apr 13, 2019, 7:24 AM**

Market House
1100 Passyunk (the island)
39 units, street commercial

http://www.ambitarchitecture.com/projects/market-house/

summersm343 · #**11988** Posted **Apr 13, 2019, 11:30 AM**

^^whoa, nice! Right on Washington Ave? Looks great!

DudeGuy · #**11989** Posted **Apr 13, 2019, 1:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by Human Scale

Market House
1100 Passyunk (the island)
39 units, street commercial

http://www.ambitarchitecture.com/projects/market-house/

Great development, but that whole area around 8th and Passyunk is a total mess. Tons of stores in the area use the sidewalks as their private parking lots.

eixample · #**11990** Posted **Apr 13, 2019, 1:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by DudeGuy

Great development, but that whole area around 8th and Passyunk is a total mess. Tons of stores in the area use the sidewalks as their private parking lots.

Parking on the sidewalk is the scourge of South Philly. Unless the block has permit parking, no tickets are ever issued it seems. I don't think sidewalk parking will really hurt this development though.

Anyone know if there is parking with this? Is this by right? Two big apartment buildings on the Eastern end of Washington will be great for the neighborhood. The design seems monotonous, but Washington Ave is an industrial corridor so I won't get upset about that.

jsbrook · #**11991** Posted **Apr 13, 2019, 3:48 PM**

Love the Market House design. Is that definitely a go? It says 2012.

Jayfar · #**11992** Posted **Apr 13, 2019, 7:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by jsbrook

Love the Market House design. Is that definitely a go? It says 2012.

I wish I noticed the date before I shared it to the Washington Ave facebook group. And the architect's website dropped dead today:

http://www.ambitarchitecture.com
Account Suspended
This Account has been suspended.
Contact your hosting provider for more information.

As to whether anything at all is happening here in the near future, the only relevant permit listed on atlas is an expired building permit for a somewhat smaller mixed use building from 2016. The property did change hands in January 2018 though:

OPA Account # 871272900
OPA Address 1100-18 E PASSYUNK AVE
Owners 8TH & PASSYUNK DEVELOPMEN
Assessed Value $70,200
Sale Date 01/02/2018
Sale Price $1,825,000

Jayfar · #**11993** Posted **Apr 13, 2019, 8:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jayfar

I wish I noticed the date before I shared it to the Washington Ave facebook group. And the architect's website dropped dead today:

http://www.ambitarchitecture.com
Account Suspended
This Account has been suspended.
Contact your hosting provider for more information.

As to whether anything at all is happening here in the near future, the only relevant permit listed on atlas is an expired building permit for a somewhat smaller mixed use building from 2016. The property did change hands in January 2018 though:

OPA Account # 871272900
OPA Address 1100-18 E PASSYUNK AVE
Owners 8TH & PASSYUNK DEVELOPMEN
Assessed Value $70,200
Sale Date 01/02/2018
Sale Price $1,825,000

More puzzling, I now see where the original poster got their info — directly from a post yesterday on Ambit Architecture's facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/AmbitArchit...43863345634185

Jayfar · #**11994** Posted **Apr 14, 2019, 9:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by jsbrook

Love the Market House design. Is that definitely a go? It says 2012.

Did it say 2012 directly on one of the images? Though the architect's website went missing on Saturday, I noticed in the google cache that their web pages consistently have copyright notices dated 2012 [All work and images copyright 2012 Ambit Inc.], so it may be just lax website maint on their part. OTOH, that same firm posted the images to their facebook page just this past week, so there's that.

jsbrook · #**11995** Posted **Apr 14, 2019, 11:37 AM**

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Originally Posted by Jayfar

Did it say 2012 directly on one of the images? Though the architect's website went missing on Saturday, I noticed in the google cache that their web pages consistently have copyright notices dated 2012 [All work and images copyright 2012 Ambit Inc.], so it may be just lax website maint on their part. OTOH, that same firm posted the images to their facebook page just this past week, so there's that.

It said it on OP's link that now says "Account Suspended"

Jayfar · #**11996** Posted **Apr 14, 2019, 2:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by jsbrook

It said it on OP's link that now says "Account Suspended"

Yeah, the 2012 copyright notice is/was on all their pages, not coincidentally the same year the architect registered their domain. They just threw copyright notice in a template when they created the website and never bothered to update it. I'm certain the drawings are current (since they posted them to their facebook page on Friday), but whether they represent a real project remains to be seen.

UPDATE: I had messaged Ambit regarding their website and copyright dates. Their reply: "Thank you, our IT is doing some maintenance. Should be up later today."

Further update: ambitarchitecture.com website is back up. And yes, that 2012 date is just careless webmastering; the 2012 copyright notice is on every page. I'll nag them about it some more.

Aaamazarite · #**11997** Posted **Apr 15, 2019, 6:46 PM**

New stuff going to the ZBA in the next couple of months:

2235 N Broad 23 units

1327 N 18th 4 stories 6 units

1805-07 Ridge 5 floors 5 units

2023 Frankford 4 floors 9 units

and-- the old Family Court hotel goes back to the ZBA May 5th

mcgrath618 · #**11998** Posted **Apr 15, 2019, 7:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by Aaamazarite

New stuff going to the ZBA in the next couple of months:

2235 N Broad 23 units

1327 N 18th 4 stories 6 units

1805-07 Ridge 5 floors 5 units

2023 Frankford 4 floors 9 units

and-- the old Family Court hotel goes back to the ZBA May 5th

Jesus, pretty soon Ridge Ave is going to be entirely built up.

cardeza · #**11999** Posted **Apr 15, 2019, 7:43 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aaamazarite

New stuff going to the ZBA in the next couple of months:

2235 N Broad 23 units

1327 N 18th 4 stories 6 units

1805-07 Ridge 5 floors 5 units

2023 Frankford 4 floors 9 units

and-- the old Family Court hotel goes back to the ZBA May 5th

there was something on n. 12th street as well, 10 floors I believe.

Aaamazarite · #**12000** Posted **Apr 15, 2019, 8:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by cardeza

there was something on n. 12th street as well, 10 floors I believe.

Yup-- 210 N 12th, 10 floors, 26 units

I forgot to throw that in there