PHILADELPHIA | Lowrise/General Developments Thread - Page 164

MikeNigh · #**3261** Posted **Jun 9, 2015, 8:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by jsbrook

But we can show it and are showing it. Parking lots all over the city are falling to towers and highrise buildings.

I could see a corner of a lot / infill being just row homes but an entire lot in between walnut and and market and the rivers shouldn't be just row homes. Might as well just build a few nice suburban homes. The lot is zoned for cmx-3 which can go up to 800% far and is set for mixed use. Also this is right in the face of frat land old city, why do you want to build quiet luxury family mansions there anyways?

Imo they should just add in a mid rise on the corner with a restaurant at the bottom to use up the remaining far then you've got a hell of a project for this lot.

Jawnadelphia · #**3262** Posted **Jun 9, 2015, 9:35 PM**

Bunch of things:

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Across the street from Cheesecake Factory!

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New College House at Hill Field:

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The Study:

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Walnut Estates - 22nd and Walnut - full steam ahead:

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9 luxury houses by Cecil Baker - 2100 Walnut and Van Pelt, "Van Pelt Mews" - in full swing too:

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2 cranes visible for Dalian and I guess the Museum Towers (or maybe both are for Dalian?) from Logan Circle:

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Capping of 676 out front of the old Family Court seems to have started:

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Bart Blatstein house renovations off Rittenhouse Sq ...never ends:

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39th and Walnut - small building seems to be completed:

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summersm343 · #**3263** Posted **Jun 9, 2015, 11:21 PM**

Thanks for the Updates TallCoolOne! You were everywhere!

The two cranes off of the Parkway are both for Dalian on the Park. Museum Towers II is still installing caissons last time I went by.

summersm343 · #**3264** Posted **Jun 9, 2015, 11:23 PM**

The Residences at Twelve40 - 13th and South

Renderings of full project:

Article:
http://www.ocfrealty.com/naked-phill...-at-13th-south

summersm343 · #**3265** Posted **Jun 9, 2015, 11:45 PM**

ZBA approves 113 apartments and retail at 24th and Washington

http://planphilly.com/articles/2015/...and-washington

1487 · #**3266** Posted **Jun 10, 2015, 12:13 PM**

Good to see stuff going on all around the city. Lots of activity. Has anyone seen 1 water street lately? How about 205 Race? Haven't heard or seen anything on those in weeks.

summersm343 · #**3267** Posted **Jun 10, 2015, 3:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1487

Good to see stuff going on all around the city. Lots of activity. Has anyone seen 1 water street lately? How about 205 Race? Haven't heard or seen anything on those in weeks.

I'm going to swing by a bunch of spots on Friday.

Philly Fan · #**3268** Posted **Jun 10, 2015, 5:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

I'm going to swing by a bunch of spots on Friday.

Ooo! Ooo! Can I come along?

summersm343 · #**3269** Posted **Jun 10, 2015, 11:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by Philly Fan

Ooo! Ooo! Can I come along?

Haha. Surely.

summersm343 · #**3270** Posted **Jun 10, 2015, 11:15 PM**

New Grant completes financing for Divine Lorraine

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Eric Blumenfeld now has all the money he needs to revive the Divine Lorraine, the iconic former hotel that has towered over North Broad Street for years, vacant since 1999, collecting dust and graffiti.

On Wednesday, the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority approved a loan for the project worth $2.5 million as well as a $1 million grant from the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative left over from the John Street administration. That money, combined with a $3.5 million state grant awarded last week, federal historic tax credits worth the same amount, and a $30 million investment from New Jersey real estate lender Billy Procida, will allow Blumenfeld to start work on the redevelopment next month.

“It will get us across the finish line,” Blumenfeld said on Wednesday.

Blumenfeld plans to remake the building, which he bought for the second time in 2012, with 109 apartments and retail spaces on the first two floors.

It’s been a week of wins for development on North Broad Street, too. On Tuesday, the Planning Commission approved a plan from New York-based RAL Companies to build nearly 500 apartments and an 80,000-square-foot supermarket on the vacant lot behind the Divine Lorraine. Earlier in the day, a City Council committee voted to approve zoning tweaks and a street striking for that project as well.

Greenberger said on Tuesday that the timing isn’t exactly coincidental.

“Both projects really feed off of each other,” Greenberger told PlanPhilly. “The Divine Lorraine has to get done. I mean, nobody’s going to make an investment like you saw without the Divine Lorraine getting done. That’s sort of a given. So we have to finish that off. I’ve been working on this for a lot of years, and I want it done.”

http://planphilly.com/articles/2015/...ivine-lorraine

Philly Fan · #**3271** Posted **Jun 10, 2015, 11:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

Haha. Surely.

We should plan a SkyscraperPage Philadelphia forum tour of all these sites, and end up at one of the pop-up beer gardens.

summersm343 · #**3272** Posted **Jun 11, 2015, 12:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by Philly Fan

We should plan a SkyscraperPage Philadelphia forum tour of all these sites, and end up at one of the pop-up beer gardens.

Haha that's actually a good idea!

MusicMan84 · #**3273** Posted **Jun 11, 2015, 5:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

Haha that's actually a good idea!

#skyscrapernerdsunite

MikeNigh · #**3274** Posted **Jun 12, 2015, 11:24 PM**

Capping over 676 -

pfrieden · #**3275** Posted **Jun 13, 2015, 3:27 AM**

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it goes deeeeep -
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That's what she said

EastSideHBG · #**3276** Posted **Jun 13, 2015, 2:33 PM**

Going once, going twice: Auction of blighted Philly lots is a big hit
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/po...PzOVSt5MZx2.99

Jawnadelphia · #**3277** Posted **Jun 13, 2015, 2:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by EastSideHBG

Going once, going twice: Auction of blighted Philly lots is a big hit
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/po...PzOVSt5MZx2.99

Yo Beet, could be? You as bad as can. Hey Now!

Thanks for the article as well.

Jawnadelphia · #**3278** Posted **Jun 13, 2015, 4:20 PM**

http://www.phillymag.com/property/20...-philadelphia/

I don't think anyone posted this news on what is officially replacing the Four Seasons. 'The Logan - Philadelphia's Hotel' by Host Hotels & Resorts and Sage Hospitality. To open in November.

volguus zildrohar · #**3279** Posted **Jun 13, 2015, 7:35 PM**

That portion over 676 in front of the former Family Court isn't being capped just renovated, right? The portion by Shakespeare Park is what's being covered?

summersm343 · #**3280** Posted **Jun 14, 2015, 2:31 AM**

The Study Hotel at University City - 33rd and Chestnut - 10 floors