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Old Posted Nov 19, 2022, 5:26 PM
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A New Addition, Renderings for North Broad’s Beury Building





Never would I have expected they're so bullish on the Beury building hotel that they're proposing a new 10 story adjacent addition for more rooms
I too think this may be a little too soon for the area... and am certainly concerned about out of town guests who may book a room here entirely unfamiliar with the area... however, if they do pull this off... HOLY SHIT that building will be gorgeous.





     
     
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Old Posted Nov 19, 2022, 5:29 PM
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Site Cleared on Trenton Ave. Near Quickly Rising Project on Lehigh

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We immediately were whisked back to April, when we checked in on the former All-Brite Metal Finishing building at 2151-61 E. Albert St., where there were plans in the works to demolish the structure.

However, things have been moving forward, as when we went to scope out the site, demolition was completed and the site cleared. No construction permits have been issued as of yet, but plans from KCA Design Associates indicate we could see a four-story building with 26 apartments along with parking for seven cars and nine bicycles.
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Old Posted Nov 19, 2022, 5:31 PM
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Update on Pump House project in Olde Richmond from Naked Philly

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The Pump House project at 2157 E. Lehigh Ave. is now well above ground. Our recent visit in September showed signs of action, but we were taken aback by how quickly the steel has risen for this project from Borkson Properties. Check out the progress so far and what’s to come, with a rendering from DesignBlendz.
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Old Posted Nov 19, 2022, 5:35 PM
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Demo Done, 182 Units to Come Along Exploding N. Delaware Ave.

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Today we’re heading back to 1130 N. Delaware Ave. to revisit an apartment project.

The furniture wholesale warehouse at the intersection of N. Delaware Ave. and Marlborough St. is the newest member to the “in progress” list. We were here not long ago when a fence went up at the site, portending demolition to make way for a 182-unit apartment building sitting adjacent to the recently renovated Edward Corner building. And as you may have guessed by now, said warehouse is now a former warehouse, as the site has been cleared to get things moving for the next chapter in the book of this property.

What’s taking the place of this former furniture wholesaler aligns much more closely with the current neighborhood than its industrial/commercial past. Streamline Development is leading the charge (their office is next door in the aforementioned Edward Corner Building), with Varenhorst Architects handling the design. As you may recall, this 182-unit building with parking for 44 cars will feature four sections, broken up by landscaped courtyards, with the western side of the building stepping down several stories as it meets its Fishtown neighbors on the E. Allen St. side of the property. While no retail space is part of the plan, this project will have a dramatic impact on the street presence of this pedestrian-unfriendly stretch, with landscaping and lighting activating the ground level.
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Old Posted Nov 19, 2022, 5:43 PM
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Construction Advances At Comly Commons In East Kensington







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A recent site visit by Philly YIMBY has noted significant construction progress at Comly Commons, a 139-unit adaptive reuse and expansion project at 1810-34 East Hagert Street (also known as 1825 East Boston Street) in East Kensington. Designed by SgRA Architecture, the endeavor consists of a thorough renovation of multiple existing industrial buildings and a vertical extension that will create singular, six-story structure. The 133,014-square-foot building which will also hold artisan industrial space. Permits list a construction cost of $8.45 million.
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Old Posted Nov 19, 2022, 5:44 PM
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Completion Imminent At The Azalea At 6604 Ridge Avenue In Roxborough









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Philly YIMBY’s has revealed that construction work is nearing completion at The Azalea, a five-story, 50-unit multi-family development at 6604 Ridge Avenue in Roxborough, Northwest Philadelphia. Designed by M Architects and developed by Stamm Development, with Tester Construction Group as the contractor, the building spans 44,625 square feet and will include features such as a fitness center, a garage, and full sprinkling. Permits list Bohler Engineering as the design professional and a construction cost of $8.25 million.
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Construction Tops Out At The Vale At 3515 Midvale Avenue In East Falls





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A recent site visit by Philly YIMBY has noted that construction continues to progress at The Vale, a five-story, 36-unit mixed-use development at 3515 Midvale Avenue in East Falls, Northwest Philadelphia, with the structure having been topped out since our last visit in May. Designed by Bright Common and developed by the Argo Property Group, with Tester Construction as the contractor, the structure rises from a 13,050-square-foot footprint and spans 40,500 square feet, with 36 apartments and three commercial spaces on the ground floor, measuring 2,800, 1,200, and 565 square feet, respectively. The development will also feature a roof deck and 12 bicycle spaces. Permits list construction costs at $5.6 million.
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Old Posted Nov 19, 2022, 5:47 PM
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Construction Nearly Complete At 6311-17 Germantown Avenue In Germantown





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Philly YIMBY’s recent site visit has noted that construction work is nearly complete at a four-story, 60-unit mixed use building at 6311-17 Germantown Avenue in Morton, Northwest Philadelphia. The development is situated on the east side of the block between East Washington Lane and East Duval Street. The building will span 51,592 square feet and feature commercial space on the ground floor, elevator service, a green roof that will span at least 60 percent of the rooftop, 20 bicycle spaces, and full sprinkling. Permits list Knight Rider Construction as the contractor. The construction cost is specified at $5.29 million.
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Construction Pending At 6552 Germantown Avenue In Mount Airy

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A recent site visit by Philly YIMBY has discovered that construction work has not yet started at a four-story, ten-unit development proposed at 6552 Germantown Avenue in Mount Airy, Northwest Philadelphia, although permits had been issued in August 2020. The project will rise on a mid-block site on the west side of the block between Good and West Hotter streets. Designed by Designblendz, the structure will span 17,062 square feet and will feature ground floor commercial space and a roof deck. Permits list Designblendz Home Solutions as the contractor and specify a construction cost of $1.8 million.
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Excavation Underway At 2226-34 North Front Street In Norris Square



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A recent site visit by Philly YIMBY has revealed that excavation work is underway at a 22-unit mixed-use development at 2226-34 North Front Street in Norris Square. The building will rise five stories and 55 feet high. A commercial space will be situated on the ground floor and green roof will be located at the top of the building, which will provide a density bonus that will allow for a higher number of residential units. Eight bicycle spaces will also be included in the project. In total, the building will hold 18,277 square feet of space, with construction costs listed at $2.7 million.
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Old Posted Nov 19, 2022, 5:54 PM
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City to exempt new Cobbs Creek Golf Course project from anti-erosion regulation







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Philadelphia City Councilmember Curtis Jones Jr. has introduced legislation to exempt a private foundation building the new Cobbs Creek Golf Course from a steep slope ordinance designed to limit erosion — a measure the group says is needed for wetlands restoration.

The exemption, however, would apply to the entire course being renovated by the Cobbs Creek Foundation. Officials say the exemption is needed for work around the creek bed and some of the golf course. The course, first opened over a century ago, had to close in part due to flooding and erosion problems.

Also regarding the course, the city Art Commission recently approved designs for a new multitiered driving range and youth education center on the site as part of the $65 million redo of the course.

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The introduction of the steep slope exemption ordinance comes a week after the Arts Commission approved two key components of the course’s design: a multistory, 27-acre driving range and a youth education center. The commission had rejected concept plans for the two components in April saying they needed more clarification.

The commission voted Nov. 9 to accept the designs after a foundation presentation on site improvements, stormwater management, lighting, and landscaping. The plans call for clearing 13.1 acres of trees for the driving range that included 150 heritage trees (notable for uniqueness, age, or size), and 250 dead or diseased trees. The foundation said it would plant 62 deciduous trees, 42 evergreens, and 290 arborvitae to serve as hedges.

Supporters from the public, including teachers, said they eagerly anticipated the youth education center and associated programs the foundation has promised to instruct local school children in golf. Detractors of the plans said they were still wary of how environmental issues are being handled.
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Old Posted Nov 19, 2022, 5:59 PM
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Hilco to start building ‘Bellwether District’ on old PES refinery grounds in early 2023

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I didn't realize there would be a life sciences component to this. Good news.
Love this project. Will really transform all of South Philadelphia.







     
     
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Old Posted Nov 19, 2022, 6:12 PM
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Pennovation Works names new managing director to oversee 1.8M square feet of planned development

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Pennovation Works, the University of Pennsylvania's hub of innovation and entrepreneurial activity, has named Denita Henderson its second managing director.

In her role, Henderson will be tasked with overseeing and implementing a master plan that calls for about 1.8 million square feet of development at its 23-acre site in Grays Ferry. She takes over for Anish Kumar, who was in the role for nearly two years before taking a post as the University of Pittsburgh's vice chancellor of real estate in February.

At the top of the agenda for Henderson at Penn is the oversight of the construction of an approximately 455,000-square-foot life sciences research, development and manufacturing facility. Work is expected to begin on the $365 million project in summer 2023 and be completed in fall 2025.

Henderson hopes the building, set to be developed by Longfellow Real Estate Partners, will be a call for other private investors and developers to infuse Pennovation Works with capital and construction to continue to transform the site.

The master plan for the campus that calls for nearly two million square feet of development is meant to take place over about two decades, Henderson said. Penn is about six years into that timeline since the 2016 opening of the Pennovation Center.

The Longfellow project will push Penn substantially closer to its goal, but as of right now Henderson said the total square footage that's been activated for innovation is around 250,000. That includes the Pennovation Center, a building devoted to lab space and one that's primarily office space.
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I mean...you would have to have armed guards on every corner between this place and the hospital/college as part of the operating budget. That is literally ground zero in Philly.

Kudos for the optimism but unless there is a tunnel connecting the hospital and the college to this place, I'm out.
Completely agree. Anyone that would walk that stretch at any time of day has a death wish. As they say, bullets don't have names.
     
     
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Love this project. Will really transform all of South Philadelphia.
While the promise of 19,000 future jobs in the "Bellwether District" sounds enticing, a great many questions still remain. For one thing, the market for constructing giant warehouses appears to be increasingly saturated. While new warehouses are proposed throughout the region, Amazon might have provided a real “bellwether” for the industry when it pulled back from the warehouse project it had planned in Southwest Philadelphia. And while life sciences are growing, there are many competing life-sciences projects around the city and region that are already in the works.

We also don‘t know how this project plans to deal with increased traffic, once it becomes built up. How many more tractor trailers and cars can adjacent portions of the Schuylkill Expressway and I-95 bear — to say nothing about local streets and neighborhoods? Is there any consideration for augmenting mass transit opportunities for the workers?

And finally, little has been said about environmental concerns. Renderings show warehouses stretching right up to the banks of the Schuylkill, with no green buffer or trees, let alone spaces for the public to stroll along the river. Also, right now, a portion of the property lies in a flood plain, with some ground even below sea level, while it is projected that the rivers will rise some four feet at Girard Point by the end of the century, due to climate change. Hilco states that they will truck in more soil to raise the property above flood stage. But further channelizing the Schuylkill will only increase the flood risk downstream, at places like the Navy Yard and the Airport.

I think the project, as much as we know about it, has positive aspects. But Hilco needs to be much more forthcoming and concrete about what they plan to build there, and how they plan to deal with social and environmental concerns.
     
     
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While the promise of 19,000 future jobs in the "Bellwether District" sounds enticing, a great many questions still remain. For one thing, the market for constructing giant warehouses appears to be increasingly saturated. While new warehouses are proposed throughout the region, Amazon might have provided a real “bellwether” for the industry when it pulled back from the warehouse project it had planned in Southwest Philadelphia. And while life sciences are growing, there are many competing life-sciences projects around the city and region that are already in the works.

We also don‘t know how this project plans to deal with increased traffic, once it becomes built up. How many more tractor trailers and cars can adjacent portions of the Schuylkill Expressway and I-95 bear — to say nothing about local streets and neighborhoods? Is there any consideration for augmenting mass transit opportunities for the workers?

And finally, little has been said about environmental concerns. Renderings show warehouses stretching right up to the banks of the Schuylkill, with no green buffer or trees, let alone spaces for the public to stroll along the river. Also, right now, a portion of the property lies in a flood plain, with some ground even below sea level, while it is projected that the rivers will rise some four feet at Girard Point by the end of the century, due to climate change. Hilco states that they will truck in more soil to raise the property above flood stage. But further channelizing the Schuylkill will only increase the flood risk downstream, at places like the Navy Yard and the Airport.

I think the project, as much as we know about it, has positive aspects. But Hilco needs to be much more forthcoming and concrete about what they plan to build there, and how they plan to deal with social and environmental concerns.
i95 just finishing up the road expansion project. If you are so concern with the environment the best way to transport stuff is trains. We need to start building rails up to factory buildings again.
Philadelphia is doing a great job with storm water management imo.
These warehouses are most likely for the shipping ports near the Philadelphia region including Newark and Baltimore along with something for the airport.

Amazon warehouses are not that great for the region imo. Amazon will probably close a few more warehouses in the coming years.
     
     
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While the promise of 19,000 future jobs in the "Bellwether District" sounds enticing, a great many questions still remain. For one thing, the market for constructing giant warehouses appears to be increasingly saturated. While new warehouses are proposed throughout the region, Amazon might have provided a real “bellwether” for the industry when it pulled back from the warehouse project it had planned in Southwest Philadelphia. And while life sciences are growing, there are many competing life-sciences projects around the city and region that are already in the works.

We also don‘t know how this project plans to deal with increased traffic, once it becomes built up. How many more tractor trailers and cars can adjacent portions of the Schuylkill Expressway and I-95 bear — to say nothing about local streets and neighborhoods? Is there any consideration for augmenting mass transit opportunities for the workers?

And finally, little has been said about environmental concerns. Renderings show warehouses stretching right up to the banks of the Schuylkill, with no green buffer or trees, let alone spaces for the public to stroll along the river. Also, right now, a portion of the property lies in a flood plain, with some ground even below sea level, while it is projected that the rivers will rise some four feet at Girard Point by the end of the century, due to climate change. Hilco states that they will truck in more soil to raise the property above flood stage. But further channelizing the Schuylkill will only increase the flood risk downstream, at places like the Navy Yard and the Airport.

I think the project, as much as we know about it, has positive aspects. But Hilco needs to be much more forthcoming and concrete about what they plan to build there, and how they plan to deal with social and environmental concerns.
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. And while life sciences are growing, there are many competing life-sciences projects around the city and region that are already in the works.
In response to this part, it sounds like they're targeting bio- and pharmaceutical manufacturing, not lab research. There isn't as much planned in this vain (Spark near 30th st, and that one project on SEPTA land come to mind) because it needs light industrial zoning. This would be a positive because it can piggy back off the research being done and keep the resulting product manufacturing in the city.
     
     
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Completely agree. Anyone that would walk that stretch at any time of day has a death wish. As they say, bullets don't have names.
Cmon y'all Broad St isn't dangerous like that, is this stretch of Broad St rough? Yes no doubt.

But you would have a better chance of being messed with on the blocks behind then this block, also remember in order for this area to continue to improve it will NEED investments like this to change the image, a lot of black owned businesses in this corridor that help the area, all it needs is further investment.

One reason this area seems more sketchy is the amount of J's and drunks that may hang out and just act out, but the overall area is economically good for the most part.
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