PHILADELPHIA-CAMDEN-WILMINGTON-ATLANTIC CITY-READING | Metro Development Thread

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Originally Posted by mcgrath618

That thread is in a separate forum, unfortunately. Can't be tagged here.

(Though, some other city compilations have them on their pages )

That's a shame. To get there, I usually click through your signature line and then click to the latest page!

[domodeez]

Congrats to Wilmington folks on the progress of these projects. These have been in the works for a while, so keep in mind there is generally more good news coming beyond what gets posted here. And for anyone who has been meaning to explore the city but hasn't yet, I definitely recommend checking it out once the flowers start blooming and the weather warms up a bit. It's a great little city with a bunch of folks who are working to make it better, and I was proud to live and work there for six years. Don't sleep on it

[Jawnadelphia]

Originally Posted by summersm343

I'll allow a thread! That's 12 floors in my opinion. Someone make one! Congrats Wilmington. A 12-floor and 11-floor building proposed almost simultaneously? That's awesome!

I don't know how to make a thread, but here is the basic info I have:

Wilmington - Crosby Hill - 140 FT - 12 FLOORS
Title: Crosby Hill
Project: Residential
Architect: Niles Bolton Associates
Developer: Buccini/Pollin Group
Location: 517 N. Shipley Street
Neighborhood: Downtown
Floors: 12
Height: 140 feet

[mcgrath618]

Presenting: the First Wilmington Thread in Years!

[jonesrmj]

Originally Posted by Jawnadelphia

I don't know how to make a thread, but here is the basic info I have:

Wilmington - Crosby Hill - 140 FT - 12 FLOORS
Title: Crosby Hill
Project: Residential
Architect: Niles Bolton Associates
Developer: Buccini/Pollin Group
Location: 517 N. Shipley Street
Neighborhood: Downtown
Floors: 12
Height: 140 feet

According to your drawing, the building is 203 feet tall:

[jonesrmj]

That's awesome! Glad to finally see another high rise in Wilmington!

[TonyTone]

Originally Posted by Jawnadelphia

I don't know how to make a thread, but here is the basic info I have:

Wilmington - Crosby Hill - 140 FT - 12 FLOORS
Title: Crosby Hill
Project: Residential
Architect: Niles Bolton Associates
Developer: Buccini/Pollin Group
Location: 517 N. Shipley Street
Neighborhood: Downtown
Floors: 12
Height: 140 feet

Damn I made a thread earlier

[Jawnadelphia]

[QUOTE=jonesrmj;9220151]According to your drawing, the building is 203 feet tall:

If you add strictly the building - floor by floor it’s 140 (approximately), that seems to show the height with sea level factored it. The first level begins at like 64 feet.

[Justin7]

Originally Posted by summersm343

I'll allow a thread! That's 12 floors in my opinion. Someone make one! Congrats Wilmington. A 12-floor and 11-floor building proposed almost simultaneously? That's awesome!

Do you make these rules or just enforce them?

[jonesrmj]

[QUOTE=Jawnadelphia;9220210]

Originally Posted by jonesrmj

According to your drawing, the building is 203 feet tall:

If you add strictly the building - floor by floor it’s 140 (approximately), that seems to show the height with sea level factored it. The first level begins at like 64 feet.

Oh, you're right. My bad.

[Jawnadelphia]

Originally Posted by domodeez

Congrats to Wilmington folks on the progress of these projects. These have been in the works for a while, so keep in mind there is generally more good news coming beyond what gets posted here. And for anyone who has been meaning to explore the city but hasn't yet, I definitely recommend checking it out once the flowers start blooming and the weather warms up a bit. It's a great little city with a bunch of folks who are working to make it better, and I was proud to live and work there for six years. Don't sleep on it

If you have any scoops, please share! I still can't figure out why the Wilmington Preservation Commission allowed for a bunch of buildings to be demo'd this summer on 4th Street, right off Market Street, that fall within the Market Street Historic zone. Now there is a small fence around the perimeter - an empty field. This better be a new building soon.

[TonyTone]

Originally Posted by Justin7

Do you make these rules or just enforce them?

Don't be Disrespectful

[TonyTone]

Summers can you delete the thread I made...

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=246240

Also isn't it supposed to be in construction phase since it has started? or are we waiting a little bit.

[summersm343]

Originally Posted by TonyTone

Summers can you delete the thread I made...

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=246240

Also isn't it supposed to be in construction phase since it has started? or are we waiting a little bit.

Done! I just merged your post with the Thread in the proposals section created by McGrath.

Forum policy to move a high rise to the "under construction" section would be foundation work. Excavation doesn't count. We need to see either caisson installation, or some sort of rebar/concrete work. Once you see rebar on the site, post a photo and we'll move it to "under construction."

[summersm343]

Originally Posted by Justin7

Do you make these rules or just enforce them?

Just enforce it. Forum rules are 12 floors minimum to qualify as a "high rise." This is pretty standard with other publications I've seen when defining what a high rise is. Usually, it's 12 floors or taller.

[TonyTone]

Originally Posted by summersm343

Done! I just merged your post with the Thread in the proposals section created by McGrath.

Forum policy to move a high rise to the "under construction" section would be foundation work. Excavation doesn't count. We need to see either caisson installation, or some sort of rebar/concrete work. Once you see rebar on the site, post a photo and we'll move it to "under construction."

Ok sounds good. Im glad to know that now.

[Nova08]

An update on the low-rise development in Conshohocken. Two new complexes along the river and construction started on the new train station.

Drone footage of two apartment communities under construction in Conshohocken
https://morethanthecurve.com/drone-f...-conshohocken/

[Urbanthusiat]

Originally Posted by Nova08

Drone footage of two apartment communities under construction in Conshohocken
https://morethanthecurve.com/drone-f...-conshohocken/

That's awesome. With Amerisource Bergen and Hamilton Lane moving into Sora West and 7 Tower Bridge soon, plus the new hotel that just started as well, plus these two projects with nearly 600 units between them... that's a crazy amount of new development that will be delivering in Conshohocken over the next two years. Really excited to see how this area feels in 5 years when these projects are all stabilized and covid is long forgotten.

[Justin7]

Originally Posted by summersm343

Just enforce it. Forum rules are 12 floors minimum to qualify as a "high rise." This is pretty standard with other publications I've seen when defining what a high rise is. Usually, it's 12 floors or taller.

Gotcha.

Don't suppose anyone knows of a forum with less of a laser focus on tall buildings that allows for more general discussion on philly urbanism?

I totally understand this place is called SkyscraperPage and that's what a lot of people are primarily interested in.

[summersm343]

Firm buys 3 properties stretching nearly a block in Ambler, plans new development

Article behind paywall, but you can see the location next to Ambler trainstation:
https://www.bizjournals.com/philadel...in-ambler.html