PHILADELPHIA | Lowrise/General Developments Thread II

[summersm343]

3748-52 Lancaster Avenue in Powelton Village update from Naked Philly

In the past:


Current site:


Project renderings:

Speaking of nearby corners, there is another corner just to the south at 3748-52 Lancaster Ave., that appears to be prepping for a change. Formerly a bank, this triangular parcel has since been cleared, with plans for 40 units over ground floor commercial space, designed by Strada Architecture. While the old bank had a cool midcentury vibe, we certainly don’t mind seeing additional residential mass along a growing commercial corridor. Let’s check out what’s to come.

Read/view more here:
https://www.ocfrealty.com/naked-phil...-philly-church

[summersm343]

Projects Making Progress Near Southwark/Queen Village Community Garden

3rd & Christian project - 30 units





2nd & Christian project - 42 units with ground floor retail





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https://www.ocfrealty.com/naked-phil...mmunity-garden

[summersm343]

Construction Starts At Amy Gutmann Hall In UPenn In University City

A recent site visit by Philadelphia YIMBY has noted the start of construction work at Amy Gutmann Hall at 3317-23 Chestnut Street in University City, West Philadelphia. Designed by Lake Flato Architects, with KSS Architects as the architect of record and Ground Control Collaborative as landscape designer, the building will rise six stories and span 115,954 square feet, and will feature classrooms, collaborative spaces for student projects, and a data science hub. The total construction cost is specified at $68.3 million.

Read/view more here:
https://phillyyimby.com/2023/04/cons...ladelphia.html

[Knight Hospitaller]

^ Such a change from when I attended law school on the SW corner (of 34th and Chestnut) in the early 90s. Parking lots and an open field on every other corner.

[summersm343]

Permits Issued For 4814-18 Griscom Street In Frankford, Northeast Philadelphia

Permits have been issued for the construction of a three-story, 16-unit apartment building at 4814-18 Griscom Street in Frankford, Northeast Philadelphia. The structure will rise from an overgrown vacant lot and a two-story building on the northwest side of the block between Foulkrod Street and Harrison Street. The building will feature elevator service and a roof deck. Permits list Star Homes Management as the owner and Tri Construction LLC as the contractor. Construction costs are specified at $386,000.

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https://phillyyimby.com/2023/04/perm...ladelphia.html

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Construction Tops Out At 4211-13 Chestnut Street

Philadelphia YIMBY’s recent site visit has observed that construction work has reached the highest point at a multi-family building at 4211-13 Chestnut Street in University City, West Philadelphia. The structure now stands six stories tall and is on its way to house 100 residential units. The development will span 68,210 square feet and will feature a roof deck. Construction costs are listed at $4 million.

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https://phillyyimby.com/2023/04/cons...ladelphia.html

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Construction Underway At 139 North 23rd Street In Logan Square

A recent site visit by Philadelphia YIMBY has observed that construction work has topped out at a four-story, 115-unit residential building at 139 North 23rd Street in Logan Square, Center City. Designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz and developed by the PMC Property Group (which is also specified as the contractor), the building will span a 43,590-square-foot ground footprint and contain 122,576 square feet of interior space, and will feature full sprinkling, a green roof accessible to residents, as well as an underground garage with space for 42 cars. The development team was permitted to include the current unit count via green roof and mixed-income density bonuses. Construction costs are specified at $35 million.

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https://phillyyimby.com/2023/04/cons...nter-city.html

[summersm343]

Construction Nearly Wrapped Up At University Place 3.0

A recent site visit by Philadelphia YIMBY noted that construction work is nearly complete at 3.0 University Place, an eight-story commercial and laboratory development under construction at 4101-23 Market Street in University City, West Philadelphia. Designed by the Sheward Partnership and jointly developed by Silverstein Properties, Cantor Fitzgerald, and University Place Associates, University Place 3.0 will offer 250,000 square feet of Class A office and lab space, which will provide a significant boost to the neighborhood’s rapidly-growing medical services industry, while ground-level retail space will liven up the pedestrian experience.

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https://phillyyimby.com/2023/04/cons...ladelphia.html

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Construction Complete At 901 Leland Street In Francisville

Philadelphia YIMBY’s recent site visit has confirmed the completion of construction at a six-story, 50-unit mixed-use development at 901 Leland Street in Francisville, Lower North Philadelphia. The project stands on the northeast side of the block between Ginnodo Street and Poplar Street. Developed by Hightop Real Estate and Development, the 46,792-square-foot project will feature commercial space at the ground floor. Permits list Jerry Roller as the design professional, Ferraro Construction as the contractor, and a construction cost of $5 million.

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https://phillyyimby.com/2023/04/cons...ladelphia.html

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Clearfield Court Set To Rise In Allegheny West

Development is underway for a three-story, ten-unit multi-family building at 3430 West Clearfield Street in Allegheny West, North Philadelphia. The apartment building is part of Clearfield Court, a development that will also include eight duplexes totaling 16 units. 3430 West Clearfield Street will unify several lots on an irregular, L-shaped lot bound by Clearfield Street to the north, Commissioner Street to the south, and 35th Street to the west. Designed by CANNOdesign and Ruggiero Plante Land Design and developed by the Argo Property Group, the structure will span 8,349 square feet and feature a basement and a roof deck. Permits, which were issued last month, list the Argo Development Group as the contractor and specify a construction cost of $5.5 million.

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https://phillyyimby.com/2023/04/perm...ladelphia.html

[Urbanity]

Originally Posted by allovertown

Why would they ever consider this? Even if light rail was built it would have considerably worse transit access than the sports complex and roughly the same magical ambiance of parking lots and industrial uses. If they're looking for a cool urban setting for their new arena, this does not even remotely fit the bill. And if they're cool building their arena in an area dominated by parking lots and warehouses, why wouldn't they just stay in the sports complex?

Except the Sixers did consider a waterfront arena. The team submitted a bid a few years ago to build the arena around Penn's Landing. But Durst (I think) won the bid instead. Market East is their SECOND go-round with this.

[summersm343]

Port receives permit for 277,000-square-foot Southwest Philadelphia warehouse

The Port of Philadelphia's ongoing plan to expand its physical footprint is taking another step forward with the approval of a new warehouse.

The port on Thursday received a zoning permit to build a storage, distribution and logistics facility on 3060 S. 61st St. by the Schuylkill River. The 277,200-square-foot warehouse is being planned on a more than 15-acre site at what is now an overflow parking lot owned by the Port of Philadelphia, according to plans filed with the city. It would also have 253 parking spaces.

The Southwest Philadelphia warehouse and distribution facility would be built by DH Property Holdings, which has a number of other local industrial buildings in the works totaling more than 2 million square feet.

The Port of Philadelphia bought the land at the corner of 61st Street and Eastwick Avenue in 2008 for $150,000. The property is currently assessed at $2.8 million, according to property records. The parcel sits just across the Schuylkill River from where Hilco Redevelopment Partners is planning the 1,300-acre Bellwether District industrial project.

PhilaPort has already moved forward with a several new warehouse projects. One is a 100,000-square-foot warehouse at Tioga Marine Terminal that will start being built next year and is funded through a $20.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Infrastructure for Rebuilding America program. A $42 million, 201,621-square-foot distribution center is being built just off the docks at 445 Pattison Ave. as well. The Port of Philadelphia also has also issued a request for proposals for a planned 175,000-square-foot cold storage warehouse on the corner of 3rd Street and Pattison Avenue.

Article behind paywall here:
https://www.bizjournals.com/philadel...philaport.html

[summersm343]

Originally Posted by Urbanity

Except the Sixers did consider a waterfront arena. The team submitted a bid a few years ago to build the arena around Penn's Landing. But Durst (I think) won the bid instead. Market East is their SECOND go-round with this.

Completely different though. Penn's Landing is at least semi-urban and there are plans to build it up more. It is also walkable to Old City and heavy rail transit via 2nd & Market stop of the MFL.

The riverfront in South Philly is not urban at all and has no access to transit aside from buses.

[PHLtoNYC]

Originally Posted by summersm343

Construction Complete At 901 Leland Street In Francisville



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https://phillyyimby.com/2023/04/cons...ladelphia.html

A lot of projects feature large windows in renderings and small windows in the final product.
Is this a case of value engineering or are architects/developers allowed to embellish window sizes in renderings?

901 Leland Street is a good example.

[PhilliesPhan]

Originally Posted by summersm343

3748-52 Lancaster Avenue in Powelton Village update from Naked Philly

In the past:


Current site:


Project renderings:



Read/view more here:
https://www.ocfrealty.com/naked-phil...-philly-church

My late grandpa always used to take me to that United Bank branch when I was a little kid. While that building had some sentimental value to me, I'm glad to see it will be replaced by something more dense.

To add some first-person perspective to the article: I ran along Lancaster Avenue on Monday evening as part of my Manayunk to 30th Street Station (via the Cynwyd Heritage Trail and Belmont Avenue) run. The sheer amount of change along Lancaster Avenue between 34th Street and Belmont Avenue is astronomical. Belmont to 40th still needs work (though it is rapidly building up), but 40th to Powelton Avenue in particular has changed in such a big way: the new apartment building really ties everything together.

For the longest time, I've been saying that Lancaster Avenue could be the next Baltimore Avenue. It will take at least another decade, but I believe it'll get there eventually. The big priority should be densifying the blocks to the north in Belmont, which should bring more pedestrian traffic to Lancaster.

[Justin7]

36 Hours in Philadelphia | NYT

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...ladelphia.html



Nothing here locals won't know about, but outside tourist-focused looks can be interesting.

(Bob and Barbara's seems an odd recommendation.)

[Mtphilly]

Originally Posted by Justin7

36 Hours in Philadelphia | NYT

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...ladelphia.html



Nothing here locals won't know about, but outside tourist-focused looks can be interesting.

(Bob and Barbara's seems an odd recommendation.)

I don’t think it’s an odd recommendation, I think Bob and Barbara’s is one of the best bars in the city.

[Londonee]

Originally Posted by Mtphilly

I don’t think it’s an odd recommendation, I think Bob and Barbara’s is one of the best bars in the city.

Especially on Friday/Saturday night w/ the Live Jazz - it's quite a scene...certainly culturally unique.

[PHLtoNYC]

Philadelphia-area tourism made gains in 2022, expected to reach pre-pandemic visitation levels this year
https://www.bizjournals.com/philadel...Pos=0#cxrecs_s

The five-county Philadelphia region saw almost 40 million domestic visitors in 2022, up 10% year over year but remaining 10% below 2019's pre-pandemic visitation levels.

“At the end of '23, we could probably safely say that we would have met our 2019 numbers,” Val said. “I think it won't be until the end of 2024 will we start feeling like we could surpass those numbers.”

Of the 39.8 million domestic visitors to the region last year, Philadelphia saw 24.3 million, according to the report, resulting in $335 million in tax revenue for the city and 42,260 jobs supported. Visitor spending and economic impact in Philadelphia both increased by more than 40% from 2021 to $3.9 billion and $6.02 billion, respectively.

International travel also continued its recovery last year. Philadelphia saw 444,200 overseas visitors in 2022, generating $549 million in economic impact. Data from Tourism Economics shows that 4,664 full-time jobs were supported from this visitation, creating $196 million in personal income for residents.

[el don]

Originally Posted by PHLtoNYC

Philadelphia-area tourism made gains in 2022, expected to reach pre-pandemic visitation levels this year
https://www.bizjournals.com/philadel...Pos=0#cxrecs_s

The five-county Philadelphia region saw almost 40 million domestic visitors in 2022, up 10% year over year but remaining 10% below 2019's pre-pandemic visitation levels.

“At the end of '23, we could probably safely say that we would have met our 2019 numbers,” Val said. “I think it won't be until the end of 2024 will we start feeling like we could surpass those numbers.”

Of the 39.8 million domestic visitors to the region last year, Philadelphia saw 24.3 million, according to the report, resulting in $335 million in tax revenue for the city and 42,260 jobs supported. Visitor spending and economic impact in Philadelphia both increased by more than 40% from 2021 to $3.9 billion and $6.02 billion, respectively.

International travel also continued its recovery last year. Philadelphia saw 444,200 overseas visitors in 2022, generating $549 million in economic impact. Data from Tourism Economics shows that 4,664 full-time jobs were supported from this visitation, creating $196 million in personal income for residents.

Those international numbers are pathetic.