HARRISBURG-LANCASTER-LEBANON-YORK | South Central, PA | Regional Development Thread

[SouthCentralPA]

Harrisburg University Tower
All photos taken on my phone on 06/19/2021. They're making consistent progress with the steel here.







Federal Courthouse
All photos taken on my phone on 06/19/2021. They almost have all of the glass installed on the west side of the building now!



State Archives Building
All photos taken on my phone on 06/19/2021.

[SouthCentralPA]

https://theburgnews.com/news/harrisb...s-approves-one

Residential conversion project in Allison Hill gets approval from the zoning board.

[SouthCentralPA]

Harrisburg University Tower
All photos taken by me on my phone on 06/26/2021.

[SouthCentralPA]

https://theburgnews.com/news/harrisb...ial-conversion

Old church on the 2200 block of N 6th Street was bought for $50,000. They are weighing conversions to apartments.

[SouthCentralPA]

https://theburgnews.com/news/afforda...-of-harrisburg

Four story affordable senior housing proposed for the corner of N 6th and Herr streets.

[EastSideHBG]

Originally Posted by SouthCentralPA

https://theburgnews.com/news/harrisb...ial-conversion

Old church on the 2200 block of N 6th Street was bought for $50,000. They are weighing conversions to apartments.

$50K?! I wish I would have known that, wow.

[summersm343]

Any news coming out of Lancaster?

[SouthCentralPA]

Originally Posted by EastSideHBG

$50K?! I wish I would have known that, wow.

I know, right?? And it was initially listed for $195,000, so that's a big drop in price too.

[SouthCentralPA]

Originally Posted by summersm343

Any news coming out of Lancaster?

I used to work in Lancaster but don't anymore so I'm out of the loop on what's going on there now.. I did try and look around online but didn't have much luck. The City Planning Commission hasn't updated their minutes since October 2020, so that's no help either.

I did find this about The Mosaic proposal at Vine & Queen:

https://wdac.com/lancaster-city-coun...-of-high-rise/

That's all I found though.

[mville1]

Originally Posted by summersm343

Any news coming out of Lancaster?

The redevelopment of the former YMCA site on North Queen and West Frederick seems to have finally got past the historic commission. The development team of Hankin/LGH Health back in March agreed to save two historic buildings on the site. I believe the project still needs to be approved by city council.

https://lancasteronline.com/business...38c6cf0b3.html

Also back in March, Berger announced plans to reduce their high-rise proposal on the corner of West Chestnut and North Queen from 16 stories down to 11, but the historic commission actually requested Berger go back to the drawing board and add another floor or two. This is the first time I have seen any historic commission tell a developer to add more height to a proposal. I am sure there are other examples, but this must be a rarity.

https://lancasteronline.com/business...46588048b.html

Additionally, Berger was suppose to appear before the historic commission back in May to present their revised proposal, but they were not on the historic commission's May agenda. I was going to wait to update the thread title until Berger comes back to the historic commission and we get a clear idea of the height and how many floors the final product will be.

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=243585

Finally, I was in the city a couple of weeks ago and the pedestrian activity seem to be back to pre-pandemic levels. It was nice to see how crowded the sidewalks were. Another note, the first floor of the new parking garage and Lancaster Public Library was still being built out, but I am sure by now they might working on the second floor. You can occasionally see the crane lifting sections of the parking garage in this webcam.

https://www.abc27.com/weather/weathe...eather-camera/

[SouthCentralPA]

Originally Posted by mville1

Also back in March, Berger announced plans to reduce their high-rise proposal on the corner of West Chestnut and North Queen from 16 stories down to 11, but the historic commission actually requested Berger go back to the drawing board and add another floor or two. This is the first time I have seen any historic commission tell a developer to add more height to a proposal. I am sure there are other examples, but this must be a rarity.

Do you know why the Historic Commission requested them to add more floors??

Finally, I was in the city a couple of weeks ago and the pedestrian activity seem to be back to pre-pandemic levels. It was nice to see how crowded the sidewalks were. Another note, the first floor of the new parking garage and Lancaster Public Library was still being built out, but I am sure by now they might working on the second floor. You can occasionally see the crane lifting sections of the parking garage in this webcam.

And that's great news! You should try and grab a photo of the construction progress, I'd love to see it. I used to work right near there and enjoyed watching all the demolition.

[EastSideHBG]

Originally Posted by SouthCentralPA

I know, right?? And it was initially listed for $195,000, so that's a big drop in price too.

It's really amazing to see this in this market. Harrisburg is such an odd place, the opposite of what you would expect is usually what happens.

[mville1]

Originally Posted by SouthCentralPA

Do you know why the Historic Commission requested them to add more floors??



And that's great news! You should try and grab a photo of the construction progress, I'd love to see it. I used to work right near there and enjoyed watching all the demolition.

When Berger reduced the height of the building, they decided to add an 11 story wing off the northwest corner of the building. This wing follows an existing ROW back to North Market Street. At least one commission member, Steve Funk, and a member of the public criticized this awkward looking "appendage". Funk then preceded to ask Berger to consider reducing or eliminating the 11 story wing and adding another floor to compensate for the loss of units. Hopefully, they listen to his suggestion. You can read the full discussion here.

https://ecode360.com/documents/LA167.../599531021.pdf

Berger also eliminated the pedestrian bridge across North Queen Street to the parking garage, which was a step in the right direction.

Next time I am in the city, I will try and grab a photo of the new public library and parking garage.

Thanks again for all of your Harrisburg photo updates. It is much appreciated!

[SouthCentralPA]

Originally Posted by mville1

When Berger reduced the height of the building, they decided to add an 11 story wing off the northwest corner of the building. This wing follows an existing ROW back to North Market Street. At least one commission member, Steve Funk, and a member of the public criticized this awkward looking "appendage". Funk then preceded to ask Berger to consider reducing or eliminating the 11 story wing and adding another floor to compensate for the loss of units. Hopefully, they listen to his suggestion. You can read the full discussion here.

https://ecode360.com/documents/LA167.../599531021.pdf

Berger also eliminated the pedestrian bridge across North Queen Street to the parking garage, which was a step in the right direction.

Next time I am in the city, I will try and grab a photo of the new public library and parking garage.

Thanks again for all of your Harrisburg photo updates. It is much appreciated!

That's interesting, thanks for the info. And no problem, I enjoy taking them and seeing the progress up close.

[SouthCentralPA]

Harrisburg University Tower
All photos taken on my phone on 07/03/2021. Good steel progress here.





State Archives Building
Photo taken on my phone on 07/03/2021.

[SouthCentralPA]

https://theburgnews.com/news/harrisb...s-for-veterans

Harrisburg City Council approved two projects:

1) A tiny house community for homeless veterans at 1103 S. Front Street.
https://theburgnews.com/in-the-burg/...l-factory-site

2) A conversion of a long-abandoned building into office and apartment space at 28 & 38 N. Cameron Street.
https://theburgnews.com/news/harrisb...ces-apartments

[SouthCentralPA]

Harrisburg University Tower
Photo taken 07/17/2021 on my phone by me. This thing is starting to look pretty big!

[Young Gun]

Originally Posted by SouthCentralPA

Harrisburg University Tower
All photos taken on my phone on 07/03/2021. Good steel progress here.

I dined at El Sol last week. That building is really changing the vibe of the that block of 3rd Street. It doesn't feel like an empty void as you walk toward Chestnut Street now.

[SouthCentralPA]

Originally Posted by Young Gun

I dined at El Sol last week. That building is really changing the vibe of the that block of 3rd Street. It doesn't feel like an empty void as you walk toward Chestnut Street now.

I agree! And it still has more height to go, which is exciting.

[SouthCentralPA]

Harrisburg University Tower
Photo taken 08/07/2021.