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8:00 am on February 1, 2026 By YIMBY Team

Construction Permits Issued for 51-Unit Mixed-Use Development at 704 East Passyunk Avenue in Queen Village, South Philadelphia

Permits have been issued for the construction of a four-story mixed-use building with 51 residential units, along with ground-floor commercial space, at 704 East Passyunk Avenue in Queen Village, South Philadelphia. The plan lists a gross floor area of approximately 19,505 square feet. Proposed work includes partial demolition of an existing single-story structure. Project documentation lists P & F Retail Associates L P as the property owner, with building design provided by Assimilation Design Lab LLC.

Permits Issued for Construction of 40-Unit Building at 1510 West Allegheny Avenue in Allegheny West, North Philadelphia

8:00 am on January 31, 2026 By YIMBY Team

Permits have been issued for new residential construction at 1510 West Allegheny Avenue in Allegheny West, North Philadelphia, where a four-story, 40-unit apartment building is approved as part of a multi-building residential site. The project involves construction of a new rear structure identified as Building B, next to an existing four-story apartment building at the same address. The newly approved building will contain approximately 28,674 square feet of floor area, and will include a partial basement. Harman Deutsch Ohler Architecture is responsible for the designs.

Permits Issued for Construction of Nine-Unit Residential Building at 3513 North 23rd Street in Nicetown-Tioga, North Philadelphia

7:30 am on January 31, 2026 By YIMBY Team

Permits have been issued for new residential construction at 3513 North 23rd Street in Nicetown-Tioga, North Philadelphia, where an attached three-story multifamily building is approved to deliver nine dwelling units. The project will rise from a vacant parcel and will span approximately 9,814 square feet. The development team includes HHS Realty LLC, with Glenwood Engineering responsible for the designs and H.A. Blacksmiths identified as the contractor.

1200 Ridge Avenue. Photo by Jamie Meller. June 2022

Murals and Development Part 3: Tapestries, Memorials, and Puerto Rican Heritage

8:00 am on January 30, 2026 By Vitali Ogorodnikov

Earlier this month, Philadelphia YIMBY published two write-ups revisiting various street murals that we noted in our work over the years; today we share a third installment in the series. The City of Brotherly love is notable for its astounding amount of mural artwork, which number in the thousands. As such, it is only expected that such artwork regularly surfaces in our coverage of the city’s construction and real estate development, whether they are situated adjacent to planned projects, endangered by obstruction or demolition from new development, or proposed to beautify new buildings. Today we look at three very distinct murals, one representing an abstraction of the city’s textile industry, another memorializing a local community member, and a third celebrating the city’s Puerto Rican heritage.

Four-Story Single-Family Residence Approved at 1340 Earl Street in Fishtown

7:30 am on January 30, 2026 By YIMBY Team

Permits have been issued for the construction of a four-story single-family residence at 1340 Earl Street in Fishtown. The semi-detached structure will include a roof deck accessible via a pilot house, along with two off-street accessory parking spaces accessed from a shared driveway, according to zoning and building permit records. The total floor area is listed at 3,636 square feet. The property owner is identified as Fishtown Realty LLC, with Harman Deutsch Ohler Architecture listed as the architect and 6 Star Construction Inc. as the contractor.

Permits Issued for Construction of Single-Family Residence at 1840 North Ringgold Street in North Philadelphia West

8:00 am on January 28, 2026 By YIMBY Team

Permits have been issued for new residential construction at 1840 North Ringgold Street in North Philadelphia West, where an attached structure is approved for use as a single-family household living. The project will deliver a three-story residence with a cellar, along with a roof deck accessed by a roof deck access structure.

Mural: A People’s Progression Toward Equality, facing toward 19-27 South 8th Street. Credit: Mural Arts Philadelphia

Murals and Development Part 2: YIMBY Looks Back at More Street Murals in Philadelphia

8:00 am on January 28, 2026 By Vitali Ogorodnikov

In the 1980s, faced with mass demolitions and urban blight marring its storied streetscape, the city of Philadelphia responded with a sustained campaign of mural-painting. Over the course of the next half-century or son, the community, both mobilized into organizations such as Mural Arts Philadelphia and with the help of independent local artists, many of whom were virtuosos that sharpened their skills in the city’s budding graffiti scene, has wrought thousands of pieces of street art, earning the city the moniker of the “Mural Capital of the World.” Such works range from dazzling tour-de-force masterpieces stretching many stories high to humble art pieces that may be easy to overlook at first glance yet were nevertheless crafted with just as much love and care. Over the years of Philly YIMBY’s coverage of urban development, we have come upon many murals large and small. Below we have collected a few mural exemplars as part of our second installment of our ongoing retrospective series.

Permits Issued for Residential Construction at 5650 Bloyd Street in East Germantown, Northwest Philadelphia

7:30 am on January 28, 2026 By YIMBY Team

Permits have been issued for the construction of a residential redevelopment at 5650 Bloyd Street in the East Germantown area of Philadelphia, where an existing attached structure is approved for a rear and vertical addition that will expand the property into a three-story, four-unit building with a basement. RAM Phila Community 15 LLC is listed as the property owner, with Parallel Architecture Studio LLC responsible for the designs and Loan Construction LLC serving as the contractor.

2624 Tilton Street. Building elevations. Credit: Supreme Architects via the City of Philadelphia

Permits Issued for Construction of Single-Family Residence at 2624 Tilton Street in Olde Richmond

8:00 am on January 27, 2026 By Vitali Ogorodnikov

Permits have been issued for the construction of a four-story single-family residence at 2624 Tilton Street in the Olde Richmond neighborhood in Philadelphia’s River Wards district. The attached building, designed in a rowhouse manner, will replace an existing three-story prewar rowhome that stands on the northwest side of the block between East Albert Street and East Lehigh Avenue. The new structure will span 1,159 square feet. The development team includes Supreme Architects as the designer and Home Rangers LLC as the contractor.

Permits Filed for a Four-Story Two-Family Project at 3230 Belgrade Street in Port Richmond

7:30 am on January 27, 2026 By YIMBY Team

A new residential development has received approval at 3230 Belgrade Street in the Port Richmond neighborhood in Philadelphia’s River Wards section, where issued permits authorize the construction of a four-story, two-family building. Construction area for the project totals 3,302 square feet. Gnome Architects LLC is responsible for the designs and Your Best Choice Construction LLC is listed as the contractor.

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