Permits have been filed for the construction of a five-story mixed-use structure at 3515 Midvale Avenue in East Falls, Northwest Philadelphia. The building will rise from a 13,050-square-foot footprint and yield 40,500 square feet, with 36 apartments and three commercial spaces on the ground floor, measuring 2,800, 1,200, and 565 square feet, and will also offer a roof deck and 12 bicycle spaces. Tester Construction is the contractor for the project. Construction costs are estimated at $5,592,558.
Renderings of the project depict a modern-styled structure. Stone surrounds large windows on the ground floor, with the upper floors featuring white cladding framing windows alternating in size. Orange-bronze colored cladding is used as a pleasant accent in the structure that helps it stand out.
Rendering of the project via Brightcommon
Rendering of the project via Brightcommon
The project sits less than a block away from the East Falls regional rail station, which offers a direct commute to Temple University, Center City, and University City, as well as to suburban office centers such as Conshohocken and Norristown.
The project will help densify the Midvale Avenue Corridor. Closer to the Schuylkill River, it is dense with rowhouses, restaurants, and shops. However, above where the Manayunk/Norristown Regional Rail Line over-crosses the Avenue, it becomes a suburban-type street, with large surface lots and spaced-out buildings. Due to its presence as one of East Falls’ busiest streets, it is a positive step toward a more urban cityscapde.
The project is expected to be completed in late 2021.
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Only a few blocks from Henry @ Midvale (site of the old MCP hospital).
The author shouldn’t make assumptions about a need to “help densify” this neighborhood. You obviously didn’t already buy a home here or you would have a different opinion. Improve the lots that have been neglected? Maybe. Increase property value? Maybe. But this stretch of Midvale is a welcome transition from the lower end that is more business. The upper end is a quieter residential only area with a well balanced variety of home types. Town homes, twins, singles.
I can’t just agree that squeezing a large mass full of apartments is the correct transition.