Permits have been issued for the construction of a six-story, 200-unit mixed-use development at 1625-35 North 5th Street in Olde Kensington. The new structure will rise from a vacant trapezoidal lot situated on the east side of the block between West Oxford Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue. Designed by HDO Architecture, the structure will span 133,326 square feet, which, in addition to the abovementioned 200 apartments, will include several thousand square feet of commercial space, over 1,000 square feet of miscellaneous assembly space, artist studios, and parking. Permits list Urban Renewal Builders as the contractor and specify a construction cost of $20.1 million, of which $300,000 is allocated toward excavation.
1625-35 North 5th Street. Location map. Credit: Google Maps
1625-35 North 5th Street. Site conditions prior to redevelopment. Looking northeast. August 2019. Credit: Google Maps
The project will rise in a rapidly developing, formerly industrial corridor that stretches along Germantown Avenue, which runs half a block to the east of the proposal. The building will rise across the street from N5 Square, an expansive townhouse development completed around 2019, and next to another four-story mixed-use complex built even more recently on a lot spanning from the latest proposal site to Cecil B. Moore Avenue to the north. 1625-35 North 5th Street is poised to be a promising addition that will further densify the rapidly growing, centrally located neighborhood.
1625-35 North 5th Street will rise near the junction of several neighborhoods, with Ludlow to the southwest, Norris Square to the northeast, and the general Temple University area to the northwest (the university campus sits within a 12-minute walk). Bus routes number 3, 47, and 57 service the surrounding blocks. The route 15 trolley on Girard Avenue, Temple University regional rail station, and Girard Station on the Market-Frankford subway line are all situated within a ten- to 20-minute walk to the south, northwest, and southeast, respectively.
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