A recent site visit by Philadelphia YIMBY has observed that construction has topped out at a seven-story, 47-unit development at 1118 North Front Street near the junction of Northern Liberties and Fishtown. Designed by BLT Architects, the building will rise on the west side of the block between West Wildey Street and Girard Avenue, just to the south of the Girard Avenue Station on the Market-Frankford Line. The structure will span 44,090 square feet and will feature ground-level commercial space. Permits list US Construction Inc. as the contractor and specify a construction cost of $7.04 million.
1118 North Front Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. August 2023
1118 North Front Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. August 2023
When YIMBY last visited the site in April, construction was underway at the steel-framed ground level. Since that time, construction has raced ahead to reach the structure’s pinnacle and saw the mounting of exterior sheeting and installation of windows. At the moment, the structure looms as a green and blue slab standing high above the elevated Market-Frankford subway line, awaiting curtain wall installation.
1118 North Front Street. Building elevation. Credit: BLT Architects via the City of Philadelphia
1118 North Front Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. August 2023
The development, a sizable addition to the block, measures 32 feet wide and 102 feet deep. The structure rises 42 feet high to the main roof (46 feet high to the parapet and 52 feet high to the top of the pilot house); the extra height, in excess of the standard 38-foot limit applicable to the block, was made possible by the use of the low income density bonus, although the building did not use its full 45-foot height allowance that was permitted via the ordinance. The bonus also allowed for an inclusion of three extra residential units.
1118 North Front Street will offer a significant volume of new housing units and its ground-level retail promises to spice up the pedestrian experience. We look forward to further progress on the project.
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