Permits have been issued for the construction of a three-story, five-unit residential building at 1003 West Dauphin Street near Temple University in North Philadelphia. The structure will rise from a vacant lot located on the north side of the block between North 10th and North 11th streets. The development will span 4,930 square feet and feature a basement and a roof deck. Permits list Olympia Construction as the contractor.
Construction costs are listed at $395,000, lending a total of around $80 per interior square foot. Permits allocate $350,000 toward general construction and $45,000 for excavation work.
1019 West Dauphin Street. Credit: Google
1019 West Dauphin Street. Credit: Google
The new structure will be situated on the same block as the two-building development underway on the same block at 1017 and 1019 West Dauphin Street, built by the same contractor as the proposal at 1017 West Dauphin Street.
The project’s location, situated to the northeast of the elevated regional rail trestle that bisects the neighborhood, may also be described as North Central Philadelphia, North Philadelphia East, or Hartranft. The project will be the latest addition to an area that is seeing a significant construction boom, in large part in response to the growing student housing demand generated by Temple University.
1003 West Dauphin Street is situated within a five- to ten-minute walk of Temple, which is located to the southwest. The Susquehanna-Dauphin station of the Market-Frankford Line is located within a five-minute walk to the west, offering a short commute to Center City.
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I can’t help but wonder who would want to live between what looks like a junk yard and a dilapidated two story dwelling.
Trust me somebody will move into it.. and he was never people moving to these types of places all the time now..