Philly YIMBY’s recent site visit has observed no notable construction progress at 1200 Ridge Avenue, a six-story, 46-unit development proposed in Poplar, North Philadelphia. Designed by Coscia Moos Architecture, the building will rise from a 10,620-square-foot footprint and span 60,404 square feet, wit commercial space at the ground floor. The basement will be allocated to amenities such as parking space for 13 cars and 24 bicycles. A roof deck will be located atop the structure, and will provide panoramic views of the skyline. Permits list HC Pody Company and a construction cost of $6 million.
1200 Ridge Avenue. Photo by Jamie Meller. July 2024.
1200 Ridge Avenue. Photo by Jamie Meller. July 2024.
The development will span a prominent, wedge-shaped site at the northwest side of the intersection of Ridge Avenue and Spring Garden Street, two blocks east of the Spring Garden Station on the Broad Street line. Given its centrally-sited location (some may describe it as part of Center City, though we delineate its northern boundary at its traditional place along Vine Street) and transit adjacency (which will, hopefully, one day will be boosted further still with a reopening of the shuttered Spring Garden Station of the Broad Ridge Spur next to the proposal site), it is all but undeniable, from an urban planning perspective, that the site can easily accommodate greater density that what is currently planned, and we encourage any possible future redesigns to consider a building with a much larger floor area and number of apartments.
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The what’s the holdup of that?
Interest rates are still too high to finance building projects at this time. This is a good location. Maybe in the near future. Mixed use is a must.