Philadelphia YIMBY’s recent site visit has noted that construction work is nearing completion at a three-story, nine-unit mixed-use building underway at 1700 Frankford Avenue in Fishtown. The structure stands on the northwest corner of Frankford Avenue and East Columbia Avenue. Designed by Ambit Architecture, the development will span 13,924 square feet and will include ground-floor commercial space and a basement. Permits list GRIT Construction as the contractor and list a construction cost of $2.175 million.
1700 Frankford Avenue. Location map. Credit: Ambit Architecture via the City of Philadelphia
1700 Frankford Avenue. Site plan. Credit: Ambit Architecture via the City of Philadelphia
1700 Frankford Avenue. Photo by Jamie Meller
Permits for 1700 Frankford Avenue were issued in late May 2023, around the same time as permits for a smaller sister building next door at 1704 Frankford Avenue, developed by the same project team. Both new structures employ a traditionally-styled architectural design.
1700 Frankford Avenue. Axonometric diagram. Credit: Ambit Architecture via the City of Philadelphia
1700 Frankford Avenue. Front elevation. Credit: Ambit Architecture via the City of Philadelphia
1700 Frankford Avenue (left) and 1704 Frankford Avenue (right) prior to redevelopment. Looking west. May 2022. Credit: Google Maps
1700 Frankford Avenue. Site plan of site conditions prior to redevelopment. Credit: Ambit Architecture via the City of Philadelphia
1700 Frankford Avenue. Axonometric diagram. Credit: Ambit Architecture via the City of Philadelphia
1700 Frankford Avenue. Ground floor plan. Credit: Ambit Architecture via the City of Philadelphia
1700 Frankford Avenue. Photo by Jamie Meller. June 2024
The two buildings stand around two long blocks to the south of the Berks Station on the Market-Frankford Line and several blocks to the north of the Girard Station and the surrounding commercial district.
1700 Frankford Avenue. Zoning table. Credit: Ambit Architecture via the City of Philadelphia
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Fits right in. =Jim
Why doesn’t somebody do what Steve Cohen is doing with the Shea Stadium in Queens. Out of 50 acres, he is making a 20 acre green space! We have hardly any green spaces in Center City. let alone a street tree.