Permits Issued for Four-Unit Building at 2808 North 11th Street in Glenwood, North Philadelphia

Permits have been issued for the construction of a three-story, four-unit residential building at 2808 North 11th Street in Glenwood, North Philadelphia. The attached structure will rise above a cellar and span approximately 4,792 square feet. BCM Third Investments LLC is the owner, with HYC Architects responsible for the designs and All Around Removal Services LLC listed as the contractor.

Construction costs are listed at $420,000, which includes $400,000 for general construction and $20,000 for excavation work.

2808 North 11th Street Plan via HYC Architects

The zoning drawings identify all four residences as two-bedroom units, with two units spanning the cellar and first floor and one apartment on the second and third floors each. The project will extend across an approximately 17-foot-wide by 94-foot-deep lot measuring 1,598 square feet.

2808 North 11th Street Section via HYC Architects

The property is zoned RM-1 Residential Multi-Family. Plans show a building footprint of around 1,198 square feet, equal to 74.96 percent lot coverage, while approximately 400 square feet, or 25.04 percent of the site, will remain open. The rear yard measures roughly 22 feet deep, substantially exceeding the nine-foot minimum shown on the zoning plans. The proposed building height is 34 feet six inches, below the district’s listed 38-foot maximum.

2808 North 11th Street Location via HYC Architects

Architectural drawings show a narrow contemporary rowhouse facade with a brick exterior, with a paired windows and a vertically framed section of fiber-cement siding at the upper floors. The ground level features a residential entrance, window opening, exterior steps, and metal railing. The rear elevation is primarily clad in fiber-cement siding and includes vertically aligned windows and a raised rear entrance. The plans identify the roof as non-occupiable, with no roof deck proposed.

The property sits near West Somerset Street and Germantown Avenue, with SEPTA Route 23 operating along the North 11th Street corridor and additional transit connections available around Broad Street.

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