Philly YIMBY’s recent site visit has observed that construction is nearing completion at The Anchorage, a six-story, 136-unit mixed-use development at 4442 Ridge Avenue in East Falls, Northwest Philadelphia. Designed by HDO Architecture, the structure will span 174,544 square feet and feature a 10,500-square-foot commercial space on the ground floor, as well as full sprinkling and parking. Permits list 4501 Kelly Partners LP as the owner, Turn Key Realty LLC as the contractor and specify a construction cost of $17.4 million.
The Anchorage at 4442 Ridge Avenue. Ground floor plan. Credit: HDO Architecture
4442 Ridge Avenue. Photo by Jamie Meller. November 2022
4442 Ridge Avenue. Photo by Jamie Meller. November 2022
4442 Ridge Avenue. Photo by Jamie Meller. November 2022
4442 Ridge Avenue. Photo by Jamie Meller. November 2022
4442 Ridge Avenue. Photo by Jamie Meller. November 2022
The building will rise 71 feet to the top of the main roof, around 75 feet to the top of the parapet, and 81 feet to the top of the pilot house.
The building is part of a larger development that spans a through-block site between Kelly Drive to the south and Ridge Avenue to the north, which also includes several townhouses along Kelly Drive and in the block interior. The exact nomenclature for the development can be somewhat confusing. The apartment building covered in this article is also known under the addresses of 4440-4442 Ridge Avenue and 4440-42 Ridge Avenue; the name “The Anchorage” appears in some of the renderings. In turn, the townhouses also come up under the same address and are shown on site plans filed with the city’s planning department, yet they are covered by separate construction permits. The townhouse portion of the development appears to be titled as “The Overlook,” likely in reference to their position next to the Schuylkill River.
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Anchorage has six floors while Ridge Flats is capped at five floors because of the neighbors who kept it at five floors for more than five years
11-11-22
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Is all your new bldgs apartment only
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The “anchorage” name comes from a former restaurant/club on that site. It had been a boathouse in its original life I believe. I remember the restaurant, as we used to pass it on our way into Philly from the burbs. It was destroyed by fire sometime in the late 60s, I think; The West River Japanese Restaurant took its place until its closing in the 1980s