Earlier this year, M & B Y B L I I submitted a document package to City Design Review for appraisal of a four-story self-storage facility at 2258 East Tioga Street in Port Richmond, Kensington. The L-shaped structure will replace a large vacant site at the western corner of the intersection of Tioga and Tulip streets, with its primary frontage stretching along Tulip.
Recently, Philly YIMBY shared several renderings of a four-story, 90-unit residential building planned at 4701-15 Wayne Avenue in Germantown, Northwest Philadelphia. Today we more plans and diagrams for the development, as provided in a Civic Design Review package. Designed by Moto Designshop, the building will span 78,065 square feet and offer elevator service, bicycle storage, a landscaped courtyard, a roof deck, and a green roof.
Recently, Philadelphia YIMBY shared several renderings of a six-story, 155-unit residential building proposed at 2507 Almond Street in Olde Richmond, Kensington, as revealed in a Civic Design Review submission. Today we share an extensive collection of plans, renderings, and diagrams for the development. Designed by Harman Deutsch Ohler Architecture, the building will span 154,677 square feet and will offer elevator service, balconies in select units, parking for 65 cars (including three ADA and three electric vehicle spaces) and 60 bicycles (plus five sidewalk stalls), a roof deck, and a green roof.
Recently, Philly YIMBY visited the imposing eight-story prewar building located 5627-33 Germantown Avenue, where a residential renovation is currently being planned. The structure stands on the eastern corner of the intersection of Germantown and Chelten avenues, in the core of Germantown’s primary commercial district, half a block east of Vernon Park. The development will reinvigorate the 90,515-square-foot, 100-plus-year-old structure with renovated ground-level retail and 47 residential units above. Permits list Scott Woodruff as the architect, City Suburban Home Builders, LLC as the contractor, and a construction cost of $7.75 million.
A recent site visit by Philly YIMBY has revealed that demolition has been completed and the site has been cleared for construction of a four-story, 12-unit mixed-use building at 1538 Frankford Avenue (alternately1538-44 Frankford Avenue) in Fishtown. The development is situated on the west side of the block between Jefferson and East Oxford streets. Designed by KJO Architecture, the project will span 23,741 square feet, which includes 5,829 square feet of retail. The building will be fully sprinkled and will feature a roof deck, which promises to offer reasonably open skyline vistas. Permits list Optimal Construction Group as the contractor and a construction cost of $2.4 million.
