Articles by Vitali Ogorodnikov

3503 Midvale Avenue. Rendering credit: M Architects

Excavation Underway at 3503 Midvale Avenue in East Falls, Northwest Philadelphia

Philly YIMBY recently made its way uptown to Northwest Philadelphia to check out local construction, and one of our site visits discovered that excavation is currently underway at 3503 Midvale Avenue in East Falls. The development is situated at the bottom of a hill on the west side of the block between Cresson Street and Warden Drive. Designed by M Architects, the building will rise five stories, span 26,477 square feet, and hold 33 apartments. Two commercial spaces will be situated on the ground floor. Features will include a roof deck, full sprinkling, and 15 parking spaces. Permits list Midvale Commons LLC as the owner, ANC Builders Inc. as the contractor, and a construction cost of $5 million.

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1600 Carpenter Street. Credit: Harman Deutsch Ohler Architecture

Demolition Anticipated at 1600 Carpenter Street in Graduate Hospital, South Philadelphia

Philly YIMBY recently visited the site of a 191-unit mixed-use development proposed at 1600 Carpenter Street in Graduate Hospital, South Philadelphia. Designed by Harman Deutsch Ohler Architecture and developed by Streamline, the complex will replace a suburban-style shopping mall with a stately, traditionally-styled six-story building facing Washington Avenue, which will offer 23,185 square feet of ground-level retail and 131 rental apartments, ranging from studios to two-bedrooms, many of which will rank as affordable housing. To the north, 60 multi-family townhouses will be situated, which will match the scale and the material palette of the surrounding area. The development will boast publicly accessible pedestrian promenades and landscaping, as well as 141 parking spaces, of which 119 will be located in an underground garage in the apartment building, and 22 more will be situated in the townhouses.

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5007 Pentridge Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. May 2022

Construction Underway at 5007 Pentridge Street in Cedar Park, West Philadelphia

A recent site visit by Philly YIMBY has documented construction at a three-story, eight-unit multi-family building at 5007 Pentridge Street in Cedar ParkWest Philadelphia. Designed by Ambit Architecture, the project rises on the north side of the block between South 50th and South 51st streets. The development will span around 6,500 square feet (including cellar space). Permits list Baltimore Select Properties LLC aka Select Redevelopment as the contractor, and a construction cost of $850,000.

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709 South 50th Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. May 2022

Site Prep Underway at 709 South 50th Street in Cedar Park, West Philadelphia

A recent site visit by Philly YIMBY has discovered that construction is underway at a four-unit mixed-use building proposed at 709 South 50th Street in Cedar ParkWest Philadelphia, which received permits last September. The development is located on the northeast side of the block between Willows Avenue and Pentridge Street. Designed by CANNOdesign, the building will rise three stories (four if including the third-floor mezzanine), span 4,990 square feet and feature commercial space on the ground floor and a roof deck. Permits list GRIT Construction as the contractor. Construction costs are specified at $437,000.

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