Permits have been filed for the construction of a single-family dwelling at 1240 Leithgow Street in Olde Kensington. The property is situated on the west side of the block that is located between West Girard Avenue and West Thompson Street. The building will have a footprint that spans 1,000 square feet and a roof deck accessed by a pilot house. HHPH LLC is the listed owner.
Permits have been issued for the construction of a five-story mixed-use structure at 101 West Oxford Street in Fishtown, Kensington, near the border of Olde Kensington, North Philadelphia. The structure will hold 35 residential units, each being an apartment. Resident storage will be located in the basement of the structure, with the ground floor used for a commercial space and parking. A roof deck will be located atop the building, as well as a green roof that allows the building a density bonus. The building will occupy a 12,363 square foot land parcel and hold 51,785 square feet of space. Chatham Bay Construction Services is the listed contractor. Construction costs are estimated at $6 million.
Construction recently wrapped up on Studio House Philly, a mixed-use development at 1613 Germantown Avenue in Olde Kensington. The four-story building spans house numbers 1611 to 1627 and offers 35,870 square feet of floor space. According to the website, the complex is targeted toward young professionals, offering 40 rental studios and seven two-level live/work units with 500-square-foot retail spaces facing Germantown avenue, as well as parking for three vehicles and 40 bicycles.
Developers Concordia Group and D3 Development have begun to construct Northbank, a massive, 897-unit development at 2001 Beach Street in Fishtown, Kensington. Designed by ISA Architects, the master-planned community will span a 25-acre parcel on the Delaware River waterfront near the border of Fishtown and Olde Kensington. The project will include ground floor retail space and 539 apartments within two large multi-family buildings, 254 townhouses, and 104 stacked condos coming in the form of duplexes. The development is already underway, with paving of streets and home construction and sales.
Permits have been issued for the construction of 1525 North American Street, a six-story, 110-unit residential project proposed in Olde Kensington, North Philadelphia. Developed by Six Acre Capital in collaboration with design architect Leong Leong and architect of record Harman Deutsch Architecture, the building will feature retail at the ground floor, as well as parking for 23 vehicles and 51 bicycles. The property is located on the east side of the block between Jefferson Street and West Oxford Street.
