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2650 Castor Avenue. Credit: KCA Design Associates via the Civic Design Review

Townhouse Development Proposed at 2650 Castor Avenue in Port Richmond

By Vitali Ogorodnikov

A recent submission to the Philadelphia planning department’s Civic Design Review reveals details on a proposal for a 30-building, 68-unit townhouse complex at 2650 Castor Avenue in Port Richmond. The development will rise on a full-block vacant lot bound by Castor Avenue to the east, Pickwick Street to the west, East Thompson Street to the north, and Edgemont Street to the south. Designed by KCA Design Associates, the project will offer a total of 22 duplexes (two units per building) as well as eight triplexes (three units per building). The proposal will also include parking for 50 cars, situated on an interior parking lot behind the residences, as well as landscaping improvements.

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Rendering of 1101 Walnut Street. Credit: JKRP Architects

Construction Site Still Sits Fallow at 1101 Walnut Street in Midtown Village, Center City

By Vitali Ogorodnikov

Philadelphia YIMBY’s recent site visit has noted that construction work has still not started at an 18-story, 198-unit residential tower planned at 1101 Walnut Street in Midtown Village, Center City. Designed by JKRP Architects, the tower will span 138,150 square feet, with 4,420 square feet of retail space on the ground level and 6,281 square feet of office and amenities at the fourth floor. The project will also feature 34 off-site parking spaces and storage for 68 bicycles.

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326 North 12th Street. Building renderings. Credit: CANNOdesign via Vikara Social Development

Construction Underway at 326 North 12th Street in Callowhill, Lower North Philadelphia

By Vitali Ogorodnikov

A recent site visit by Philly YIMBY has observed that construction work is well underway at a six-story, 31-unit apartment building at 326 North 12th Street in Callowhill, Lower North Philadelphia. The development will replace a parking lot bound by North 12th Street to the east, Wood Street to the south, and Carlton Street to the north. The new building will span 30,075 square feet and will feature an elevator, a 690-square-foot live/work office, an 832-square-foot roof deck, a parking garage for seven cars, and storage for 11 bicycles. The development team includes the Regis Group as the developer, Vikara Social Development as the owner’s representative, CANNOdesign as the architect, and the Regis Development Corp. as the contractor. Permits specify a construction cost of $3.2 million, of which $200,000 is allocated toward excavation.

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1600 Carpenter Street. Credit: Harman Deutsch Ohler Architecture

Construction Pending at 1600 Carpenter Street in Graduate Hospital, South Philadelphia

By Vitali Ogorodnikov

Philly YIMBY’s recent site visit has observed that demolition work has still not begun at the site of a 191-unit mixed-use complex planned 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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4452 Griscom Street. Building rendering. Credit: Loney Engineering & Consulting via the City of Philadelphia

Permits Issued for 4452 Griscom Street in Frankford, Northeast Philadelphia

By Vitali Ogorodnikov

Permits have been issued for the construction of a four-story, nine-unit residential building at 4452 Griscom Street in Frankford, Northeast Philadelphia. The new building will replace a vacant lot situated on the northwest side of the block between Farina Street and Sellers Street. Designed by Loney Engineering & Consulting, the structure will span 7,870 square feet and will include a basement. Permits list Intensified Builders as the contractor.

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