A zoning permit has been filed for the construction of an attached structure with a cellar and a roof deck at 1831 South 4th Street in the Wharton neighborhood of South Philadelphia. The structure will replace a vacant lot at the northeast corner of South 4th and Sigel streets. Abazi Enam is the listed owner.
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is in the process of a $3.4 billion expansion in West and South Philadelphia. The latest proposed structure is the Roberts Center for Pediatric Research Phase 3, a 350-foot-tall tower planned at 730 Schuylkill Avenue in the western section of South Philadelphia’s Graduate Hospital neighborhood, which is also known as Schuylkill Grays Ferry and Devil’s Pocket. The new structure will stand as a fraternal twin to the first phase of Roberts Center, a 375-foot-tall building completed in 2017. Project information remains sparse, but the design will likely be led by the office of Pelli Clarke Pelli, which designed the first phase.
Permits have been filed for 2543 Manton Street in the Grays Ferry neighborhood of South Philadelphia. The vacant lot, located one property away from the corner of Manton and North 26th streets, the lot will see the erection of a two-household residential building with a roof deck. 2500 Manton LLC is the listed propeerty owner.
Permits have been filed for 1328 South 31st Street in the Gray’s Ferry neighborhood in South Philadelphia. Located seven properties away from the corner of Reed Street and South 31st Street, the property is owned by Shawn D Thomas.
At 1001 South Broad Street, at the corner of Washington Avenue and South Broad Street in Hawthorne, South Philadelphia, a massive 4.4-acre lot has long remained empty, awaiting development as several proposals have been revealed on the site. The new project, designed by Cope Linder Architects, will soon rise to a height of 426 feet and feature 1,800,000 square feet of residential and retail space. Though the most recent design was unveiled in 2016, not a single shovelful of earth has yet been moved for construction.
