Permits have been issued for the construction of a three-story, four-unit multi-family development at 2347 North 6th Street in North Philadelphia East. The structure will yield 3,838 square feet, and will feature a cellar and a roof deck. Construction costs are listed at $250,000.
A recent site visit by Philly YIMBY has revealed that construction is underway at a three-story, 44-unit multi-family building at 720-30 West Berks Street in North Philadelphia East near Temple University. The development, situated at the southwest cornet of West Berks and North Franklin streets, will span 41,302 square feet upon completion, and will feature full sprinkling. Permits list T N Ward Company as the contractor and a construction cost of $5.9 million.
A recent site visit by Philly YIMBY has revealed that construction has been completed at a three-story building at a three-story, three-unit building at 1423 North 8th Street in Ludlow, North Philadelphia. The building rises on the east side of the block between Master and Jefferson streets. Designed by KCA Design Associates, the structure spans 3,492 square feet, which lends an average of over 1,100 square feet per apartment. Units feature quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, washers/dryers, and gas fireplaces. Permits list LNHA New Homes LLC as the contractor and a construction cost of $271,000.
The Philadelphia skyline consists of a number of towers that shape the city’s image, with the Liberty Place in Center City towers among its key features. One Liberty Place and Two Liberty Place, addressed at 1650 Market Street and 50 South 16th Street, are located two blocks away from City Hall. The complex, which also includes a shopping center and a hotel, was designed by Helmut Jahn of Murphy/Jahn (recently renamed to Jahn/) and developed by Willard G. Rouse III of Rouse and Associates, which had eventually evolved into Liberty Property Trust and developed both of the Comcast towers. In this feature, Philadelphia YIMBY presents detailed skyline massings of the 1987 Liberty Place iteration.
Permits have been issued for a mixed-use development at 4124-30 Haverford Avenue in West Powelton, West Philadelphia. The work involves an overbuild for the existing single-story structure, rising five stories tall and expanding the existing, roughly 10,000-square-foot building to 43,685 square feet. The permit calls for multiple commercial spaces, as well as 51 apartments and a roof deck. Construction costs are listed at around $8.1 million.
