3314 Fairmount Avenue. Credit: KCA Design Associates

Design Updates Released for 90-Unit Project at 3314 Fairmount Avenue in Mantua, West Philadelphia

Earlier this year, KCA Design Associates submitted a Civic Design Review document to the Philadelphia Planning Commission for a six-story, 90-unit residential building proposed at 3314 Fairmount Avenue in Mantua, West Philadelphia. The project, developed by DTEG Investments, LLC, will span a L-shaped through-block site between Melon Street and Fairmount Avenue and span 82,776 gross square feet, including 5,200 square feet of industrial space. A revised CDR document was released on On October 9th, showing changes to the design.

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Permits Filed for 1955 North 4th Street in Norris Square, North Philadelphia

Permits have been filed for the construction of a single-family structure at 1955 North 4th Street in Norris Square, North Philadelphia. The site sits close to the corner of North 4th Street and West Norris Street. The new structure will rise from a vacant site located between two three-story prewar rowhouses. Emerald Properties Of Philadelphia LLC is the listed owner.

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Arthaus Passes Halfway Point, Nearing 400 Feet on the Avenue of the Arts, Center City

The Philadelphia skyline continues its two-decade-long process of extending southward, with two 500-foot-plus towers proposed to be south of Chestnut Street in the past few years. At 311 South Broad Street in the Avenue of the Arts district, across from the Kimmel Center, Arthaus is rapidly rising with installation of rebar and concrete pours. Since the last YIMBY update in August the tower has risen over 20 stories, currently standing at 28 stories and nearly 400 feet to the top of the core, more than halfway to its eventual 542-foot, 47-story height. The blocky tower with a glass curtain wall was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by Dranoff Properties, which revived the taller hotel proposal, cancelled after SLS International Hotel pulled out, as a 108-unit condominium.

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2001-2013 Abigail Street. Looking east. Credit: Google

Permits Filed for Nine Buildings at 2001-2013 Abigail Street in Fishtown, Kensington

Permits have been filed for the construction of nine single-family structures at 2001-2013 Abigail Street in Fishtown, Kensington. The September filing follows a July permit to create nine lots from six lots spanning a large vacant site at the corner of Abigail Street and Coral Street. The buildings, located on parcels G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, and O will span from footprints ranging from 546 to 763 square feet. Each building will include a roof deck. Buildings on sites J through K will also feature larger footprints (741 to 763 square feet), parking garages, and second-story decks in the rear. CCD 105 LLC is the listed owner for the combined site.

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