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Rendering of 210 South 12th Street. Credit: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.

Excavation Underway at 210 South 12th Street in Midtown Village, Center City

8:00 am on August 31, 2022 By Vitali Ogorodnikov

A recent site visit by Philadelphia YIMBY has revealed that excavation is well underway at a 366-foot-tall, 32-story residential tower proposed at 210 South 12th Street in Midtown Village, Center City. Designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (with BLT Architects as the architect of record) and developed by Midwood Investment & Development, the building will span 401,870 square feet of interior space and offer 378 rental units, as well as ground-level retail and parking for 96 cars and 130 bicycles. Permits list construction costs at $111 million.

Permits Issued for 2146 North front Street in Norris Square

7:30 am on August 31, 2022 By Colin LeStourgeon

Permits have been issued for the construction of a four-story, three-unit multi-family building at 2146 North Front Street in Norris Square. The building will feature commercial space on the ground floor and a roof deck with an access structure. In total, the structure will span 5,445 square feet. Permits list a construction cost of $544,500.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia New Inpatient Tower. Credit: Ballinger / ZGF / AEI via the Civic Design Review

Site Prep Starts at CHOP New Patient Tower in University City, West Philadelphia

8:00 am on August 30, 2022 By Vitali Ogorodnikov

A recent site visit by Philly YIMBY has revealed an apparent start of construction, or at least some form of construction prep, at the future site of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia‘s 434-foot-tall, 26-story New Patient Tower (aka Inpatient Tower) at 3501 Civic Center Boulevard (alternately 515 Osler Circle) in the Medical District in University City, West Philadelphia. Designed by Ballinger, with ZGF Architects as the consultant and interiors/clinical architects, the 1.4 million-square-foot facility will provide around 480 patient beds and a variety of medical services. The project’s $1.9 billion cost comprises a major portion of CHOP’s $3.4 billion ongoing development plan.

2716 Cecil B Moore Avenue. Credit: Scale Design Group.

Permits Issued for 2716 Cecil B. Moore Avenue in Brewerytown, North Philadelphia

7:30 am on August 30, 2022 By Colin LeStourgeon

Permits have been issued for the construction of a four-story, three-unit multi-family building at 2716 Cecil B. Moore Avenue in Brewerytown, North Philadelphia. In total, the building will span 5,025 square feet. A pilot house will provide access to the roof for maintenance purposes. Construction costs are listed at $450,000 as per the permit.

1620 Sansom Street. Credit: Solomon Cordwell Buenz

Concrete Frame Rises at 1620 Sansom in Rittenhouse Square, Center City

8:00 am on August 29, 2022 By Vitali Ogorodnikov

A recent site visit by Philadelphia YIMBY has discovered sustained construction progress at 1620 Sansom Street in Rittenhouse Square, Center City. Designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz and developed by the Southern Land Company, with the Hunter Roberts Construction Group as the contractor, the 340-foot-tall, 28-story tower will offer 306 residential units, while the ground-floor commercial space will further enliven the already vibrant local streetscape.

909-17 North 26th Street. Credit: Kore Design Architecture.

Permits Issued for 909-17 North 26th Street in Brewerytown, North Philadelphia

7:30 am on August 29, 2022 By Colin LeStourgeon

Permits have been issued for the construction of a five-story, 40-unit multi-family structure at 909-17 North 26th Street in Brewerytown, North Philadelphia. The structure will feature 18 underground parking spaces, two of these being van accessible. There will also be 17 bike spaces and a a roof deck. Kore Design Architecture paired with Omega Home Builders for the project, which will span 53,093 square feet of space and cost an estimated $5 million to build.

Penn Presbyterian Garage at Filbert Street and North 38th Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. August 2022

Garage Still Stands at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in University City, West Philadelphia

7:00 am on August 29, 2022 By Vitali Ogorodnikov

A recent site visit by Philly YIMBY has discovered that a 406-car multi-level garage, with is slated for demolition, continues to stand at the northwest corner of Filbert and North 38th streets at the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center campus at 3800 Powelton Avenue in University City, West Philadelphia. The demolition is planned as part of an extensive overhaul of the medical campus, which includes the construction of a nine-story, 481,702-square-foot parking garage in the western section of the campus superblock.

One Cathedral Square. Credit: Solomon Cordwell Buenz

Construction Complete at One Cathedral Square in Logan Square, Center City

8:00 am on August 28, 2022 By Vitali Ogorodnikov

A recent site visit by Philadelphia YIMBY has confirmed that construction work is generally complete at One Cathedral Square, a 244-foot-tall, 23-story condominium at 1701 Race Street in Logan Square, Center City. Designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz and developed by the Exeter Property Group and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, with Hunter Roberts Construction Group as the contractor, the building will span 251,779 square feet and feature 273 rental residences, as well as ground-level retail space and landscaping. The construction cost is listed at $86 million.

3025 John F. Kennedy Boulevard. Rendering credit: Practice for Architecture and Urbanism

Construction Approaches Halfway Point at 3025 JFK Boulevard in University City, West Philadelphia

8:00 am on August 27, 2022 By Vitali Ogorodnikov

A recent site visit by Philly YIMBY has revealed that concrete assembly is nearly at the halfway point at 3025 JFK Boulevard, a 361-foot-tall, 28-story mixed-use tower at 3025 John F. Kennedy Boulevard at University City, West Philadelphia. Designed by the Practice for Architecture and Urbanism and developed by Brandywine Realty Trust, with Hunter Roberts Construction Group as the contractor, the building, also known as Schuylkill Yards West, will span 559,583 square feet, with commercial and laboratory space on the lower floors with 326 residential floors situated above. The building is the first major high-rise to be built as part of the 14-acre Schuylkill Yards megadevelopment. Construction at 3025 JFK Boulevard is expected to cost $180 million.

Two Cathedral Square at 227 North 18th Street. Credit: Solomon Cordwell Buenz

Construction Anticipated at Two Cathedral Square in Logan Square, Center City

7:30 am on August 27, 2022 By Vitali Ogorodnikov

Last year, plans had been unveiled for Two Cathedral Square, a 470-foot-tall, 34-story mixed-use commercial and residential tower proposed at 227 North 18th Street in Logan Square, Center City. Designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz and developed by EQT Exeter, with Studio Bryan Hanes behind the landscape design, the 700,000-square-foot-plus building is part of Cathedral Square, a redevelopment master plan for the block-sized archdiocesan campus around the iconic Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. The building will offer 450,000 square feet of office space on floors two through 14. Luxury residential space will span 250,000 square feet on floors 15 through 34. The ground level will feature 4,500 square feet of retail. No permits have apparently yet been filed, so we did not expect to see any construction progress at the site, yet we still recently paid a visit to the location to check on its status, as we show in the photos below.

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