Demolition permits have been filed for a three-story structure at 3246 Kensington Avenue in Kensington. The prewar structure, located near the corner of Kensington Avenue and East Westmorland Street, once featured retail at the ground floor and residential space on the floors above, and has sat boarded up and abandoned since some time between late 2014 and early 2015. The property is under the ownership of KCT Properties I LLC.
Permits have been filed for construction of a multi-family structure at 2245 North 8th Street in North Central Philadelphia near Temple University. The new building will replace a grassy lot with overgrown tress along the perimeter. surrounding the backside of the site. The property is located near the corner of North 8th Street and West Dauphin Street. Brotherly Love Real Estate is the listed owner.
Several sizeable developments are currently in the works in Old City, the tallest of which is the tower that LCOR Incorporated plans to construct at One Dock Street. Bower Lewis Thrower Architects is the designer for the 374-foot-tall, 31-story proposal that would rise even higher than I.M. Pei’s Society Hill Towers, built just to the south in 1964. The new building will hold 272 rental units.
Permits have been filed for the construction of a multi-family attached structure at 1326 North 6th Street in Ludlow, North Philadelphia. The new structure will replace a fenced-in lot that is covered in weeds. The property is located near the corner of North 6th Street and Master Street. Hofkin Monique is the listed owner.
Permits have been filed for the construction of a single-family structure at 2921 Gerritt Street in the Grays Ferry neighborhood in South Philadelphia. The building, located around mid-block between South 29th Street and South 30th Street, will replace a paved fenced-in lot sited on a block lined with two-story prewar rowhouses. Maher Abdelaal is the listed design professional Two Blind Mice LLC is the listed owner.
