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If you’ve lived in the Riverwards for more than a few years and tend to stay informed about real estate development in this section of Philadelphia, you likely remember the huge development proposed back in 2018 on the 100,000 square foot, IRMX-zoned lot at 2201 East Somerset Street in Port Richmond. Developers received a variance
Back in March of 2021, we told you about a 35-unit adaptive reuse project that was underway on the border of Port Richmond at Harrowgate in an old chocolate factory at 2215 East Tioga Street. Right across Sepviva Street from the adaptive reuse project, another significant residential project is being planned on a large vacant
There’s a vacant lot along the train tracks in Port Richmond that has caught our eye for quite some time. The 124,744 square foot parcel is zoned Industrial Residential Mixed-Use (IRMX), which allows for a dense residential use by-right. For years, it has sat vacant as development has creeped into Port Richmond. More recently, it
A month ago, we told you that a project was being proposed on the site of the scrapyard on the border of Kensington and Port Richmond at 2200 E. Somerset St. Stakeholders are proposing 4 structures on the properties with 535 residential units, 179 automobile parking spaces, and 293 bicycle stalls. Three structures with 390
According to old maps, the property at 2215 E. Tioga St. on the border of Port Richmond and Harrowgate was once a lumber yard and then the home to Sandoz Chemical Works Dyes. More recently, it was used as an artist space. When we went by the property earlier today, part of the old stone
Back in July of 2018, a massive fire broke out at the scrapyard at 2200 E. Somerset St. on the border of Kensington and Port Richmond. The dark smoke could be seen for miles. The city temporarily shut down the junkyard and required them to limit their scrap piles to 10 feet in height. The
Not many people would see value in a blighted lot situated between a gas station, a scrap yard, and train tracks. 2750R Aramingo Avenue is an 80,735 square foot industrial (I2) zoned parcel that sits between Aramingo Ave., Somerset St., Tulip St., and the Conrail tracks. If you walk by the property today, you’ll probably
If you’ve ever ventured on Amber St. between Allegheny Ave. and Westmoreland St., you have likely seen two hulking old warehouses connected by a catwalk. These structures, along with some other nearby buildings, make up a massive artist studio and office complex called The Loom. The buildings, which were originally part of the Masland Carpet