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Back in December, we told you that zoning permits were issued for a 7-story building with 157 residential units, 2 ground floor commercial spaces, 35 automobile parking spots, 82 bicycle stalls, and a roof deck at 419 Bainbridge Street. The new building would replace a massive surface parking lot in Queen Village. At that time,
You may remember back a few years ago that there were plans in place for the surface parking lot at 419 Bainbridge Street to build a 6-story structure with 48 residential units, 120 parking spaces across multiple floors, and a Target on the ground level. Time has passed and the site is still operating as
Back in 2018, the former Love Kingdom Church at 1015 S. 3rd Street traded hands and was later demolished. Although we hate seeing old churches demolished in Philadelphia, this structure was modern and had a big surface parking lot. We can’t say we miss it. Since demolition, most of the property has sat vacant for
The vacant lot on the southwest corner of 3rd and Christian St. has been begging for development for years. Back in 2018, developers were pursuing a 40-unit plan for the property, which was strongly opposed by neighbors. Then, in 2019, we told you that the owners of the property were pursuing a variance for a
We always thought the strip mall on the northeast corner of 2nd and Christian was out of place among the otherwise pedestrian friendly neighborhood of Queen Village. The low-rise building and surface parking lot never made much sense to us on such a large, commercial mixed-use site. However, with 711 (and at one time WaWa)
The historic former Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church at 1001 S. 4th St. was most recently the home of the Chua Bo De Buddhist Temple. The Chua Bo De Buddhist Temple received criticism for selling the 17,290 square foot Residential Multi-Family-2 (RM-2) zoned property to developers in January of 2019 for $1.675 million. From the looks
The RSA-5 zoned lot at 3rd and Christian in Queen Village has sat vacant for as long as we can remember. The lot was once much bigger. However, developers built 20 townhomes on the southern portion of the parcel in 2011. In 2015, we saw the owners consolidate 9 deeded lots into 2 lots. The