PHILADELPHIA | Lowrise/General Developments Thread

[cardeza]

was this posted already?

https://www.bizjournals.com/philadel...n-grocery.html

[TonyTone]

Originally Posted by cardeza

was this posted already?

https://www.bizjournals.com/philadel...n-grocery.html

Yes A little while back, Good development too.

[mcgrath618]

Here's the Lowrise portion of the National Land NoLibs project:

7-Story, 220-Unit Building Planned at 5th and Callowhill

Callowhill Street between 2nd Street and Franklin Street is currently a 3-5 lane raceway with I-676 on the southern border and a mix of parking lots, blank walls, and industrial buildings on the norther side of the road. Although this area is a short walk to Old City and prime Center City in general, we have yet to see any major ground up residential or mixed-use developments built on the north side of Callowhill here. It looks like the first domino may fall in the near future.

Developers are planning the by-right construction of a 7-story, 219,000 square foot building with 220 residential units and 70 parking spaces at the corner of 5th and Callowhill. The CMX-3 zoned project site at 417-25 Callowhill Street currently holds a low-rise industrial building that is the home of Colonial Electric and Golden Age Adult Day Care.

The new building will be shaped like a U and will have a courtyard in the middle. The unit composition will be made up of studios, 1 bedrooms, and 2 bedroom apartments. There is no commercial space included in the plan. Instead, residential amenity space will front Callowhill Street on the first floor. We would have liked to have seen ground level commercial space here as the hundreds of new residents that this building will bring to the neighborhood will need a place to purchase basic necessities and services.

No recent construction permits or demolition permits have been issued to date. The project will appear before the Civic Design Review (CDR) sometime in July for non-binding feedback.

http://www.rising.realestate/7-story...nd-callowhill/

[Urbanthusiat]

^^That's a really good-looking building right there!

[summersm343]

Looks incredible! SoNo/Callow East/Callowhill/Northern Liberties is on the rise!! Love it!

[PHLtoNYC]

Great looking building in the rendering. I hope real life looks almost as cool, but I have faith in National.

Also, what can be done to slow traffic on Callowhill? Speed humps? Syncing traffic lights so its one green at a time?

[3rd&Brown]

Originally Posted by PHLtoNYC

Great looking building in the rendering. I hope real life looks almost as cool, but I have faith in National.

Also, what can be done to slow traffic on Callowhill? Speed humps? Syncing traffic lights so its one green at a time?

Gosh. They could probably strike a whole lane of traffic.

Even without doing that...putting bumpouts at every intersection where the sidewalks push further out into the road in effect recessing the parallel parking lane(s) has proven to be very effective at narrowing the roadway psychologically.

[philly_account12]

Originally Posted by 3rd&Brown

Gosh. They could probably strike a whole lane of traffic.

Even without doing that...putting bumpouts at every intersection where the sidewalks push further out into the road in effect recessing the parallel parking lane(s) has proven to be very effective at narrowing the roadway psychologically.

Agreed on both. The intersection at 3rd/Callowhill needs a complete rework. There is no reason that both of the roads into this intersection on the east side need to be 3 lanes (essentially 6 lane highway + a parking lane).

Honestly, a lot of the issues with Callowhill traffic starts with this intersection. Cut a lane from each, continue the median on the opposite side of the intersection instead of the existing painted median, and add bumpouts and you'd probably see reduced speeds on this whole section of Callowhill.

[SEFTA]

Cobblestoned intersections. Traffic-calming pavements for crosswalks

[ok-ez]

418 Spring Garden St. – CMX3 – Herc Grigos – CDR – Zoning approved – 330 multifamily dwelling units, 87 parking spaces, first floor retail, 137 ‘ high.

[Busy Bee]

Originally Posted by SEFTA

Cobblestoned intersections. Traffic-calming pavements for crosswalks

[summersm343]

Originally Posted by ok-ez

418 Spring Garden St. – CMX3 – Herc Grigos – CDR – Zoning approved – 330 multifamily dwelling units, 87 parking spaces, first floor retail, 137 ‘ high.

WHAT?!?! What the hell is this now? Another major mixed-use building coming to this area? Amazing!

[3rd&Brown]

Originally Posted by summersm343

WHAT?!?! What the hell is this now? Another major mixed-use building coming to this area? Amazing!

apparently all of callowhill "east" is zoned cmx3. which means nearly everything will be by right and thus happen quickly.

nolibs will have the ability to comment via the cdr process but won't be able to halt anything.

[Redddog]

Originally Posted by summersm343

WHAT?!?! What the hell is this now? Another major mixed-use building coming to this area? Amazing!

Wow. This is nuts.

[aprice1828]

Has anyone else noticed how these 4 developments form a giant square bounded by 2nd, Callowhill, 5th, and Spring Garden?
Hopefully the 418 Spring Garden site doesn't start another mural debacle.

[Redddog]

Originally Posted by aprice1828

Has anyone else noticed how these 4 developments form a giant square bounded by 2nd, Callowhill, 5th, and Spring Garden?
Hopefully the 418 Spring Garden site doesn't start another mural debacle.

And it's aaaaaall gonna fill in.

[Justin7]

Originally Posted by 3rd&Brown

Gosh. They could probably strike a whole lane of traffic.

Even without doing that...putting bumpouts at every intersection where the sidewalks push further out into the road in effect recessing the parallel parking lane(s) has proven to be very effective at narrowing the roadway psychologically.

Callowhill widens from one lane to three between Delaware Ave and 2nd. Change this to two lanes. Reduce the 95 exit to one lane + turn lane. Add protected bike lanes.

Get rid of the split at 7th and incorporate the lane/island into the SE corner to create a larger (and more interesting) footprint new building replacing the one-story currently there.

It's a start.

[Justin7]

What is the status of the of the Franklin Square / 6th Street / bridge entrance rework? Is that still a thing? What about the patco station?

[mcgrath618]

The funny thing is, this area bounded by 5th, Callowhill, 2nd, and Spring Garden is a yet-untapped (until now) goldmine. Old City to the south, NoLibs to the north. The Delaware Riverfront is a 5 minute walk to the east. The El is right there. There’s no crime, because almost nobody lives there. No one can get mad about development, because it’s all underused land that is densely zoned. No one is being displaced. No historical structures are being demolished. The land is, for the moment, cheap.

I’m so excited for the change this area is going to experience.

[mcgrath618]

Originally Posted by Justin7

What is the status of the of the Franklin Square / 6th Street / bridge entrance rework? Is that still a thing? What about the patco station?

Franklin Square Station is planned to be finished by 2023 last I heard.