PHILADELPHIA | Highrise Development Thread IX

[iheartphilly]

Originally Posted by jsbrook

I think these ones will become very valuable and desirable:

http://jkrparchitects.com/project/adagio/

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9468188,...rlzqQhE_0DHsw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

They are on Front Street, right off Walnut, and currently look over I-95.

Very true. And the town home development you point to is quite large and high end with a high price tag. I've seen it several times in person and there are still units being constructed. Probably 25+ units total. There's also a new development down on the block of Chestnut and Front under construction as well but I don't recall the name of it.

[Knight Hospitaller]

Given how desirable the location is becoming, I wonder if the townhome developers wish they'd gone higher. I suppose that will only increase the likelihood of something substantial going on the adjacent (to the cap) lots - like the NW corner of Front & Chestnut (is there something already in the works for that, iheartphilly?) and the riverfront car park b/w Market and Chestnut.

Is there a study about what to do with the scissor ramps b/w Chestnut and Market? Looking at the lay of the land, it doesn't look like a cap would work over the highway between those streets. The most we can hope for in the future, it would seem, would be another cap b/w Walnut and Dock Sts.

[Milksteak]

Originally Posted by Knight Hospitaller

Maybe they can tax TastyKakes to make it up. [UPDATE: Milksteak beat me to it. Great minds....]

[Londonee]

Originally Posted by jsbrook

I think these ones will become very valuable and desirable:

http://jkrparchitects.com/project/adagio/

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9468188,...rlzqQhE_0DHsw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

They are on Front Street, right off Walnut, and currently look over I-95.

Yeah any property along this stretch is going to suddenly have a very, very, very valuable front lawn.

[Flyers2001]

Originally Posted by 1487

to my knowledge it's not income based.

These programs and services include: Preschool Services - for families who have 3-4 year old children. These services address the needs of those families who:

•Meet the low Income Eligibility Requirements of the federal Head Start program
•Need preschool and meet the Income Eligibility Requirements set by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/e/earlychild/forms

This along with the applications is the only info I can find on the PreK program being implemented by the School District of Philadelphia.

If you can find info elsewhere, let me know. Would be great if it was not true.

[summersm343]

Originally Posted by jsbrook

I think these ones will become very valuable and desirable:

http://jkrparchitects.com/project/adagio/

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9468188,...rlzqQhE_0DHsw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

They are on Front Street, right off Walnut, and currently look over I-95.

Whoever bought these homes so far are jumping for joy. Their home values just doubled overnight.

[jsbrook]

Originally Posted by summersm343

Whoever bought these homes so far are jumping for joy. Their home values just doubled overnight.

And they are already expensive, listing at about $2.5 million. I wonder if all the Front Street ones are sold and if the developer will try to up the listing price if not...

[Knight Hospitaller]

^ The equivalent of one of the Squares just got put on their front step.

[1487]

Originally Posted by Flyers2001

http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/e/earlychild/forms

This along with the applications is the only info I can find on the PreK program being implemented by the School District of Philadelphia.

If you can find info elsewhere, let me know. Would be great if it was not true.

that's not the preK program. Phila Prek is funded and run by the city separate from Head Start. Head Start programs are income based.

[Redddog]

Originally Posted by Knight Hospitaller

^ The equivalent of one of the Squares just got put on their front step.

...and it replaced a freaking highway!!

[Flyers2001]

Originally Posted by 1487

that's not the preK program. Phila Prek is funded and run by the city separate from Head Start. Head Start programs are income based.

For the 2017- 2018 School Year the Office of Early Childhood will be using a single application for families to apply to School District-operated Bright Futures and Head Start programs. From this single application you will be able to apply to either Bright Futures or the Head Start, or a combination of both.

All the information you need to complete an application for Bright Futures or Head Start will be found in this document.

There is two programs there, both have income requirements.

If they are not the only PreK programs being offered, any idea where information for the Soda tax funded Pre K is?

Edit** After digging some more it does indeed seem that Head Start is part of the city program being funded by the Soda tax and that it is strictly based on income as requirement to attend.

So again, the middle class should not complain about the Soda tax because its helping fund PreK, even though your child is not allowed to attend. SMH

[summersm343]

Comcast's NBCU invests $500M in Snap, doubling down on digital media: Report

http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/...t-nbc-universal-snapchat-ipo-shares.html

[summersm343]

Dueling developers to present their cases in Chinatown for 8th & Vine plot

Two bidders will present plans to redevelop a parking lot at 8th and Vine streets to Chinatown community leaders at a forum Monday hosted by the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority and City Councilman Mark Squilla.

PRA put out a request for proposal for the site last fall and both bids are backed by experienced developers:

As first reported in a Jan. 30 Philadelphia Business Journal article, the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Philadelphia Bar Association, is partnering with Pennrose Properties and EZ Park to build a $40 million facility that would house more than 20 legal nonprofits. The proposed 120,000-square-foot building — which the bar is calling the Equal Justice Center — is envisioned to be eight to 10 stories when completed. The plan also calls for 55 affordable housing units for senior citizens, a small hotel, retail space and a parking lot.

The second bid, led by Parkway Corp., Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corp. and Presbys Inspired Life, proposes 60 affordable senior housing units, 120 family housing units and 29,000 square feet of streetfront retail space reserved for small businesses, including one reserved for a supermarket. It also proposes Philadelphia’s first urban farm that it says will create 20 new jobs and provide clean local food, Chinatown’s first public outdoor green space and playground and 180 self-park parking spaces.

With the two sides heading into a community forum, the presence of PCDC as a partner in the Parkway’s bid is notable.

The Bar has been eying the plot of land for five years. Bar Chancellor Debbie Gross and PCDC Executive Director John Chin confirmed the two sides met about the project a few years back and then again last year when the request for proposals was issued.

Gross said that PCDC was focused on the Eastern Tower project at 10th and Vine streets. That 20-story planned structure, which calls for 150 apartments (only three of which are designated as affordable), a community center as well as office and retail space, has yet to break ground but would be a new anchor for the community. Chin said Friday that one last piece of financing is needed with a ground breaking target for this spring.

Zuritsky said 8th and Vine is one of the most important intersections in terms of being a gateway to the city.

“We see this as an enormous opportunity to brand Chinatown and add services that the neighborhood needs,” he said.

Gross said despite the campaign against the Pennrose/Bar project and PCDC’s presence on the opposing bidders team, she has faith in the system and the ability for PRA and Squilla to be impartial. She expects a decision from the PRA within six months.

The community forum will be held Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the SEPTA Training Center at 1234 Market St. (third floor). Both sides will be taking questions from audience members.

http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/...dueling-developers-to-present-their.html

[1487]

Originally Posted by Flyers2001

There is two programs there, both have income requirements.

If they are not the only PreK programs being offered, any idea where information for the Soda tax funded Pre K is?

Edit** After digging some more it does indeed seem that Head Start is part of the city program being funded by the Soda tax and that it is strictly based on income as requirement to attend.

So again, the middle class should not complain about the Soda tax because its helping fund PreK, even though your child is not allowed to attend. SMH

You are wrong. Trust me, I've been through process. No income verification is required. Head Start is federally funded- PhilapreK is totally local and while they may change requirements in the future- as of now no income litmus test exists. Not sure how else to put it. Have you checked the PHLpreK site? Not one single document verifying income is required. Only proof of child's age and residency in the city.

[3rd&Brown]

Originally Posted by 1487

its about the long term trend, not cash in your pocket from year to year. Over a decade or so these reductions mean something. They aren't going to be noticeable year to year. I think the wage tax was almost a % point higher when the reductions started under Rendell. The rates were last this low in the 70s.

It adds up over time. It was once almost 5%. No one would argue that the difference between 5% and 3.9% is insignificant.

In a generation (which isn't that long, honestly), it will likely be under 3%. And that's even without wholesale changes to the tax structure. But I agree. I think the goal should be to cut it at least .03-.05 per year. At least then, every 3 years it would be .1 % lower.

[iamrobk]

Originally Posted by 1487

You are wrong. Trust me, I've been through process. No income verification is required. Head Start is federally funded- PhilapreK is totally local and while they may change requirements in the future- as of now no income litmus test exists. Not sure how else to put it. Have you checked the PHLpreK site? Not one single document verifying income is required. Only proof of child's age and residency in the city.

I was just messing around on their website (http://www.phlprek.org/) and it looks like if you have a 3 or 4 year old, you're eligible for free pre-k no matter what (right now).

[Daario]

Originally Posted by summersm343

Will the Police HQ move to the Provident Mutual Life Insurance building at 46th and Market?



Read more here:
http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/...classical-saffron-move-headquarters.html

Is it really true that Philly's Planning and Development Department is expanding? I'm asking as an aspiring Urban Planner, who's about to enter college. It would be cool to see that industry expand here in Philly.

[summersm343]

Philly-owned Chinatown site draws dueling development visions

Dueling visions for the largest parcel of Center City land owned by Philadelphia's redevelopment agency will go before the public Monday night, as officials seek a more dynamic use for what's long been a parking lot near a little-used subway station in a traffic-choked corner of Chinatown.

Developers Pennrose and Parkway Corp., both based in Philadelphia, will present their proposals for the 3.2-acre lot occupying most of the area bounded by Race Street and the Vine Street Expressway, between Eighth and Ninth Streets, at a community meeting arranged by the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to help vet the companies’ plans.

First proposal

Parkway’s proposal -- designed by Philadelphia architecture studio Cecil Baker & Partners -- is being planned in collaboration with the nonprofit Chinatown Community Development Corp. and senior-housing developer Presby’s Inspired Life.

It calls for about 120 market-rate condo units, 60 units of low-income senior housing, a hydroponic greenhouse to supply local residents and restaurants with produce, and an “inter-generational park” with playground equipment for kids and exercise stations for adults.

Also planned are stores and restaurants on the buildings' ground floors, along with a 20,000-square-foot anchor Asian supermarket with a second-floor food court. About 180 parking spots will occupy parts of the site where underground tunnels make construction unfeasible.

Second Proposal

**Currently no renderings**

While Pennrose's vision also entails market-rate housing (in the form of an 11-story, 150-unit apartment tower), affordable senior housing (55 units), and parking (143 spots), its defining feature is a 160,000-square-foot office building for legal-aid organizations, to be called the Equal Justice Center.

The aim of the EJC is to consolidate dozens of legal-aid agencies now spread across the city into one building, to the benefit of public-service attorneys and their clients, Hilburn-Holmes said.

The Pennrose team's proposal -- which is being designed by architecture firm WRT LLC of Philadelphia and San Francisco -- also includes a 147-room Comfort Inn hotel.

Read more here:
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/re...dueling-development-visions.html?photo_3

[summersm343]

^^Without seeing renderings for the Pennrose proposal, I instantly like it better. It sounds like an 11 story residential building, a hotel, a 10 story office building and a senior housing building is a MUCH better use of land than these squat lowrise buildings with an eyesore parking lot left cover most of the site.

Plus, CDC can't even get one damn building off of the ground in the Eastern Tower. Why would they be awarded another project that we can't even be guaranteed they can get off of the ground in a timely fashion?

[cafeguy]

Originally Posted by summersm343

^^Without seeing renderings for the Pennrose proposal, I instantly like it better. It sounds like an 11 story residential building, a hotel, a 10 story office building and a senior housing building is a MUCH better use of land than these squat lowrise buildings with an eyesore parking lot left cover most of the site.

Plus, CDC can't even get one damn building off of the ground in the Eastern Tower. Why would they be awarded another project that we can't even be guaranteed they can get off of the ground in a timely fashion?

I saw an ariel view of the other proposal. Similar layout, but design seems better. The image I saw, you couldn't see the heights. But the center has to stay with no building because of the subway tunnel. cant build on that. Its a shame both plans decide to use parking instead of some sort of low sturctural weight amenity.