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More Mixed-Use Developments Coming to Kensington


According to a recent Curbed Philly article, a five-story mixed-use project is coming to South Kensington at 1222 N. 2nd Street.

The building, designed by Harman Deutsch Architecture and being developed by Blackstone Development, will have eight live-work spaces and commercial space on the first floor.

The building will have 78 other apartments, each with their own balcony, and a green roof terrace on the fourth floor. The proposal also includes a parking garage with 50-plus car spaces and 29 bike spaces.

This release of this proposal precedes the Civic Design Review’s meeting on March 1. The building must be rezoned since the it is currently zoned as industrial.

This is not the first mixed-use development Kensington is yet to see. Harman Deutsch Architecture also designed a 46-unit space named Techadelphia, located at 1525 American Street.

Techadelphia, like the five-story development, will include commercial space, apartments and a parking garage along with space for single-family homes.

Techadelphia was created as part of a mission to keep the city’s youth and their ideas in the area.

“We want to be able to tell kids to stay here and build the city back,” developer Sean Frankel said to residents at a South Kensington Community Partners zoning meeting, according to Curbed Philly.

They plan to do so by having startups pitch business ideas annually to Frankel and his partners, who want to give 40 scholarships to high-schoolers yearly. Entrepreneurs will also be able to rent the first floor workspace for free as a way to build on their innovations and ideas.

Full article at Curbed Philly
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