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Friday, September 12, 2008

New 30-story Walnut St. tower; NE Phila TODs

   Developer Omar Blaik, principal at u3 Ventures and ex-facilities chief at Penn, will roll out his proposal for a 30-story tower on the north side of the 1200 block of Walnut St. at the Philadelphia City Planning Commission meeting, next Tuesday Sept. 16, 1 p.m., 1515 Arch St.
   Like other tower proposals now searching for funding and tenants in Center City , Blaik's is a mix: street-level stores and restaurants, 5-screen cinema, 150-room hotel, 200 apartments. "It's a concept at this point," said Gary Jastrzab, acting executive director for the commission.  
   The commission will also review a study of possible Transit-Oriented Developments and improvements around the Bridesburg, (closed) Wissinoming, Tacony, Holmesburg Junction and Torresdale SEPTA Trenton line stations in Northeast Philadelphia . A copy should be posted by Monday at www.philaplanning.org.
   Planners will also check proposed guidelines for Philadelphia rowhouses -- it's been awhile since there's been one. And they'll consider plans for an 11-story Campus Inn Hotel, 40th and Pine, in a student-rental and residential neighborhood a block southwest of Penn's high-rise Superblock dorms.

 

 

 
Posted by Joseph N. DiStefano @ 3:03 PM  Permalink | 2 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:24 PM, 09/13/2008
    Just get the darn thing built. Ooh and 1515arch st an absolute must.
    — GLOBAL LIVE
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:04 PM, 09/15/2008
    30 stories? Too short! :)
    — FMT


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About Joseph N. DiStefano
Joseph N. DiStefano writes this blog to feed his PhillyDeals column in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Joe has been a member of Bloomberg LP’s New York Finance Team, wrote the book “Comcasted,” taught writing at St. Joseph’s University, and studied economics and history at Penn. Reach Joe at 215-854-5194 and JoeD@phillynews.com
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