Former Transition To Independent Living Center building at 4534-36 Spruce St (archived photo).
The new owners of the former Transition To Independent Living Center building at the corner of 46th and Spruce streets will be at the Spruce Hill Community Association’s zoning meeting on Thursday, Aug. 6, to hear what neighborhood residents want to see developed at the site.
The building went up for sale again in June after its owner, Mission First, didn’t receive enough funding for the development of an affordable housing project at the site. The new owners have not been identified yet.
The meeting will take place at SHCA’s office at 257 S. 45th St., beginning at 6:30 p.m., and the 4534-36 site will be discussed first (for approximately 30 minutes).
Other development projects to be discussed at the meeting include:
– Ronald McDonald House expansion plans. (7 p.m.)
– Jubilee School (4211 Chester Avenue) – Erection of a mobile trailer at the rear of the lot for expanded educational activities. (7:15 p.m.)
– 4249 Walnut–Construction of a two-story addition in the rear of an existing three-story structure. (7:30 p.m.)
August 5th, 2015 at 9:35 am
does anybody know if the development on 44th and chestnut is still in the works, have’t heard anything new and live on that block
August 5th, 2015 at 9:49 am
Affordable housing units and commercial space.
August 5th, 2015 at 10:56 am
Affordable Housing for independently living disabled and vets!!!! THAT is what we wanted and what we still want and desperately need.
August 5th, 2015 at 11:43 am
Wasn’t that project scrapped because some neighbor was going to oppose it at the zoning (or whatever) hearing?
August 5th, 2015 at 2:17 pm
no matter what we want there will undoubtedly be some NIMBY folks threatening to muck it all up. People would rather the space be left vacant than see something else come in and thrive…
Unless of course they plan on building more student housing! (I kid, please no more student housing).
August 5th, 2015 at 3:03 pm
No more ‘luxury’ housing for the children of the 1%! Can we please get some new housing that working-class stiffs can afford without breaking the bank? Please and thank you in advance.
August 5th, 2015 at 4:16 pm
I’d like to see housing for american heroes – homeless veterans with substance abuse problems. There should also be a set aside of 10 percent of units for sex offenders
August 5th, 2015 at 8:25 pm
to Strongforu—–I think I have a good sense of what you are saying and mostly agree with you, but do you really think that the 1% have anything to do with W.Philly/ Univ. City? Maybe they fly over a few times a year.
I think much of the problem is to build what you are suggesting costs X and only brings in Y profit. But to build so called luxury costs X plus 10% but brings profit of much greater then 10% more then Y.
I’d like to see “affordable” units included whenever the City gives away zoning changes.
August 5th, 2015 at 9:12 pm
Anybody ever consider some kind of parking structure?
August 12th, 2015 at 6:19 pm
For a report on neighbors’ discussion with developers:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/823548771046986/