48-unit apartment building pops up at 12th and Washington
The location of a former heating and air conditioning store 12th and Washington saw a quick transformation over the weekend. A pre-fabricated apartment building from Westrum Development popped up on the lot.
Curbed spotted the development, which was “constructed near Pittsburgh complete with appliances and interior finishes, then dropped onto the site via a 7-story crane.”
Once completed, the building will include 48 apartment, including studios, one bedroom and two bedroom units that will be ready in early-2017.
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According to the tipster, who spoke to the builders on site, the 5-story apartment complex went up in three days this past weekend. The units were constructed near Pittsburgh complete with appliances and interior finishes, then dropped onto the site via a 7-story crane.
Just to follow Philly’s building code guidelines, this structure now must sit for a minimum of 24 months before any other progress can ensue. It’s an absolute requirement to have every construction site in the city sit through at least 67 rains before it can be finished.
In all honesty, it’s refreshing seeing a project move along at a reasonable clip. So many of the sites in the city (e.g. corner of 12th and Tasker, Broad and Federal, 12th and Catherine) just sit and sit and sit.
Aye, the corner of 12th & Tasker! I predict the foundation walls start to crack and crumble this winter.
Helps to toughen the wooden structure up.
Ha! I used to live at 11th and Bainbridge from 06-08 and saw those condos on the corner of 11th and South (the one with the Subway on the ground floor) sit for about a year and a half as unfinished wooden structures. They sat through, rain, snow, heat and whatever other elements you can think of. I watched as the wood warped each season….I guarantee those structures will have major issues in a few years.
Most of the time that construction sites lay fallow is because of money. Either the builders ran out of it, they encountered unanticipated structural problems that need more money to fix, or permitting issues
The houses behind the Abbotts Square condos at 2nd and South, where there used to be a parking lot, went uncompleted for a good long time (maybe around 2002?) before work finally resumed.