If the project is approved, the homes will rise on a grassy parcel with a history of illegal dumping.\n<\/p>\n
The developer, Liberty Bell Management, must secure a variance \u2014 permission to deviate from zoning law \u2014 before construction can start. Currently, the land is zoned for single-family homes and not for a multifamily project.\n<\/p>\n
A hearing before the Zoning Board of Adjustment is scheduled for May 13.\n<\/p>\n
Woodruff said the hope is to start building by the middle of 2027.\n <\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the intention. Obviously things ebb and flow,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
Before the zoning hearing, the project will be considered by the city\u2019s Civic Design Review Committee. The advisory group, composed of architects and planners, provides feedback on proposed developments. And while developers are not required to adopt the committee\u2019s recommendations, they are strongly encouraged to incorporate them into their designs before finalizing them.\n<\/p>\n
The proposal comes as private developers continue to invest in Germantown as part of a wave of new residential projects.\n<\/p>\n
Until a few years ago, few developers wanted to invest in Germantown. More than a dozen companies have now entered the market, raising concerns about affordability among residents.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If the project is approved, the homes will rise on a grassy parcel with a history of illegal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[14780,69,71,70,2312],"class_list":["post-177107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-germantown","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-planphilly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}