{"id":659559,"date":"2026-05-23T01:37:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/659559\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T01:37:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:37:43","slug":"permits-issued-for-27-unit-building-at-203-leverington-avenue-in-manayunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/659559\/","title":{"rendered":"Permits Issued For 27-Unit Building At 203 Leverington Avenue In Manayunk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Permits have been issued for the construction of a 27-unit residential building at 203 Leverington Avenue in Northwest Philadelphia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/phillyyimby.com\/category\/manayunk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manayunk<\/a> neighborhood. The permit calls for a four-story, 31,835-square-foot structure that features parking for 32 cars and nine bicycles, as well as a roof deck. 201 Leverington Avenue BSP LP is the listed owner and <a href=\"https:\/\/phillyyimby.com\/category\/studio-c-architecture\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Studio C Architecture<\/a> is the designer.<\/p>\n<p>The building permit lists a total construction cost of $5.6 million, which includes $5.45 million for general construction and $150,000 for excavation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-46423 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/203-Leverington-Avenue-Basement-Parking-Plan.png\" alt=\"203 Leverington Avenue Basement Parking Plan\" width=\"2424\" height=\"1052\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">203 Leverington Avenue Basement Parking Plan via Studio C Architecture<\/p>\n<p>The proposal consists of a semi-detached structure with Group R-2 residential use. The approved scope calls for Type I-A construction at the basement and first floor and Type V-B construction from the second through fourth floors. The zoning permit lists the site in the I-2 Medium Industrial zoning district approved for residential use.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-46422 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/203-Leverington-Avenue-scaled.png\" alt=\"203 Leverington Avenue\" width=\"2560\" height=\"666\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">203 Leverington Avenue via Studio C Architecture<\/p>\n<p>Zoning drawings describe the new construction as Parcel B, separate from Parcel A, which is shown as an existing building planned for renovation and residential conversion. Parcel B is listed as a 9,833-square-foot new-construction area with a proposed four-story multi-family building containing 27 units, a roof deck, parking, and bicycle spaces. The zoning table lists a proposed occupied area of 92.3 percent, a rear yard depth of eight feet, and a floor-area ratio of 290 percent. The revised proviso plans reduced the proposed height of Parcel B from 44 feet to 41 feet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-46424 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/203-Leverington-Avenue-Site.png\" alt=\"203 Leverington Avenue Site\" width=\"2170\" height=\"1282\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">203 Leverington Avenue Site via Studio C Architecture<\/p>\n<p>Plans show the new building on the Leverington Avenue site, with residential units above structured parking. The basement plan shows parking areas, mechanical lift parking spaces, a mechanical\/trash room, and bicycle parking.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-46426 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/203-Leverington-Avenue-East-Elevation-scaled.png\" alt=\"203 Leverington Avenue East Elevation\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1428\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">203 Leverington Avenue East Elevation via Studio C Architecture<\/p>\n<p>Elevations depict light masonry-patterned cladding, dark vertical fa\u00e7ade panels, gridded windows, and stacked balcony elements. The north elevation places the top of roof deck at 41 feet and the fourth floor at 31 feet, while the east elevation shows a darker side fa\u00e7ade with residential openings and garage access at the lower level.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/g_VR59\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a> to YIMBY\u2019s daily e-mail<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https%3A%2F%2Fphillyyimby.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779500263_478_google_preferred_source_badge.png\" width=\"245\" height=\"40\" alt=\"Make YIMBY preferred on Google\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/yimbygram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Follow<\/a> YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YIMBYFB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Like<\/a>\u00a0YIMBY on Facebook<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yimbytweets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Follow<\/a> YIMBY\u2019s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phillyyimby.com\/category\/203-leverington-avenue\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">203 Leverington Avenue<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/phillyyimby.com\/category\/studio-c-architecture-llc\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Studio C Architecture LLC<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Permits have been issued for the construction of a 27-unit residential building at 203 Leverington Avenue in Northwest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-659559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}