The Philadelphia Housing Authority recently broke ground on the first phase of its Westpark Apartments redevelopment, which will include 327 affordable units and is expected to cost $205 million, writes Noah Zucker for BisNow.
A total of 1,000 mixed-income units are planned for the vacant public housing complex at Market and 44th streets.
PHA CEO Kelvin Jeremiah said that the apartments are expected to be available for rent by 2030.
Half of the initial 327 units are designated for former residents. Angela Foster, who was the last person to move out four years ago, is now hoping to be the first to move back when the first units are ready next year.
“I have a whole list of people that’s ready to come back,” said Foster, who moved into the complex in 1979 and raised her two children there.
The project, which is a collaboration between PHA, L+M Development Partners, and MSquared, will feature new retail in its first phase, along with one acre of green space and a community center offering social services to residents.
The development will also provide tenants with convenient connections to surrounding neighborhoods, such as a nearby Aldi and a Market-Frankford Line stop at 46th Street.
Read more about Philadelphia Housing Authority’s new Westpark Apartments redevelopment at BisNow.
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