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Coming up on January 18th, Good Vibes will be holding a grand opening event. See the flyer below for details. The owner has invested a lot in this new business. Stop by on the 18th and check it out on the corner of Oxford Avenue and Griscom Street.
Coming to 4731 Griscom Street in Frankford according to the sign posted on the building is a new Jamaican restaurant – Good Vibes. No permits or plans so far on the City web site. This corner is a hotbed of drug sales and violence.
Thanks for the tip from the neighbors who are wary of any take-out business in that area.
After a decade of vacancy, a new owner has taken control of a neglected 19th century Northeast Philadelphia landmark. Follow the link below for the rest of the story.
The proposed use which has already been run through L&I is:
“27, 000 sq ft building with Approved plans for 31 Loft Apartments and a 6, 000 sq ft retail space on first floor. Other potential approved uses for the property are: Day care, Educational Facility, Artist lofts, Live/office spaces, Catering Hall, Religious Assemblies, and rooming house/ halfway houses. See attached CMX2 zoning guide for other uses. This property also includes 4335 Frankford Ave, a 20, 000 sq ft paved, secured, fenced, parking lot, that is adjacent to the property.”
This property is zoned CMX-2 which allows this use by right. Certain other restrictions related to the size of lot and number of units may apply.
This is the old Frankford Trust building which has been recently in use as a church. In May it was purchased by 4400 Frankford Inc. for $585,000. The address of 4400 Frankford Inc. is 1218 Green Street which is also the address of Metal Green Inc.
I am guessing that the price is dependent on the work being accomplished but so far the owner has not responded to our request for more information. The image below shows the ground floor plan with a daycare sharing half of the space. Click on the image for a better view.
Linked below is a pdf of the plans. There are one and two bedroom apartments, no efficiencies and nothing that remotely looks like a rooming house. They would occupy the basement up to the 3rd floor. This could be another step forward for Frankford or it could be a false alarm. Clearly, some developers are seeing potential here and are moving in this direction.
Link to full plans here.
Link to listing on Realtor.com is here.
