42-unit mixed-use new construction, zoned CMX2.
A 42-unit mixed-use building is set to rise at 2636 E York St in Fishtown & East Kensington, a mid-scale addition to one of the city's busier development corridors. It was cleared to build in Jun 8, 2021.
The 10,505 sq ft site is zoned CMX2, which supports a building on the order of 6 stories by right. The plans call for for the erection of a structure with roof decks as per approved plans. for a vacant commercial space at first floor front (separate use registration and fit-out permits required prior to occupancy) in the same building with multi-family household living (fourty-two(42) dwelling units) from second floor through sixth(6th) floors with twenty-six(26) accessory parking garage with two(2) accessible spaces including with one(1) van accessible space; two(2) electric van spaces, sixteen(16) mechanical parking spaces at first floor rear with sixteen(16) 1a class bicycle spaces at first floor. building to be fully sprinklered. separate permits required for meps work. separate approval required from pa l&i for elevator installation. amendment to include underpinning and shoring as per approved plans amendment to shoring and underpinning design as per approved amended plans. amendment to add horizontal exits from 2nd to 6th floors. and change to the floor and parking layout as per approved revised plans. amendment includes some minor unit modifications and changes as a result of field conditions pertaining to the adjacent existing property.
The owner of record is Mpmjr LLC. The project's plan drawings are on file — worth a look for anyone underwriting the surrounding block.
It isn't rising in isolation. Within a half-mile, 2 other major projects have broken ground since 2022 — roughly 191 units of new supply — including the 155-unit project at 2507 Almond St, the 36-unit project at 2640-48 E Lehigh Ave. That kind of concentration is exactly what pulls land values, and buyer attention, toward a block.
We'll update this page as the project progresses — leasing, retail tenants, renderings, and construction milestones as they surface. The relevant question for investors and agents: what are the surrounding parcels worth to a builder now that this is coming?
📄 View the project's plan drawings (PDF)As this density arrives, InvestPHL is tracking 30 under-built parcels within a half-mile that a developer could still acquire and build — each carrying a builder's max bid. Addresses and figures are members-only.
Unlock the 30 nearby opportunities →Major (8+ unit) new-construction projects filed within a half-mile since 2022 — the density gathering around this site.