The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority is resuming
efforts to develop an almost entirely city-owned two-block site in West
Philadelphia's Mantua section, almost two years after an eminent-domain
challenge thwarted a previous attempt.
The Redevelopment Authority plans to issue a request for
proposal in early 2017 to develop the properties bounded by 36th and 37th
Streets, between Haverford Avenue and Wallace Street, agency director Gregory
Heller said in an emailed statement Tuesday.
"We are committed to helping facilitate a
high-quality, well-designed development that will benefit the residents of
Mantua," he said. "That includes much-needed community services,
including retail such as places for the community to purchase fresh food."
In late 2014, the city abandoned a legal fight to obtain
the only property it had not already acquired at the site, the studio of artist
James Dupree, for a development that was to have included a supermarket.
Current plans for developing the site would leave the studio intact, Heller
said.
Source: Philly.com
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