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Housing · Completed

Francisville East

1500 POPLAR ST

Council district
District 5
Developer / applicant
Community Ventures
Funding source
City of Philadelphia
Total units
44
Affordable units
44
Completion
Jan 1, 1970
First seen in feed
5/16/2026
Your council representative
Jeffery Young, Jr.
District 5 · D
215-686-3438
City Hall Room 577
900 projects in this district
4828 housing units approved
Registered Community Organization
United Francisville Civic Association
The RCO that gets formal notice of zoning changes here. Going to them first is how most organizing on a project starts.
Contact: Amanda Garlen
9736993520
Meets: Francisville Recreation Center (1737 Francis St, Philadelphia, PA 19130) and also streamed on Zoom, second Wednesday of each month.
Neighborhood context (census tract 013300)
Median income
$88,264
Renter occupied
81.53%
Rent burdened
29.85%
(of renters, 30%+ of income)
Population
3,500
ACS 5-year 2022

Nearby projects

within 400m walk
Zoning · Approved
Zoning: Zoning Permit
Zoning · Approved
Zoning: Zoning Permit
Zoning · Approved
Zoning: Zoning Permit
Zoning · Approved
Zoning: Zoning Permit
Zoning · Approved
Zoning: Zoning Permit
Zoning · Approved
Zoning: Zoning Permit
Zoning · Approved
Zoning: Zoning Permit
Zoning · Approved
Zoning: Zoning Permit

Displacement signal

L&I demolition permits, last 3 yrs, within 400m

Philly doesn't publish eviction filings, so this uses demolition permits as the closest proxy for housing stock loss in the immediate area. 10 permits found.

1423-25 POPLAR STApr 1, 2026
1421 POPLAR STMar 18, 2026
1523 W FLORA STOct 9, 2024
729 N 16TH STApr 10, 2024
1622-24 RIDGE AVEFeb 21, 2024
906-16 N BROAD STNov 13, 2023
1701 BROWN STNov 6, 2023
849 N 16TH STNov 3, 2023
727 N 16TH STOct 10, 2023
725 N 16TH STSep 15, 2023

Recent transfers within 200m

Block-level acquisition pattern. 5 transactions in the immediate area.

1630 CAMBRIDGE ST UNIT B
1630 CAMBRIDGE LL → SDK FREEDOM LLC
Feb 9, 2026
$435,000
821 N 15TH ST UNIT 2
PATEL ROMA → GU YUE A
Oct 30, 2025
$240,000
1421 POPLAR ST
RENWICK VANCE B;RENWICK VANCE B;LOCKETT BRIDGET;CARRINGTON JOANNE ESTATE OF;RENWICK JOANNE ESTATE OF → EMENTEE REC LLC
Oct 21, 2025
$1,050,000
902 N 16TH ST UNIT 902-1
HAVEN KATHLEEN M → DE CASTRO SILVA IAGO
Sep 26, 2025
$279,900
824 N 16TH ST UNIT 1
PARK JOHN → DIGIACOMO CHRISTOPHER;DIGIACOMO ELIANA;DIGIACOMO PAUL
Aug 1, 2025
$280,000
Data source · last refreshed 5/16/2026, 5:15:41 PM
Affordable Housing Production
City of Philadelphia / DHCD

Updated quarterly. fiscal_year_complete is sometimes just a year (2018) which we fold to Jan 1. No AMI breakdown. No council district on the source record (we backfill via spatial join). Older projects may be missing addresses.

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