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Zoning · Approved

Zoning: Zoning Permit

6915 GERMANTOWN AVE

FOR THE ERECTION OF A SEMI-DETACHED FOUR (4) STORY STRUCTURE (MAX. 45 FT HIGH, INCLUDING 7 FT BUILDING HEIGHT BONUS) WITH A ROOF DECK (RESIDENTIAL USE ONLY) ACCESSED BY ONE (1) STAIRWELL AND ONE (1) ROOF DECK ACCESS STRUCTURE WITH ELEVATOR AREA; FOR USE AS A VACANT COMMERCIAL SPACE (USE REGISTRATION REQUIRED PRIOR TO OCCUPANCY) AT THE GROUND FLOOR ALONG PRIMARY FRONTAGE FOR A MINIMUM OF 30 FEET AND MULTI-FAMILY (TOTAL EIGHTY-ONE (81) UNITS), INCLUDING NINE (9) AFFORDABLE DWELLING UNITS FROM FOUR (4) MIXED-INCOME BONUS UNITS), AND THIRTEEN (13) GREEN ROOF BONUS UNITS) HOUSEHOLD LIVING ON THE 1ST FLOOR REAR THROUGH 4TH FLOORS; WITH ELEVEN (11) ACCESSORY OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES; INCLUDING ONE (1) ADA VAN ACCESSIBLE SPACE, AND TWENTY SEVEN (27) 1A CLASS BICYCLE SPACES IN AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE PLAN.

Council district
District 8
Developer / applicant
BARTONPARTNERS ARCHITECTS PLANNERS INC
Property owner
MC CARTHY DENNIS M ET UX
OPA account
881000538
ZIP
19119-2115
Approved
2025-10-29
First seen in feed
5/16/2026
Your council representative
Cindy Bass
District 8 · D
215-686-3424
City Hall Room 410
524 projects in this district
1745 housing units approved
Registered Community Organization
Mt. Airy Business Improvement District
The RCO that gets formal notice of zoning changes here. Going to them first is how most organizing on a project starts.
Contact: Janis Risch
2158446492
Meets: ZOOM
Neighborhood context (census tract 025500)
Median income
$71,389
Renter occupied
28.08%
Rent burdened
41.44%
(of renters, 30%+ of income)
Population
2,808
ACS 5-year 2022

Nearby projects

within 400m walk

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. 4 permits found.

6774 GERMANTOWN AVE2026-01-12
6774 GERMANTOWN AVE2025-11-06
6744 CHEW AVE2024-07-22
6915 GERMANTOWN AVE2024-02-13
Data source · last refreshed 5/16/2026, 6:20:02 PM
Zoning Permits (last 2 years)
Philadelphia L&I

Pulled from the city's Carto SQL API. Capped at 5000 most-recent permits per refresh. Geocoding is by the city L&I system and is decent but not perfect; ~1% of permits fall outside Philadelphia bounds and get dropped. Status field is normalized from L&I's free-text values with a best-effort mapping. The Zoning Board of Adjustment decisions dataset (which would have been a better fit) appears to have been retired from OpenDataPhilly.