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Zoning · Approved

Zoning: Zoning Permit

4947 GERMANTOWN AVE

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Council district
District 8
Developer / applicant
Ruqayyah Development LLC
Property owner
WARDLAW FENCE LLC
OPA account
871516840
ZIP
19144-5962
Approved
Jul 4, 2025
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
Wakefield 49ers Community Development and Improvement Association
The RCO that gets formal notice of zoning changes here. Going to them first is how most organizing on a project starts.
Contact: Rosalind McKelvey
2152756853
Meets: 4971 Baynton St Philadelphia, PA 19144
Neighborhood context (census tract 024500)
Median income
$19,589
Renter occupied
61.13%
Rent burdened
58.56%
(of renters, 30%+ of income)
Population
4,904
ACS 5-year 2022

Nearby projects

within 400m walk
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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. 5 permits found.

47 E GARFIELD STFeb 21, 2025
45 E GARFIELD STJan 27, 2025
4933 GERMANTOWN AVEJan 9, 2025
5003 GERMANTOWN AVEDec 10, 2024
77-79 E WISTER STApr 30, 2024

Recent transfers within 200m

Block-level acquisition pattern. 12 transactions in the immediate area.

63-65 E GARFIELD ST
BODNAR KIM;TRIBBLE EARL ESTATE OF;TRIBBLE EARL E JR ESTATE OF → SCHAPIRA KENNETH
Feb 20, 2026
$139,900
5024 PORTICO ST
RAZOR SHZARP BUILDING TEAM LLC → CLARK ROOFING COMPANY
Feb 13, 2026
$31,000
28 E LOGAN ST
KML LAW GROUP → SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Jan 12, 2026
$223,891.09
4827 GERMANTOWN AVE
BRUNO FRANCIS → 4827 GERMANTOWN ASSOCIATES LLC
Dec 23, 2025
$675,000
35 E SEYMOUR ST
PHILADELPHIA LAND BANK → CIVETTA PROPERTY GROUP LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY;CIVETTA PROPERTY GROUP LLC
Dec 22, 2025
$2,000
83 E SEYMOUR ST
GALLOWAY DAVID JR → NCB REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LLC
Dec 19, 2025
$146,000
52 E SEYMOUR ST
GRAY BARRIE L → JACKSON SHANIK
Nov 21, 2025
$158,000
84E E GARFIELD ST
KB REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS LLC → WONG UN SENG LLC
Nov 5, 2025
$125,000
5019 PORTICO ST
ROSENTRETER APRIL MARIA → CAMBRIDGE WENDT STACI ANN;WENDT ERIC
Oct 30, 2025
$375,000
72 E SEYMOUR ST
DYLAN MCSHAIN LLC → ANDERSON APRIL
Sep 19, 2025
$182,000
25 E SEYMOUR ST
NICHOLS FREDERICK SR;NICHOLS DORIS E → REDENBAUGH DANIELLE
Sep 17, 2025
$50,600
37 W GARFIELD ST
SINANAN CARMELITA → YEVSTIGNEYEV SERGEY
Sep 17, 2025
$32,400
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.

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