It's hardly a stretch to refer to Philadelphia's
Postgreen Homes as one of the most eco-conscious developers in the city, not to mention the most design-literate. After all, this is the group that executed the legendary
100k House in Fishtown, which in 2010 won the LEED for Homes Award from the
U.S. Green Building Council.
And although the Postgreen group is now working on two equally impressive minimalist home projects--the
Two point Five beta house in East Kensington and the incredibly cool
Avant Garage rowhomes in Fishtown--the company is also prepping the details for what may very well be its largest and most ambitious development yet. Currently being referred to as the reNewbold project, it'll feature not only 16 rowhomes and two condos near the intersection of 16th and Moore--that's in the Newbold neighborhood, naturally--but also a corner retail space.
"Of all of South Philly, (Newbold was) one of the areas we were most interested in," says Postgreen's Nic Darling. "It's adjacent to a pretty vibrant and growing neighborhood in the Passyunk Square area, and at the same time, it still has the price point we want to get our stuff in at."
As of now, reNewbold is still a speculative project, and as Darling says, groundbreaking may not happen until early summer due to zoning and permitting issues. In the meantime, potentially interested rowhome and condo buyers can follow reNewbold's progress on the company's
website and its
100k House Blog.
Not so interested in South Philly development? Not a problem. Postgreen's next project in the development pipeline is the much-ballyhooed, 14-house
Awesome Town, which will be breaking ground this April or May along Fishtown's Moyer Street.
Source: Nic Darling, Postgreen Homes
Writer: Dan Eldridge