East Moyamensing Avenue, though it's wider than many streets and travels diagonally through South Philly, is primarily a residential street. On many of its blocks, Moyamensing has other stuff going on, like schools, churches, green space, and restaurants, but homes vastly outnumber everything else. Which is why it's a little curious that 1313 E. Moyamensing Ave. has sat vacant for a number of years. But that's set to change, as groundbreaking recently took place for a new project.
The property was purchased for $35K by developers last year, who then proceeded to flip the property for $70K to other developers. The current owners, Alpha and Omega Consulting, will be building a four-story building with a first-floor garage. This comes on the heels of a new home with a garage going up just a few doors to the south a couple of years ago. And that's not all the new development in this area.
To the south, two new homes are under construction, after their heights were reduced to meet code requirements. Ten more houses will soon join them. Across the street, a new bar is coming soon which will feature a beer garden. And at the southern end of the block, the former Sacred Heart Parochial School has been sold and should soon be coming back into active use. And that just covers the projects you can see on this block.
Look just a block or two in any direction, and you see even more projects which we've highlighted over the last few months. No question, there's a palpable buzz in Pennsport right now, and the new home coming to Moyamensing is just one small part of it.