RFP for Francisville - Ogden Street - et Al

The Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation (“PHDC”), on behalf of the Philadelphia Land Bank (“Land Bank”), is soliciting proposals from developers to acquire and develop the parcel located in Philadelphia’s Francisville neighborhood, for affordable homeownership in accordance with this Request for Proposals (“RFP”).

The Project Site is bounded by 15 ^th Street on the east, Ridge Avenue on the southwest side and Poplar Street on the north Side. The parcels specified below and composed of vacant property owned by Philadelphia Land Bank (“PLB”); it does not include privately-owned land on these blocks. Applicants are being asked to respond to this RFP with a proposal to develop ALL parcels listed in this RFP.

Please download all of the following documents:

• RFP Francisville Ogden Feb 2025
• FrancisvilleSite Map
• Address list – Francisville
• EXHIBIT A- Legal Discriptions
  • 1642 Francis St – Legal Desc – 06 07 2016
  • 1637 Francis St – Legal Desc – 07 15 2016
  • 1613 Ogden St – Legal Desc – 06 06 2016
  • 1 610 Ogden St – Legal Desc – 01 03 2017
  • 1546 Ogden St – Legal Desc – 06 07 2016
  • 1544 Ogden St – Legal Desc – 06 22 2016
  • 1539 Ogden St – Legal Desc – 01 05 2017
  • 1508-1512 Parrish, 816-832 N 15th St Legal Description-combined
  • 1 508-1512 Parrish St Legal Description
  • 1504-1506 Parrish St Legal Description
  • 1500-1502 Parrish Street Legal Description
  • 1441 Parrish St Legal Description
  • 1438 Poplar St – Legal Desc – 07 20 2016
  • 1438 Ogden St – Legal Desc
  • 1437 Ogden St – Legal Desc
  • 1431 Ogden St – Legal Desc – Vetted by AS 02 03 2020
  • 1429 Ogden St – Legal Desc – Vetted by AS 02 03 2020
  • 863 N 15th St – Legal Desc – 06 14 2016 851 N 16th St – Legal Desc – 10 05 2016
  • 845 N 16th St – Legal Desc – 08 08 2013
  • 841 N 16th St – Legal Desc – 07 28 2016
  • 816-832 N 15th Street Legal Description
    
• EXHIBIT B- 15th & Parrish Site Plans
• EXHIBIT C- LAND-DEVELOPMENT-PURCHASE-APPLICATION
• EXHIBIT D- S OURCES-AND-USES-OF-FUNDS-WORKSHEET – NEW TEMPLATE
• EXHIBIT E -LAND DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION COMPLETENESS REVIEW CHECKLIST
• EXHIBIT-F- SCORING-RUBRIC

Pre-submission Zoom Conference
A pre-submission Zoom conference (non-mandatory) will be held on March 12, 2025, at 10:00 AM to answer any questions regarding this RFP. Interested parties are urged to attend this conference. If you are interested in attending this virtual conference, contact Todd Hestand at todd.hestand@phdc.phila.gov by close of business on March 10, 2025.

Questions
All questions regarding this RFP must be submitted in writing by email to: RFP@phdc.phila.gov with the subject line “Questions – Francisville – Ogden RFP.” Questions are due by March 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM. Answers will be posted on this page by March 21, 2025

Proposal Submission Process and Deadline
All Applications (as hereafter defined), along with a good faith deposit in the amount of $1,500 or 10% of the offer price, whichever is greater, must be received on or before 4:00 PM on March 31, 2025 .

Applications may be submitted either:
(1) on-line by clicking the Online Submission button located below for this RFP;

or
(2) by U.S. mail return receipt by a nationally recognized delivery service (e.g., FedEx), or (ii) by hand delivery. See Section VIII in the RFP for the mailing address.

The only acceptable evidence of timely delivery will be

• (i) a U.S. mail return receipt or a receipt from a nationally recognized delivery service (e.g., FedEx) showing the date of delivery,
• (ii) a time-stamped receipt from the PHDC Land Management staff if hand delivering an Application or deposit; and
• (iii) an electronic submission date/time stamp.

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