Front entrance is 2x person door. Roll-up door loading bay in background behind for sale sign
Gated side driveway along west perimeter
West side middle grade level entrance (into semi-basement)
West side middle grade level entrance (into semi-basement)
landing and stairs serve two entry-level doors behind middle-front area and beside middle-rear area.
semi-basement level exterior beneath entry level rear (south)
semi-basement level exterior beneath entry level rear (south)
semi-basement level interior beneath entry level rear (south). boarded windows to south and west will admit good light.
semi-basement level interior beneath entry level rear (south). boarded windows to south and west will admit good light.
semi-basement level interior beneath entry level rear (south). boarded windows to south and west will admit good light.
semi-basement level interior beneath entry level rear (south). boarded windows to south and west will admit good light.
semi-basement level interior beneath entry level rear (south). boarded windows to south and west will admit good light.
semi-basement level interior beneath entry level rear (south). boarded windows to south and west will admit good light.
semi-basement level interior beneath entry level rear (south). boarded windows to south and west will admit good light.
semi-basement level interior beneath entry level rear (south). boarded windows to south and west will admit good light.
semi-basement level interior beneath entry level rear (south). boarded windows to south and west will admit good light.
semi-basement level interior beneath entry level rear (south). boarded windows to south and west will admit good light.
semi-basement level interior beneath entry level rear (south). boarded windows to south and west will admit good light.
Semi-basement level middle, with grade-level entry just out of frame
looking south into semi-basement rear, from semi-basement middle
Semi-basement front. Hallway to utility area at NE corner
Semi-basement middle, looking NE to removable 2×4 wall.
Semi-basement front storage room with racks
Semi-basement front storage room with racks
Entry-level middleFront, looking South
Entry-level front, looking west at doorways to (2) small offices
Entry-level front, looking E to door to loading bay at building NE corner
Entry-level front, looking N at 2x person door.
Entry-level rear. panorama shot makes 20×12 space look bigger than it is.
entry-level mid-rear
entry-level mid-rear, looking south
former skylight over entry-level mid-front area
Loading bay with roll-up door at building NE corner
Entry-level mid-front, stairs down to semi-basement in foreground; looking west
3phase electrical service needs some safety repairs. It’s on right now.
Entry-level small office at front, building NW
Entry-level small office at front, building NW
Entry-level small office at front, building NW
Entry-level small office at front, building NW
Florence Ave. facade
Entry-level front (N)
Entry-level small office at front, building NW
Entry-level small office at front, building NW
Google map of building, looking N across Amtrak lines to corner of 51st and Florence at top of frame.
Want to Buy a Building?
I’m looking for partners to buy a crazy beautiful old industrial building at 51xx Florence Ave. Asking price is $109,000.
It has many challenges (nearest city sewer connection is around the corner on 51st street; the building appears to have once been zoned for a dry-cleaners, and there may be toxic storage tanks buried on site…) but I might be willing to take it on with some help.
My vision as of now is:
Front area, entry level (the only one in the pictures with sheetrock):
This would be a laundromat operated by Wash Cycle or whatever that green company run by Gabriel Mandujano is.
Loading bay: 1/2 for Robert Monk Electric OR kitchen for the cafe; 1/2 for Wash Cycle laundry service.
(2) Partitioned offices at NW corner: one for Robert Monk Electric OR Wash Cycle; 2nd one for Wash Cycle.
Middle-Front area entry level:
This would be a cafe (possibly eventually a restaurant something like Gold Standard but with better food), and would be used by laundromat patrons. Patrons would have access to a west-facing deck linking the building’s two west entry-level doors (which are 6’ above grade on the side of the building), and providing “sweeping views of the Amtrak rail line, and sunsets”. Patrons would also include tenants of…
Giant skylight >> roof access to roof deck AND/OR solar PV and/or solar H20 arrays, AND/OR hang-dry laundry lines.
Tenant revenues:
Laundry tenant: $1000/mo
Robert Monk Electric: $250/mo (?)
Solar: $??
Middle-Rear area entry level:
A co-working environment along the lines of Cedar Works but more on an open office plan with a fancy conference room that can be opened/closed to the open office with giant sliding walls composed of quilt of salvaged window sash and stained glass panels. This area would include…
Tenant revenues:
Cafe: $1000/mo
Rear area entry level:
A common kitchen and 3-season garden patio/balcony looking SE and W over the Amtrak lines.
Tenant revenues:
(5) co-work tenants at $100-300/mo = $1000/mo
(4) hosted events/mo at $500/ea = $2,000/mo
(5) conference room rentals/mo @ $100 for 4h = $500
Semi-Basement:
* Middle and front: Bathrooms and showers serving all building tenants (including wash-cycle bicyclist employees for shift-changes)
* Rear: Possibly a paper-making operation using lint collected from the linen-service operated via the laundry facilities. Or maybe additional, bike-powered washers that form half of a fitness club. Or a common area and a couple private rooms to be part of a youth hostel that integrates with the cafe to provide food service. Tenants of the co-working open office would have discounted privileges to stay the night in the hostel.
* NE corner: electrical utilities (existing 200A or better 3phase power is on and connected now (although distribution equipment needs some restoration).
* N x NE area: micro Combined Heat and Power (mCHP) engine to supply hot tap and laundry machine water, hydronic heat, emergency electrical critical loads power; mCHP engine might also provide central tap- and heat-water for the entire block of row-homes neighboring on the west side of 51st St.
* Rear patio: another potentially nice place with a sweeping view of the Amtrak lines
Tenant revenues:
Youth hostel: $500/mo ?
OR
Paper making: ??
OR
Modest Fitness club:
20 members at $20/mo plus bonus access for other tenants = $400/mo plus bonus access value.
TOTAL COST:
$125K Purchase and taxes, $5K roofing repairs, $30K basic plumbing, $20K heating system, $10K basic electrical restoration and ’shell’ distribution to tenant areas, $10K doors, windows, security/access systems = ~$250K
Additional shell fit-out costs by tenants.
TOTAL REVENUES:
$6,000/mo rents after 5% vacancy allowance
Licensed Electrician Robert Monk 51xx Florence Ave. Copyright Robert Monk, 2012
Source: http://www.phillylicensedelectrician.com/51xx-florence-ave/
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