Past: Industrial warehouses

Future: Mixed-use, residential development

A couple of developers have big plans for the Wayne Junction neighborhood, which dates back to the 1880s and is a National Historic District known for its industrial past. PhillyOffice Retail announced its $12 million plans to turn seven properties into a transformative mixed-use development complete with a brewery/distillery, restaurants, apartments, offices, and retail. In the same neck of the woods, Mosaic Development is turning a bunch of manufacturing buildings a mixed-use development called Golaski Park.

Check out this map for a closer look at all of the buildings involved in the adaptive reuse projects.

Past: National Bank of North Philadelphia

Future: Residential, commercial development

After 40 years of abandonment, the return of the iconic Beury building on North Broad is imminent, with remediation work currently underway. The 14-story structure was designed by William Harold Lee as the National Bank of North Philadelphia and is considered an Art Deco masterpiece. Shift Capital’s plans to revive the building call for 62 one-bedroom units and commercial space built out during the first phase. The second phase includes the construction of an annex, which will add 10,000 square feet of retail, 100,000 square feet of commercial space, and up to 80 residential units.

Past: Tricycle factory

Future: High school

Long a vacant eyesore in Tioga, this warehouse at 17th and Allegheny Avenue will be restored and become part of Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School’s new seven-acre campus. The warehouse was a former A. Mecky Co. Factory that produced tricycles.

Past: Factory

Future: Apartments

This hulking factory at 5th and Master sat vacant for decades, until Core Realty bought it in 2015. It’s been undergoing renovations ever since, with plans to convert the nine-story factory into a 181-unit apartment building complete with a rooftop pool and fitness center. With construction nearing its end, the Umbrella’s website says it is leasing for spring 2018.

Past: Hospital

Future: Apartments

Developer MMPartners, which recently completed the adaptive reuse project of Pyramid Lofts, quietly purchased St. Joseph’s Hospital in Francisville in 2017. Construction is now underway to turn the hospital into a 90-unit apartment development with a fitness center, basketball court, roofdeck, and retail. Its anticipated completion is 2019.

Past: Auto plant and showroom

Future: Co-working

The historic Studebaker building at 667 N. Broad Street originally served as a manufacturing plant and showroom for the company namesake. But soon, it will be home to Divine Works, a coworking space by Benjamin’s Desk, which signed a lease in 2017 to transform more than 17,000 square feet of space in the building.

Past: Factory

Future: Apartments

This hulking warehouse, built in 1917 as the headquarters for paper box production companies, sat abandoned for years until it was purchased for $5 million in 2015. It has been under construction for months now and will re-debut as a 92-loft apartment building.

Past: Reading Railroad quarters

Future: Creative space for artists

This warehouse originally served as a main stopping point along the Reading Railroad, accommodating railroad employees. In later years, it was an artist’s live-work community. Developer Arts+Crafts Holdings is the beginning stages of its plan to turn the warehouse into a mixed-use space with food and beverage on the ground floor and artists studios and creative workplaces on the upper floors.

Past: Hat-making warehouse

Future: Apartments

The Heid Building at 323 N. 13th Street used to be the home of Frank P. Heid & Company, which once held the title of being the largest hat- and cap-making company in Philly. After sitting vacant for more than a decade, it is set to become home to 96 market-rate apartments by PRDC Properties. The developer is working with a crew of students from Ben Franklin High School’s Career & Technical Education Vocational Center on the conversion.

Past: Wallpaper factory, storage facility, chocolate factory

Future: Mixed-use residential

The iconic Frankford Chocolate Factory in Graduate Hospital has long been a fixture along Washington Avenue. But after proposed projects came and went over the years, it looks like the factory will finally get a second lease on life with talks to redevelop the factory into a mixed-use residential project. Most recently, the factory was added to the National Register of Historic Places, which means the developer can now take advantage of the federal Historic Tax Credit.

Past: Train shed for the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Baltimore Railroad line

Future: Grocery store

Construction is underway at Lincoln Square at South Broad and Washington, where a nine-story mixed-use building is in the works. The historic train shed, which once served as a major hub for the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Baltimore Railroad line and was a funeral stop of President Abraham Lincoln after his assassination, was preserved and will be converted into a grocery store.

Past: Edward W. Bok Technical High School

Future: Center for creatives, day care, roof top bar, etc.

Since 2013, Lindsey Scannapieco and her team at BOK have been transforming the historic Edward W. Bok Technical High School into a center for makers, creative types, and non-profits bit by bit. Every summer the roof top becomes a restaurant-bar, and most recently the Art Deco theater and other spaces became available for weddings and events. Scannapieco says the BOK building is a multi-phase project that she expects to evolve over time.