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Apartments planned at Northern Liberties strip mall by group behind Whole Foods building near Art Museum

The plans for 501-39 Spring Garden St. by father-and-son development team Neal and Victor Rodin call for 382 apartments over ground-floor retail.

Artist's rendering of apartment building planned at current strip mall site on Spring Garden Street in Northern Liberties, as seen from corner with Fifth Street.
Artist's rendering of apartment building planned at current strip mall site on Spring Garden Street in Northern Liberties, as seen from corner with Fifth Street.Read moreBLT Architects

The developers of the Whole Foods-anchored apartment building near the Philadelphia Museum of Art have a deal to buy the strip mall across Spring Garden Street from Yards Brewing Co. in Northern Liberties, with plans for a 13-story residential project at the site.

The plans by father-and-son development team Neal and Victor Rodin for 501-39 Spring Garden St. — now home to a Dollar General store and other retailers — call for 382 apartments and 60,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, said lawyer Matthew McClure, who is representing the Rodins on the project.

The proposal also involves 206 parking spaces in an underground garage, according to plans posted to the website of Philadelphia’s Civic Design Review board, which is scheduled to consider the proposal March 3.

The CDR panel is tasked with offering nonbinding suggestions on Philadelphia’s biggest development proposals as part of the city’s building-approval process.