Last June, we told you about plans for twenty new apartments for the corner of 2nd & Jefferson in South Kensington. At that time, the large parcel was mostly vacant land, and also contained the remains of an old lumber mill. Last summer, the lot was overgrown to the point that it almost resembled a jungle.

In the past

A few months ago, construction finally got underway on this project from RPM Builders, designed by Harman Deutsch. In case you don’t recall, the project calls for two 10-unit buildings side-by-side, with parking in between them. So far, the building on the corner of 2nd & Jefferson is fully framed, and work has begun on the building to the east. As you can see, these structures are four stories tall.

View from the corner

Looking from Jefferson Street, you can see the second building is rising

From Palethorp Street

Though you can’t see it with a fence in the way, the corner will have a commercial aspect to it. What will go in there is anybody’s guess at this point. Hopefully, it will contain some amenity that will benefit both the new residents and other folks in the neighborhood.

Speaking of new residents, we’d be remiss if we don’t remind you of the eighteen homes that were proposed last year for the vacant lot immediately to the east. The developers went to the ZBA for this project, but apparently didn’t get the approvals they were seeking. That being the case, the project sits in limbo at the moment, though we’d imagine that something will get built there sometime soon. And of course, we’ll letcha know when it does.