RFP 28th and Lehigh Et Al

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RFP 28th and Lehigh 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 the west Lehigh neighborhood of North Philadelphia, for affordable homeownership in accordance with this Request for Proposals (“RFP”). Lehigh Avenue bounds the project site to the south, Chalmers Street on the west, Cambria Street on the north, and 26th Street on the east side. The parcel is composed of vacant property owned by the Philadelphia Land Bank (“PLB”); it does not include privately owned land on these blocks. Applicants are asked to respond to this RFP with a proposal to develop properties listed in 1 or all 3 of the sub-areas.

Please download all of the following documents:

  1. RFP 28th and Lehigh Et Al
  2. EXHIBIT A – LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS
  3. EXHIBIT B – SITE PLANS:
    Sub Area 1
    Sub Area 2
    Sub Area 3
  4. EXHIBIT C – LAND-DEVELOPMENT-PURCHASE-APPLICATION 2025
  5. EXHIBIT-D – SOURCES-AND-USES-OF-FUNDS-WORKSHEET
  6. EXHIBIT-E – LAND-DEVELOPMENT-APPLICATION-COMPLETENESS-REVIEW-CHECKLIST
  7. EXHIBIT-F – SCORING-RUBRIC 2025

Pre-submission Virtual Conference

A pre-submission Zoom conference (non-mandatory) will be held on March 11th, 2026, 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 Simbarashe Madziva at simbarashe.madziva@phdc.phila.gov by close of business on March 9th, 2026.

Questions

All questions regarding this RFP must be submitted in writing by email to: RFP@phdc.phila.gov with the subject line “Questions – 28th & Lehigh RFP”. Questions will not be accepted by telephone. Questions will only be accepted until March 13th, 2026, at 4:00 PM. All questions and responses to each will be posted on the webpage reserved for this RFP located on website no later than March 19th, 2026.

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 27th, 2026.

Applications may be submitted:

1. ONLINE
By clicking the Online Submission button located below for this RFP

ONLINE SUBMISSIONS

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

OR

3. BY HAND DELIVERY 
In person delivery to Land Management staff. See Section VIII in the RFP for the address. 

The only acceptable evidence of timely delivery will be

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

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