Standing in front of the first two completed townhomes along 33rd Street are, from left: father-and-son Sam Daniel and Walid Daniel, and Savoy Properties’ Jeff Stefanski and Bill Pangburn. (Jonathan Spiers photos)
With two homes built and more in the works, a local developer-builder team is adding more rooftops in Church Hill North, and replacing a condemned eyesore with half-million-dollar residences in the process.
Walid Daniel and Bill Pangburn are finishing up the first two of eight new townhomes they are adding in the 900 block of North 33rd Street, between O and P streets.
The new homes are finishing out a previously approved plan that started with four homes at the corner of 33rd and P that were built by Kyle Hoffer’s Watchtower Homes and Construction. Daniel acquired the four remaining lots at 920-926 N. 33rd St. in 2020, around the time that Watchtower was building its homes.
Last fall, Pangburn’s Savoy Properties broke ground on the first two homes, one of which is now under contract. And next door to those lots, Daniel last year purchased a row of six condemned apartments at 908-916 N. 33rd, which he and Pangburn plan to replace with four more townhomes.
“Once this is gone,” Pangburn said of the apartments, “this whole neighborhood will look brand new.”
The six apartments at 908-916 N. 33rd St. have been condemned by the city and will be demolished.
Daniel and Pangburn have teamed up in Church Hill North before, having built the four-unit Williams Townes at 32nd and N streets four years ago. Those 3,100-square-foot townhomes pushed up price points in the area at the time, selling at prices between $500,000 and $580,000.
The first four homes planned along 33rd Street will each total 1,700 square feet across two stories, with three bedrooms, 2½ bathrooms and front and rear porches totaling 200 square feet. Prices will start at $450,000 and go up with customizations.
The four homes that will replace the condemned apartments will be about 25 percent larger, around 2,300 square feet, with four bedrooms, potentially 3½ baths and deeper backyards due to the longer lots. Daniel said the timing of those homes, which would be priced accordingly, would depend on the others selling first.
“I think there is a market here now for four-bedrooms, so that’s where we are going with the others,” Daniel said of the larger units.
A rendering of the planned townhomes. (Image courtesy Bill Pangburn)
He said he was alerted to the lots at 920-926 N. 33rd by Hometown Realty agent Matt Jarreau, who also is listing the homes for Daniel through his George real estate team. Daniel said the apartments were brought to his attention by agents with Samson Properties’ One South Realty Group, which he worked with in selling the Williams Townes units.
City property records show Daniel paid $475,000 last June for the apartments, which are set to be demolished. The apartment lots total a quarter-acre and were assessed by the city last year at $490,000 combined. Daniel paid $240,000 for the four other lots, which total 0.16 of an acre and were assessed in 2020 at $120,000.
Pryor Hauling is lined up to do the demolition.
The demolished apartments will make way for four slightly larger townhomes.
The townhomes feature open floor plans and include covered porches and fenced rear yards.
While they’re working on the 33rd Street homes, Daniel and Pangburn are also planning six more townhomes across the river in Manchester. Four units are planned at 1700-04 Boston Ave., while another two are in the works a couple blocks away at 1901-03 Boston Ave.
The North 33rd homes are one of many infill projects that are reshaping parts of Church Hill North. Last year, developer Daniil Kleyman and builder Bryan Traylor replaced a former medical office building at 29th and R streets with eight for-sale townhomes and four rental duplexes.