The Grove

• Philadelphia, PA

• 50-unit apartment buiding with ground floor commercial

• 42,000sf

• completed 2025

• project website: The Grove

developer: BKP Development Group

general contractor: Tester Construction Group

structural engineer: StructureLabs

photography: Jeffrey Totaro

5521 Wayne Avenue in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia is just a block off of the busy West Chelten Avenue commercial corridor.  Here six stories of white brick are punctuated with a large grid of loft-like windows.  In a subtle way to seek greater differentiation between units the floor to ceiling heights increase by six inches per floor going from eight foot ceilings on the second floor up to ten feet on the top level.  The windows also increase in size as they go up creating a unique play on perspective.  A subtle brick reveal around the window openings create another layer of detail and shadow.