Daily News | New drawings of proposed Sixers arena include an apartment tower
The proposal to create 395 housing units at the site was included in, but now the Sixers say they will designate 20% of those units — 79 homes — as affordable housing. The team said those units would be rented at below-market-rate prices.
The team said in a news release that it was making changes in its proposal in response to community feedback. Nearby Chinatown, a neighborhood that has been pushing for“We all agree Philly needs more affordable housing, and history shows these arena developers won’t actually build it,” said Neeta Patel, interim executive director of Asian Americans United, an advocacy group. “We can’t trust the claims of these developers, who have built their careers and fortunes on displacement.
“Our goal is to deliver a new privately funded arena that makes a positive and lasting impact on our city,” Sixers co-owner and lead developer David Adelman said in a statement. “We are excited to share the latest conceptual renderings of the project, inspired by community feedback.” Adelman reiterated his assertion that the project will generate more than $1 billion in new tax revenues for the city, state and school district. The team has not provided data to support that, and city officials said earlier that they were evaluating the information.
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