
Sharswood Tower is PHA's 13-story, newly
renovated high-rise building for older adults.

Sharswood Tower received a
platinum award for overall excellence from the Pennsylvania
Apartment Association and took home a gold award for maintenance
care as well. In the award for overall excellence, communities are
judged upon the community's overall appearance and amenities.
In the maintenance category, the overall level of care is
evaluated.
The agency receives five
excellence awards from the Pennsylvania Apartment
Association
(Philadelphia - Dec. 2, 2020) - Two of the
Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) communities for older adults -
Nellie Reynolds Garden and Gladys B. Jacobs Manor - have captured
coveted Best of Apartment Living Awards from the Pennsylvania
Apartment Association (PAA).
"We greatly appreciate it when our colleagues in the leased
housing industry recognize the work that PHA is doing to create
quality, affordable housing throughout Philadelphia," said PHA
President and CEO Kelvin A. Jeremiah. "PHA holds its property
management team to a high standard. We want our developments to
improve the communities where they are located. I want to
thank the residents and the PHA employees working together to
ensure these developments are able to achieve excellence."
Nellie Gardens and Gladys B. Jacobs won gold awards for overall
community excellence; Sharswood Tower and Plymouth Hall received
platinum awards for overall excellence while Sharswood took home a
gold award for maintenance care as well. In the award for overall
excellence, communities are judged based upon the community's
overall appearance and amenities. In the maintenance
category, the community's overall level of care is evaluated during
a scheduled tour of common areas and a vacant-ready apartment.
Residents of Nellie Reynolds Gardens live in a state-of-the-art
development that is PHA's first totally "green building." Located
at 25th & Glenwood in North Philadelphia, the site has a 20,000
square foot "green roof" that retains heat in the winter and has a
cooling effect in the summer. Apartment dwellers can enjoy the
sun-drenched 3,000 square-foot community room that features an
indoor garden and charming glass atrium.
The Gladys B. Jacobs Manor, at 1100 Fairmount Avenue, is an
older adult mid-rise with 80 units that provides a community
setting and offers community care for older adults just outside of
Center City. Plymouth Hall, a 55-unit development at 2207 Venango
Street, is a newly renovated, energy efficient building with a
green roof to help reduce energy costs and a picturesque roof
deck.
The already award-winning Sharswood Tower, a 13-story, newly
renovated high-rise, has a new community room, offices, elevators,
kitchens, bathrooms, mechanical systems, heating, hot water,
central air conditioning, entrance and lobby, parking lot and
driveway. It is the only building left standing after the
demolition of the rest of the Blumberg Apartments and serves as the
anchor in the latest stage of the Choice Neighborhood
Transformation Plan for the Sharswood/Blumberg community.
Any apartment owner member of PAA, including those catering to
senior living, student housing, low-income, and conventional
apartment communities, can enter. The competition, which
attracted had more than 800 participants this year, acknowledges
excellence within the multifamily industry. Silver, Gold and
Platinum awards are given to the top three apartment communities
within the category, by the number of apartments and year the
property was built.