SL_PROFILE_Renaissance_Estates_0320_Layout 1 3 / 13 / 20 2 : 16 PM Page 1 Realtor and developer D PROFILE Barbara Capozzi is as Philadelphia as the Action News theme song , as Pat’s and Geno’s , as Merrill Reese calling an Eagles game . In other words , she’s an institution of sorts , much like Packer Park . Her father , Ludwig S . Capozzi Jr . , built Packer Park’s original 1,300 houses that came to define this close - knit “ deep ” South Philadelphia neighborhood in the 1960s . Forty - five years later , Capozzi worked with Westrum Development Co . to build an additional 330 homes with the Reserve , the Villas , and the Regency communities , in response to the high demand for the Packer Park community , where many people want in , and few people ever leave . Capozzi is firmly in the latter category . She’s the feisty and committed head of the local civic association , a position she’s held since 1994 . She’s at it again , as she brings to life the next iteration of Packer Park , an in - progress development known as Renaissance Estates . Renaissance Estates is another brush - stroke in a masterpiece of peaceful city living : 14 highly customized townhomes , each measuring 3,200 square feet , com - plete with three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms , a lower level , five - stop elevator ( capable of accom - modating four people ) , Wolf and Sub - Zero appliances , Porcelanosa European - THE designed kitchen , flooring , tiles , Kohler fixtures , a two - car garage with an interior entrance into the home , ample custom closets , smart technology , large roof deck , and much more . Of course , the full 10 - year tax abatement starts on buyer’s first day in their new home . Renaissance Plus , buyers can pick every selection and color from a wide variety of samples , all choices within the base price of $ 950,000 from an onsite showroom . “ When we developed the Reserve , the Villas , and the Regency , we wanted Continues ia something different from the homes lph already in Packer Park , ” says Capozzi , a lade Realtor with Keller Williams Philadelphia . Phi “ Now , if you want a flat condo , we have s South Philadelphia’s Packer Park m them . If you want a bi - level condo , we illia have them in this community . If you W represents Barbara Capozzi’s r want a small home to just retire , with lle low maintenance , all in a safe , green , Ke longtime home and family legacy , f convenient community , we have them . o sy If you want a big home , with most of the te making Renaissance Estates r features that are in a $ 1.7 million new cou home in Center City , now we have those , ng much more than a passion project . i too — and for far more reasonable prices . ” der Capozzi designed Renaissance Estates en by PETE CROATTO | photography by JODY ROBINSON to enhance Packer Park’s endless charm R SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM MARCH 2020 46 |