Looking for some recommendations for Architects and General Contractors in Philadelphia for New Construction in downtown.

But that doesn't include any of the significant costs that go into building new apartments, including permits, architects, civil engineers, surveys, etc.

As for spending money on architectural plans and specs, I have a bit of an advantage there since I am a licensed architect.

I'm an architect, small developer and general contractor transitioning into developing my own projects.

Worked as an Executive Architect at Oracle until impacted by mass layoffs

One thing to keep in mind is that you need a good GC a d architect.  

You need an architect to draw up and define each space to change the deed.4.

Dax’s Take: Consult with County officials and building experts/architects to determine what and where you can build.

I'm a software architect for a home care company based out of Chicago and I work closely with nurses, CHW, social workers, etc. 

It took me building a team to get started there, being in tech industry (for my day job) I use flow charts a lot when architecting software so below is the flow chart that I came up with that helped a lot of my friends to go out of state as far as team building goes-Connect with local banks (called 12 banks)>once bank is ready(not all banks lend to out of state investors from my experience)>connect with local property managers>connect with local handy man (other investors in the area share those info)>off market deals come from banks or property manager.Also I lived in the state and am a bit familiar with some of those towns when I was in college.