Lower Makefield supervisors will host a special meeting Aug. 17 to hear details about a zoning proposal for a mixed-use development near Shady Brook Farm that could pave the way for a Wegmans supermarket.
Lower Makefield supervisors will host a special meeting Aug. 17 to hear details about a zoning proposal for a mixed-use development near Shady Brook Farm.
Developers will go before supervisors during a 6:30 p.m. virtual meeting for a "mixed-used overlay district" proposal that could pave the way for a Wegmans, retail space and apartments around a 36-acre property along Stony Hill Road near the Newtown Bypass.
The meeting will be broadcast live on Comcast channel 22 and Verizon channel 20 as well as on YouTube and Facebook Live through a link that can be accessed by visiting lmt.org.
Those unable to attend the meeting can submit a question by 4 p.m. Aug. 12 by visiting https://bit.ly/2C8wFRa.
The proposal by Yardley-based developer Shady Brook Investors LP and ELU DeLuca Yardley LLC would amend a zoning ordinance to make way for the 100,000-square-foot grocery store, 55,000 square feet of retail space and 200 apartments at the site they have dubbed Prickett Run at Edgewood.
A development plan would be submitted to the township if supervisors approve the overlay, which would allow for several uses, from commercial to recreation.
Earlier this month, developers went before the township’s planning commission during a near three-hour meeting to review minor changes made to the application at the request of supervisors.
The ordinance also is being reviewed by the Bucks County Planning Commission, which will give its input the township’s planning commission discusses the plan again Monday.
The quarter-mile area at Stony Hill and Township Line roads sits next to a commercial park in the township’s Office Research District and is separated by Interstate 295 from the Edgewood Village development, which sits in the town’s Historic Commercial District.
The proposal includes the preservation of a historic building and barn on a 5-acre lot currently occupied by C.L. Prickett Antiques. The buildings once were part of Edgewood Farms, which was built in the 1700s and owned by the Trenton Biscuit Co. family until the 1960s.
Vince DeLuca, of DeLuca Home, has said the 2,000-square-foot building likely would be used for office space while the barn hopefully would attract a high-end BYOB restaurant.
Initial construction would include the infrastructure of the site and Wegmans followed by retail space as tenants are secured. Currently, Wegmans is the only confirmed tenant, DeLuca said.
It likely would take six to nine months to build a pad site for Wegmans, and another year for the company to construct the building. The entire site is estimated to take about three years to complete following approval, DeLuca said.
The proposed development would replace a proposal for a 125,775-square-foot warehouse on 14.85 acres at the site, which stalled in April 2019 after the township’s zoning hearing board questioned the traffic impact of the project. Some residents also objected to the project because of traffic concerns.
While currently not under consideration, the warehouse plans still remain filed with the planning commission as officials considered the zoning amendments and mixed-use plan.
During the first special meeting held in June, the developer introduced $6.5 million worth of on- and off-site traffic improvements to the roadways surrounding the site that were encouraged by Wegmans.
A presentation included improvements along improvements and roadway additions to Stony Hill Road, Route 332 and ramps along I-295.
The development was introduced to supervisors last June and met opposition from residents after the overlay was brought before the township’s planning commission for consideration in July 2019.
The overlay received the OK from the commission in September after officials said it was consistent with the town’s comprehensive plan and Edgewood Village, but not before hundreds of residents complained of traffic and quality of life concerns during multiple meetings.
Recently, residents have voiced concerns that meetings regarding the proposal were being held virtually and not in a large public venues like when the commission gave its approval.
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