NORTH WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. — A proposed business park in Schnecksville would have an AutoZone store along with a Wawa convenience mart and a medical office building, the developer confirmed Wednesday.
Developer King’s Real Estate Management & Development Company presented a revised plan for the King’s Route 309 Business Park to North Whitehall Planning Commission at its meeting.
The commercial development would be on 12 acres at Schneck Road and Route 309. The developer would replace the intersection of Routes 309 and 873 with a two-lane traffic circle.
King’s Real Estate Vice President of Legal Affairs Jerry Blecker confirmed at the meeting that the automotive parts facility in the development would be an AutoZone.
The development also would have a Wawa with gas pumps, a medical office building that may be leased to Lehigh Valley Health Network and a commercial building that does not yet have a tenant.
More revisions needed
The planning commission voted unanimously to table the plan because of safety concerns with the vertical slopes in the design of the stormwater basins.
The developer must now address any problems before coming back before the planners.
“I like this development. I think it’s good for the township."North Whitehall Planning Commission Chairman Brian Horwith
But Chairman Brian Horwith said he thinks the board would be willing to recommend preliminary/final approval of the plan to the township Board of Supervisors as long as the stormwater basins are revised.
“I like this development," Horwith said. "I think it’s good for the township."
If preliminary/final approval is granted, the plan would not need to go before the township again.
The planning commission also reviewed the plan in July. King’s Real Estate Management & Development Company had since revised it to include sidewalks.
