By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Plymouth Township sits at one of the most connected addresses in Montgomery County. The Pennsylvania Turnpike, Route 476, and Germantown Pike all run through it, putting Center City Philadelphia, the King of Prussia corridor, and the Lehigh Valley within easy reach. That access is one of the biggest reasons buyers keep choosing this Township over neighboring towns...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Three Bucks County municipalities are now in the middle of data center fights. Falls Township. West Rockhill. And East Rockhill, which just advertised a new ordinance to regulate data centers before any application even arrives. Add to that a state senator from Bucks County proposing legislation to give towns the power to pause data center applications...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Montgomery County commissioners just approved $2.28 million in engineering contracts to advance two segments of the Cross County Trail East. Both segments span Upper Moreland and Upper Dublin townships. This is the same trail that, when complete, will run 17.5 miles from Conshohocken on the Schuylkill River Trail east to Bryn Athyn and the Pennypack Trail. For...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Real estate investor Dean Adler is going on offense in the Philadelphia suburbs. He is closing on the purchase of Plymouth Meeting Mall in May. He has plans to buy and redevelop the 137-acre property that used to be Franklin Mills in Northeast Philadelphia. Combined with his previously announced Centre Square office redevelopment in Center City, his projects would...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Jet fuel has been detected in another private well in Upper Makefield Township’s Mount Eyre area. This is the same neighborhood where a Sunoco pipeline leak went undetected for more than 16 months before being discovered last year. A monitoring well used by the pipeline companies also tested positive on April 1. At least a dozen residential wells in this area have...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team The Bensalem Township School Board just voted to eliminate 31 positions for the 2026-2027 school year. The list includes elementary teachers, special education teachers, librarians, guidance counselors, and nine administrative roles. The district is staring down a $12 million budget shortfall, and even after these cuts and some bond restructuring, there is still a...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Lower Merion School District is proposing a 3.5% property tax increase for the 2026-2027 school year. That is the maximum allowed under Pennsylvania’s Act 1 Index. For a median-assessed home at $250,680, the tax bill would climb from $8,841 to $9,150. An extra $309 a year. The district is closing a budget gap of just over $9.5 million, with the school board...
PECO just blinked. Pennsylvania's largest utility company, which serves 1.7 million customers across southeastern Pennsylvania, had been seeking a 12.5% increase in residential electric rates and an 11.4% increase for residential natural gas customers. Under pressure from Governor Josh Shapiro and state legislators, PECO announced it is withdrawing both requests. The pullback is good news for homeowners...
SEPTA just dropped its plan for a 528-space parking garage near Conshohocken Station and replaced it with something very different. A 300-unit apartment building. Philadelphia developer Alterra is set to lease the land for 99 years at $600,000 a year, with rent climbing 3% annually. Total value of the deal: about $330 million. For anyone watching the Conshohocken real estate market, this is a meaningful...
Two large apartment proposals in Newtown Borough could change the housing picture in this part of Bucks County in a way the borough has not seen in decades. Local developer Jim Worthington is behind both. The first, called Liberty Centre, would bring 125 luxury apartments to an eight-acre site along Newtown Creek behind South Street. The second proposal calls for 308 units in two four-story buildings at...
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