By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team 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...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Newtown Square is getting a closer look from developers. Newtown Township supervisors held a conditional use hearing this month on a proposal to redevelop 16 acres on Campus Boulevard into a 242-unit, age-restricted community. The plan, brought by Campus Eleven Associates LP, calls for tearing down three existing office buildings totaling 150,000 square feet and...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Limerick Township is at the center of one of the biggest land use debates in Montgomery County right now. Two separate proposals would put more than three million square feet of data center development on either side of Route 422, one on the former Publicker Distillery site along Main Street and another directly across from the Philadelphia Premium Outlets. Add...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team A developer wants to build 74 townhouses on a 6.6-acre parking lot near Lansdale's Pennbrook SEPTA station. The Lansdale Borough Council did not push back on the project. They pushed back because they wanted more. Council members and residents told developer W.B. Homes they wanted greater density, mixed-use programming, and a more ambitious vision for a piece of...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team The mall most Philadelphians still call Franklin Mills is under contract to be sold. Developer Dean Adler has confirmed plans to transform the 137-acre site in Northeast Philadelphia into a major youth sports destination with workforce housing, restaurants, a hotel, and a water park. At least part of the 1.6-million-square-foot mall will be demolished. The rest may...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team No city in the country grew its office-to-apartment conversion pipeline faster than Philadelphia over the past year. According to a new report from RentCafe, the Philadelphia metro area's pipeline of office-to-residential conversions jumped from 1,200 units to 2,697 units between February 2025 and February 2026. That is a 119% increase year over year — the highest...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Lansdale Borough Council has unanimously approved a floodplain map update that clears one of the key regulatory hurdles for a proposed development of 73 townhouses near Valley Forge Road and West Fifth Street. The developer, W.B. Homes, conducted a hydrologic study showing the existing floodplain maps were inaccurate for the site. With borough approval secured, the...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Lower Merion Township commissioners recently voted to review conceptual plans for renovating Schauffele Plaza in Ardmore and the adjacent parking lot into a pedestrian-friendly civic green space. Two options are on the table, both priced around $9.3 million, with one preserving 18 parking spaces and another removing them entirely in favor of a more complete public...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Philadelphia is moving forward with one of the largest housing investments in the city's recent history. Mayor Cherelle Parker's administration is issuing $400 million in bonds to fund the first phase of the Housing Opportunities Made Easy initiative — a plan centered on building and repairing 30,000 homes across Philadelphia. The milestone comes more than a year...
By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Montgomery County broke ground last week on a new 50-bed emergency housing facility at 1430 DeKalb Street in Norristown. The project is expected to be complete by the end of 2026 and will serve single adults at serious risk of housing instability. Commissioner Neil Makhija pointed to a stark data point at the groundbreaking: housing costs in Montgomery County have...
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