By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team
Towamencin’s board of supervisors voted to send a revised development plan for the former Freddy Hill Farms site back to the township planning commission. The plan now calls for 210 units, down from earlier proposals that reached 338.
The planning commission takes it up Monday, August 3. Supervisors were clear that they were not approving anything. They were letting the plan move through the normal process.
Freddy Hill Farms was a fixture in this part of Montgomery County for generations. The mini golf, the ice cream, the driving range. That history is why this site draws a crowd at every meeting, and it is worth separating from the land use question in front of the township.
How the Plan Changed
Developer Tony Maras presented two meaningful updates. The revised plan preserves 66.5 acres of open space, up from 64.2 in the prior version. And it adds a possible fourth leg to the Sumneytown Pike and Troxel Road intersection.
That second piece became possible because of a new option to purchase the departed Seipt family’s house on the property. Small detail, real consequence. Road geometry at that intersection has been a sticking point, and a fourth leg changes what the township can ask for.
The unit mix would combine single-family homes, townhomes, and small-lot singles with minimum lots as small as 3,700 square feet. Residents raised traffic on Kriebel Road and Sumneytown Pike, lot sizes, developer margins, wildlife and stream corridors, and whether nearby homeowners could afford to move if their properties are needed for road widening.
The By-Right Alternative Nobody Talks About
Here is the part that gets lost in these meetings. The alternative to 210 units is not zero units.
The developer has a by-right plan for 140 larger-lot homes at 1.1 units per acre. By-right means it does not require the same discretionary approvals. If the township rejects the denser plan, the fallback is not open farmland. It is 140 houses with less preserved open space and less room for the township to demand intersection work.
That is the actual trade on the table. More units and more open space and a possible road fix, or fewer units on bigger lots with fewer concessions. Neither option is the Freddy Hill of 1995.
What 210 Units Would Do to the Montgomery County Real Estate Market
The Montgomery County real estate market around Lansdale is tight. Zillow puts the typical Lansdale home value at $513,643 as of June 30, 2026, up 1.5% year over year, with a median sale price of $479,500 in May 2026. Homes were going to pending in about six days.
Inventory is the story. Lansdale had 116 homes for sale at the end of June 2026. A 210-unit project, delivered over several years, is not a flood. But it is real supply in a submarket that has not had much new construction at that scale.
Small-lot singles and townhomes also serve buyers who are currently priced out of the detached single-family stock. That segment has been thin across this part of Montgomery County for years.
Timing is the other factor. Projects like this one deliver in phases, often over four to six years from approval. Nobody shopping Lansdale today should be waiting on Freddy Hill inventory. The homes that eventually come out of this site will be sold into a market we cannot forecast from here.
What This Means for You
If you live near the site, August 3 is the date. Planning commission meetings are where the details get set, and they are far less crowded than supervisor meetings. Your comment carries more weight in that room.
If you are shopping this area, do not wait on this project. Delivery on a plan at this stage is years out, and the Montgomery County real estate market is not going to soften while it works through approvals. If you own nearby and have wondered whether to sell before or after construction starts, that is a real question with a real answer, and it depends on your house and your timeline more than on the project. Start with our Lansdale page for what the surrounding market looks like right now.
Thinking about buying or selling in Towamencin or Lansdale? Let’s talk.
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