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Granite Run plans get preliminary OK
MIDDLETOWN - Council unanimously approved a preliminary land-development plan of Simon Property Group for expansion/enhancement of Granite Run Mall, provided the applicant meets 13 conditions.
The plan calls for a 30,000-square-foot bookstore addition on the lower level of the mall fronting Baltimore Pike. On either side would be a restaurant, with provisions for outdoor dining. On the upper level would be a movie theater with 12 screens and a total of 2,400 seats. More... |
by Danielle Lynch
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Country club reps quizzed about project
WALLACE - Consultants for a developer with plans to build a country club community faced questions about the project's community impact recently during a hearing before township supervisors.
Developer Albert M. Greenfield III plans to build Valhalla Brandywine on about 606 acres zoned industrial and flexible rural-residential.
The property is on both sides of Marshall Road between the intersections of Creek Road
to the west and Little Conestoga Road to the east, and on both sides of Devereux Road between the intersections of Fairview and Creek roads.
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Legislation that addresses blight advances
Legislation that would address blight, abandoned properties, lost tax revenue and declining property values was approved by the House Urban Affairs Committee this week, announced state Rep. Art Hershey (R-Chester), a co-sponsor of the measure."The Land Banks Authorities Act would provide local governments and municipalities with the ability to set up a land bank and access federal funding for the purpose of managing and developing foreclosed and abandoned properties," said Hershey. "This would go a long way in helping to improve the rural, suburban and urban landscape of our Commonwealth, which is estimated to currently have 300,000 vacant or abandoned properties within its borders."
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