An ordinance has passed that is expected to breath new
life into the King of Prussia Business Park, a section of Upper Merion that has
a concentration of dated office and flex buildings.
Upper Merion supervisors voted unanimously on the measure
that will allow mixed-use development in the area bounded by the Pennsylvania
Turnpike, Route 23, Allendale Road and North Gulph Road.
The zoning is expected to encourage landlords who own
properties in the business park to redevelop them into uses that will activate
and revitalize what is now a 1960s vintage office park dependent on motor
vehicles and empties out at the end of the workday. The new ordinance includes
architectural and land-use guidelines and allows new heights for mixed-use
projects that meet LEED design elements. The zoning also encourages multifamily
projects with 30 units an acre, retail that caters to neighborhood development
as well as commercial and light industrial uses.
The ordinance is a significant milestone in a bigger goal
of transforming portions of King of Prussia into pedestrian-friendly areas that
promote 24/7 activity.
King of Prussia District has been a champion of the
ordinance and worked with Upper Merion officials for the last three years to
hammer it out. Some of the key elements King of Prussia District and Upper
Merion continue to work on is extending public transit through a high speed
line into the business park, improving access to the Pennsylvania Turnpike, and
establishing a park along First Avenue.
Source: Philadelphia
Business Journal
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