Residents fearing commercial encroachment on their neighborhoods have successfully argued their case against rezoning to officials in a suburban Philadelphia township.Neighbors told the Upper Moreland Board of Commissioners that they did not want a business to move to...
Month: March 2012
Property owners angry about Philly development plan
The Philadelphia City Planning Commission has approved a new master plan for portions of the Delaware River area, but the plan has left some owners upset. Some say it will alter just how owners can develop their own commercial real estate.Under the master plan, which...
Pa. judge’s action stops development
A Pennsylvania judge has sided with a local township in its dispute with a religious group over a retirement community the group wants to build; setting aside the decision made by the community's zoning board to allow it.In the decision, the judge in Chester County...
Suburban building projects mired in red tape
The redevelopment of commercial real estate in a Philadelphia suburb has been stalled by what prospective developers say is a mountain of bureaucracy.Despite a vow that city officials made last year to help developers to rehabilitate property to pump new business into...
