Bethlehem Township Commissioners give preliminary, non-binding approval to development.
Bethlehem Township Commissioners gave unofficial and non-binding consent to a developer hoping to use part of a pristine 30-acre parcel of land into a 312-unit apartment complex and a small strip mall earlier this week. The land, currently owned by the Central Moravian Church, sits on the west side of Route 191 at Oakland Road, between the north-south arterial and Housenick Park. The church plans to use 5 acres of the property to build a retreat and religious studies center, but wants to sell the remainder of the land for development to fund the center construction. The church was willed the property by Elizabeth Johnston Prime, a daughter of Archibald Johnston, the first mayor of Bethlehem who owned this parcel and the neighboring one …
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Nazareth Pike & Oakland Rd, Bethlehem, PA
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Zoning Hearing Board will hold hearing on project for Center and Dewberry on December 20.
The Bethlehem Zoning Hearing Board earlier this week granted a continuance until December 20 on the appeal of Abraham Atiyeh for a use variance to build a 96-unit, three-building apartment complex at 1838 Center St. The area is zoned institutional and the use is prohibited. Attorney Jim Preston of Bethlehem, who represents developer Atiyeh sought the postponement Tuesday night to “review the case and prepare for any new contingencies.” Atiyeh’s site plan of 25 apartment units per acre on the 5-acre parcel at Center Street and Dewberry Avenue is based on the number of beds in a previously-approved 125-bed assisted living facility. City planners gave conditional approval to the plan for Bethlehem Manor in November 2008. The developer is …
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1838 Center St, Bethlehem, PA
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Martha Cox Popichak
9:50 am on Thursday, March 8, 2012
Wasn't there a Township meeting recently that updates this issue?? more ›