New Retail Space Approved For Downtown Doylestown

DOYLESTOWN BOROUGH, PA — Close to 6,000-square-feet of brand new retail space is coming to West State Street in Doylestown Borough.

At its September meeting, the Doylestown Borough Council approved preliminary as final plans to Worth & Worth to redevelop 159 to 161 West State Street with 5,780 square feet of new retail space. The property is located just to the west of Ventresca’s Men’s Clothing Store.

Under the plan, four buildings in the central commercial zoning district at North Franklin and West State streets will be demolished and replaced by a new 5,780 square foot building containing three retail units and facing West State Street.

Slated for demolition are two buildings currently being used in combination as a dwelling and auto parts retail store at 161 West State Street. Also slated for demolition is a 5,459 square foot detached house with an accessory garage at 159 West State Street.

Under the plan, the buildings will be demolished and the lots consolidated into a single 13,000 square foot lot with frontage on West State Street. The new lot will then be improved with a new 5,780 square foot retail building.

According to the plans, the new retail building will include three retail spaces, the largest one measuring 2,000 and the other two at 1,900 and the other at 1,607 square feet.

159 West State Street is slated to be demolished and replaced by a new retail building. (Jeff Werner/Patch)

Modern office, retail, and personal service uses are permitted uses in the Central Commercial zoning district.

The new retail building will be served by a parking lot to be built behind the new building and accessible from North Franklin Street via an alleyway.

According to Worth & Worth's redevelopment plan, the proposed retail use “is consistent with the borough’s current zoning and land use vision and map." In addition, they said the “redevelopment of nonconforming uses to permitted retail uses is consistent with the borough’s land use and economic development strategy.”