Oxford Valley Redevelopment Project Entering New Phase

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — More luxury apartments are coming to the Oxford Valley Mall complex in early 2026, according to the developer, Cornerstone Tracy.

The Villanova-based developer will be bringing 223 more apartments to the mall complex with construction expected to start sometime early next year

Meanwhile, Prickett Preserve in nearby Lower Makefield continues to see new store openings. The latest additions include Paris Baguette, Wonder, and Michael's Jewelers. They are joined by CVS, Chase Bank, Firebirds, Duck Donuts, goGlow, and LaGrange.

Here are the business stories making news around Bucks County:

Oxford Valley Redevelopment Entering New Phase

Over a year since opening, the luxury apartment complex known as Atlee Square at the Oxford Valley Mall is entering its second phase. Atlee Square opened its apartments in August 2024 on space formerly occupied by Boscov's, which was demolished to make room for the apartment project. Under the project's second phase, 223 apartments are planned with construction expected to start sometime early next year, officials said. Cornerstone Tracy is the developer.

Atlee Square opened in August 2024 with phase II construction expected to start sometime early next year. (Atlee Square)

Prickett Preserve Nearing Capacity In Bucks Co.

Prickett Preserve is filling up. After the Wegmans supermarket opened two years ago, most of the vacant spaces around it have been filled with restaurants and stores, making the town center across the street from Shady Brook Farm a crown jewel for the township. The Wegmans supermarket is the centerpiece of the Prickett Preserve development, which includes nine residential buildings containing 200 apartment units plus a clubhouse with a pool, and seven commercial buildings totaling 52,000 square feet.

Prickett Preserve on Stony Hill Road in Lower Makefield. (Jeff Werner/Patch)

UBS Newtown Cuts The Ribbon On New Offices

UBS is settling into its new space at the Stocking Works on South State Street in Newtown. On Thursday, the wealth management company raised a glass of champagne and cut the ribbon on its new Bucks County office, which is located across the hallway from its former office. Officially welcoming the UBS team to its new space were Newtown UBS market director Patricia Cashin and Mid-Atlantic Market Executive Brandon Graham.

UBS Newtown Wealth Management officials cut the ribbon on the company's new office space in Newtown. (Jeff Werner/Patch)

Restaurateur Plans To Acquire Closed Gastropub

Iron Hill Brewery may not be dead and gone, after all. The former Iron Hill Brewery at the Village at Newtown could reopen as Iron Hill or be rebranded as another concept, multiple media sources are reporting. Jeff Crivello, the former CEO of Famous Dave's BBQ, is in the process of acquiring the Newtown location and nine other Iron Hill locations, including Center City, West Chester, Huntingdon Valley, Wilmington, Lancaster, Hershey, Rehoboth Beach, and two locations in South Carolina.

The former Iron Hill Brewery in the Village at Newtown. (Jeff Werner/Patch)

Culinary Businesses Giving Back To Those In Need

Four Doylestown area culinary businesses are teaming up this fall to support the Bucks County Housing Group and Philabundance's Healthy Pantry Initiative, which brings fresh, nutritious food to neighbors in need. Zest Culinary Services and three local culinary partners are collaborating on a food drive to collect healthy, shelf-stable items and fresh produce donations to benefit families served by the Bucks County Housing Group’s food pantries.

(Zest Culinary Services)