A Developer Is Looking To Build A 598-Unit Apartment Complex In Whitemarsh Township

WHITEMARSH, PA — Local planning officials are expected to hear a proposal by a developer Tuesday evening who aims to construct a 598-unit apartment building in an area of the township that borders Conshohocken Borough.

An agenda for Tuesday's Planning Commission meeting shows that KRE Acquisition Corp. is scheduled to address its plan to build the apartment complex at 401 and 433 Washington Street in an area that is currently zoned heavy industrial.

The entire project site is 11.2 acres in size and the two properties themselves measure around 5.48 acres and 5.69 acres respectively, according to township documents.

The meeting agenda shows that the developer is seeking various relief in order to move the project forward.

The site of the planned apartment complex was previously owned by O'Neill Properties, which had secured municipal approvals in both Whitemarsh Township and Conshohocken Borough for a similar proposal between 2013 and 2015, approvals which have since expired and require re-approval, according to an article on local news site More Than The Curve, which covers Conshohocken, Lafayette Hill, Plymouth Meeting and West Conshohocken.

The article notes that on the Whitemarsh side, apartments are a "by-right" use, meaning developers have the right to build them on those particular parcels.

Visit the planning commission's Tuesday agenda to see specifics with regard to the special exemptions and variants sought by the developer for this project. The summary of the project can be found on page 12.