![]() “The number of twists and turns this project took would likely have been too much for many other firms. Local officials including Parking Authority Chairman Dan Dunigan thanked the various state and county agencies for their assistance, and the developer for their patience. No tenants have been signed for the retail space yet, “but we’ve got a lot of good prospects,” Knott said. Once the project is done, an extension of the Liberty Bell Trail will run along the rail tracks on the northeast end of the complex, and an 8-foot screening fence will provide a visual barrier between the rail tracks and the trail and apartments. At the end of the day, they’ll have a lot of public improvements that will be completely visible, and available to them,” Knott said. “We hope that we are good neighbors to them, and that they’ll bear through some of the noise that goes on while we’re tackling some of the improvements. The public plaza that will be built north of the current intersection of Madison and Wood streets will be open for borough events and “treated like a public park,” he said, and Equus and their contractors will aim to minimize disruption to nearby neighborhoods. “We’d like to deliver the highest-end product we possibly can,” he said.Įquus Vice President for Development John Knott said the total construction timeline is projected to run 18 to 20 months, depending on weather, with visible vertical construction likely to begin in early spring 2018. We don’t just talk about doing things, we get them done,” he said.ĭiLella described how each unit will have high ceilings, stainless steel appliances, and access to shared swimming pools, fitness centers, indoor lounge and business center areas, electric car chargers, and even a pet spa. “Quality of life, economic development, all of these things are being provided by all of this cooperation. In addition to the garage and new station, other projects currently in the works between Lansdale and SEPTA include construction of a new bus stop and trail extension along Railroad Avenue outside the borough municipal building, and an extension of the borough’s brick streetscape along East Main Street that will include several SEPTA bus stops, planned for next spring. It was an amazing partnership that developed between PennDOT, SEPTA and Lansdale,” he said. ![]() “What I was so impressed with was how we all sat down and put a plan together, not even just for this site, but for this whole area in terms of transportation. SEPTA General Manager Jeff Knueppel said the groundbreaking was the latest proof of a close working relationship between borough officials and SEPTA, which has led over the past five years to construction of the new Ninth Street SEPTA rail station and the opening of the new garage earlier this year. I always said I could feel the energy in Lansdale, and we’re very excited: Now we see it.” “This development is going to be fantastic. Wolf’s administration, are committed to delivering a government that works, and we applaud the innovative public-private partnership that will enhance Lansdale, and its residential, shopping, and transportation options for decades to come,” Richards said. PennDOT Secretary Leslie Richards said the public-private partnership involving the borough, the developer, the state, which provided grant funding for nearby road widening, and other outside agencies such as SEPTA should provide a model for similar developments elsewhere. Representatives of Equus, Lansdale Borough, and various state and Montgomery County agencies were on hand Tuesday to mark the start of the project, which will see a complex of six apartment and retail buildings, a public plaza, and public and private parking areas built atop the former parking lot. Tuesday’s groundbreaking ceremony marked the next step in a project that has been discussed, in various forms, since early 2011, and the plans for which were finalized earlier this year. “This place will look very different about a year from now: You’ll have retail, you’ll have apartments, you’ll have people, and hopefully it will expand, and continue, the growth of Lansdale,” he said. We’re going to make these things first class,” said Dan DiLella, president and CEO of developer Equus Capital Partners. “It’s 181 residential units, with 15,000 square feet of retail space. Lansdale, county, state and private officials held a formal groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday afternoon on the former Madison Parking Lot, which will be transformed over the next year and a half into Madison Lansdale Station, a complex of luxury apartments unlike any in town. LANSDALE > The asphalt and parking meters have been removed, bulldozers and steamrollers are hard at work, and the ground has now officially been broken.
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