Montgomery County · Upper Merion · MCPC #22-0034-002
Dekalb Plaza - Cane's Chicken
320 West Dekalb Pike, Upper Merion, PA · 16,562 sq ft non-residential, retail · 15.5 acres
About this project
Kravco is proposing a Raising Cane's restaurant with two drive-thru lanes, a 3,500-square-foot medical building, and a 10,000-square-foot addition on the 15.5-acre Dekalb Plaza site at 320 West DeKalb Pike in Upper Merion Township. About 4.5 acres would be disturbed for the work, which includes parking, sidewalks, utilities, and changes to the stormwater basin near Route 202.
County planning commission: Supports, with comments
Issues raised: invasive Fire Dragon Eulalia Grass in landscape plan, reduced size of stormwater basin near Route 202, add green stormwater infrastructure such as bioswales, naturalize stormwater basin with native grasses and shrubs
- Applicant
- Kravco Company, LLC
- Engineer / rep.
- R.L. Showalter & Associates, Inc.
- Zoning
- SC
- Tax parcel
- 58-00-06112-00-4
- Cross street
- Pinecrest Lane
- Approvals needed
- land development plan approval
Filing history
- 2025-06-13 · MCPC #22-0034-002 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan, Resubmission · 16,562 sq ft
- 2022-02-07 · MCPC #22-0034-001 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan · 2,500 sq ft
County review letters
2025-06-13 · UMERI 22-0034-002r.pdf
Scope estimate for contractors
Estimated construction value: $3.6M
- ~165 roofing squares (assumes 1 story)
- ~41 tons of cooling (rule of thumb 400 sq ft/ton)
- ~4.5 acres of site work (grading, stormwater, landscaping)
- Two-lane drive-thru restaurant
- Stormwater basin modification
- Bioswales and green stormwater infrastructure
- Native grass and shrub basin plantings
- Sidewalks, parking and utilities
- Landscaping