Montgomery County · Springfield · MCPC #23-0066-003
Mount St Joseph - Phase 2 Fieldhouse
120 West Wissahickon Avenue, Springfield, PA · 30,500 sq ft non-residential, school · 59.87 acres
About this project
Mount Saint Joseph Academy plans a 30,500 square foot fieldhouse on its campus at 120 West Wissahickon Avenue in Springfield Township. It would add a gymnasium, an arts wing and a courtyard on the east side of the existing school, linked by a corridor, and bring about 40 new parking spaces. The driveway and tennis courts would be shifted east to make room, and the county planning commission generally supports the plan with comments.
County planning commission: Supports, with comments
Issues raised: Landscape plan does not yet cover the whole property, Parking lot lacks required planting islands for lots over 10 spaces, Sewage facilities planning may need updating if locker rooms are added, Traffic management study waiver requested
- Applicant
- Mount Saint Joseph Academy
- Engineer / rep.
- Nave Newell
- Zoning
- Institutional
- Approvals needed
- variance from off-street parking requirements, variance from perimeter screening buffer requirement, waiver from traffic management study requirement
- Utilities
- public water, public sewer
Filing history
- 2025-01-20 · MCPC #23-0066-003 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan, Resubmission · 30,500 sq ft
- 2023-10-20 · MCPC #23-0066-002 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan · 32,000 sq ft
- 2023-04-06 · MCPC #23-0066-001 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan · 12,000 sq ft
County review letters
2025-01-20 · SPRIN 23-0066-003r.pdf
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Scope estimate for contractors
Estimated construction value: $10.7M
- ~152 roofing squares (assumes 2 stories)
- ~76 tons of cooling (rule of thumb 400 sq ft/ton)
- ~4.3 acres of site work (grading, stormwater, landscaping)
- New corridor connecting the fieldhouse to the existing school
- Relocation of existing driveway and tennis courts
- Added parking lot with new spaces
- Post-construction stormwater management facilities, including a rain garden
- Trail extension along Wissahickon Avenue