Montgomery County · Whitpain · MCPC #24-0089-002
The Reed Property
1448, 1462, & 1486 Skippack Pike, Whitpain, PA · 90 homes, senior apartments · 21.67 acres
About this project
Franklin Village Partners, LLC proposes a 90-unit active adult housing community on about 21.7 acres along Skippack Pike (PA-73) in Whitpain Township, near Dekalb Pike. About 8.5 acres would be developed, and the remaining 13.2 acres would stay open, with tennis, pickleball and bocce courts and a dog park. The project needs conditional use approval under the township's age-restricted overlay.
County planning commission: Supports, with comments
Issues raised: Highway occupancy permit needed from PennDOT for driveway change on Skippack Pike, Right-of-way on Skippack Pike should allow room for future bicycle facilities, Level spreader in underground detention pond needs Township Engineer approval, Buffer requirements under township code must be met, Add more shrub varieties along parking lot edge facing Skippack Pike, Identify snow removal dumping areas in parking lots
- Applicant
- Franklin Village Partners, LLC
- Engineer / rep.
- Howell Engineering
- Zoning
- R-1 & R-2 with Age-Restricted Overlay
- Approvals needed
- conditional use
Filing history
- 2024-09-16 · MCPC #24-0089-002 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan, Resubmission · 90 homes
- 2024-04-18 · MCPC #24-0089-001 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan, Conditional Use · 90 homes
County review letters
2024-04-18 · WHITP 24-0089-001r.pdf
Scope estimate for contractors
Estimated construction value: $20.2M
- ~450 roofing squares
- ~90 HVAC systems
- ~90 kitchens / 180+ bathrooms
- ~81,000 sq ft of finished living space
- ~8.4 acres of site work (grading, stormwater, landscaping)
- Underground stormwater detention pond with level spreader
- Driveway alteration onto PA-73 requiring PennDOT highway occupancy permit
- Tennis, pickleball and bocce courts
- Dog park
- Parking lot with double-painted stall striping
- Landscaping with shrub rows and street trees