Montgomery County · Franconia · MCPC #24-0106-001
640 Lower Road
640 Lower Road, Franconia, PA · 208,145 sq ft non-residential, warehouse · 17.92 acres
About this project
A developer plans to merge three parcels at 640 Lower Road in Franconia Township and tear down the buildings now on the land. In their place would go a warehouse and distribution building of about 208,000 square feet, with supporting site infrastructure, on roughly 18 acres. The county planning commission generally supports the plan but suggests more variety in the planned shrubs.
County planning commission: Supports, with comments
Issues raised: Landscaping uses only four shrub varieties across 546 shrubs
- Applicant
- Dara Property Group LLC & L4 Realty LLC
- Zoning
- LI
- Demolition
- Existing buildings on the site
Filing history
- 2024-05-08 · MCPC #24-0106-001 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan · 208,145 sq ft
County review letters
2024-05-08 · FRANC 24-0106-001r.pdf
Scope estimate for contractors
Estimated construction value: $27.1M
- ~2,081 roofing squares (assumes 1 story)
- ~520 tons of cooling (rule of thumb 400 sq ft/ton)
- ~17.9 acres of site work (grading, stormwater, landscaping)
- Combining three parcels into one lot
- Demolition of existing buildings
- Warehouse and distribution building with associated infrastructure
- Site landscaping with shrubs