Flex Use Facility Development

About this project

Big Rock Realty Associates plans to tear down the existing buildings at 250 Gibraltar Road in Horsham Township, including a three-story office building, and replace them with two one-story flex-use buildings totaling about 237,512 square feet on roughly 17.5 acres. The site would get 538 surface parking spaces, three driveways onto Gibraltar Road, and new sidewalks. The Montgomery County Planning Commission generally supports the plan but flagged zoning and parking-dimension issues to resolve.

County planning commission: Supports, with comments

Issues raised: Impervious coverage shown as 69.0% vs. 68.5% approved by zoning relief, Parking stalls shown 9 ft wide, below the 10 ft minimum, Some parking rows 18 ft deep, below the 20 ft minimum, Development standards for the Business Park District to be addressed

Applicant

Big Rock Realty Associates, LLC

Zoning

BPD

Approvals needed

variance: loading space size (13 ft x 55 ft), variance: impervious coverage (68.5%), variance: flat roof on a one-story building, relief: change to existing nonconforming parking along New Road and Gibraltar Road, variance: building permit validity period

Utilities

public water, public sewer

Demolition

All existing structures on the site, including a three-story office building, will be demolished.