More than 500K-square-foot warehouse going up in Bethlehem, Lower Nazareth townships
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
And now another 527,500 square feet is coming to land straddling Lower Nazareth and Bethlehem townships.
On Monday. the Bethlehem Township Board of Commissioners unanimously approved final land development for the proposed Lehigh Valley Trade Center II.
The Lower Nazareth Township Board of Supervisors approved final land development for the project last week.
Developer Trammell Crow Co. will consolidate 12 land parcels for a combined 38-acre lot to build the proposed warehouse. About 30.5 of those acres are located in Lower Nazareth Township.
The property is on Hanoverville Road and also borders Township Line Road and Flora Lane.
Warehouse development, truck traffic kept rolling in 2020 in the Lehigh Valley
Updated Jan 30, 2021;
Posted Jan 30, 2021
Warehouse complexes in the Breiningsville section of Upper Macungie Township are seen from above March 4, 2020.Saed Hindash file photo | For lehighvalleylive.com
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Warehouse construction and truck traffic, two hallmarks of the eCommerce boom, continued to grow in 2020 across the Lehigh Valley, according to local planning studies released this week.
Among the findings were continued strong residential construction, with plans submitted for 513 new homes in December alone across Lehigh and Northampton counties, said commission Executive Director Becky Bradley.
“In a global pandemic, it didn’t really slow development down in the Lehigh Valley,” she said.
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Bethlehem looks to limit where college students can live in the Southside
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 15, 2020
The blue area indicates Bethlehem’s institutional zoning district where Lehigh University is situated. The orange areas indicate a proposed student housing overlay district where student housing would be allowed for up to five students per residence. The purple areas are existing commercially zoned areas that would allow up to three students per residence.
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The Bethlehem Department of Community and Economic Development has proposed creating two student housing overlay zoning districts on the northeast and northwest sides of the university’s Southside campus. It grandfathers in existing student housing, and allows a max of five students per home.