A new Home Depot location in the making since 2007 is coming to Lower Macungie Township.
The Board of Commissioners approved the one-story, 136,058-square-foot development for 5877 Hamilton Boulevard during a meeting Thursday night.
Commissioners approved land development plans for the applicant, RB Grange Road Associates, roughly 15 years ago. However, aside from the construction of public improvements such as a parking lot access driveway, lighting and a storm water management system, the 20.8-acre site has been vacant for years, according to township documents.
Things picked up again when the applicant applied in February to modify the previous approval with reductions in required parking, and removing a previously planned separate retail building.
“The approved Home Depot is part of a larger effort to develop the overall Macungie Crossings site,” wrote Nathan Jones, the township director of community development. “Our understanding is that other commercial users are expected to be proposed in the near future that would build out the development in a retail/service village-type setting. The site has been sitting vacant for quite some time, so users coming in will make the best use of this Hamilton Boulevard Corridor area by providing services and amenities for township residents and creating jobs in the community.”
Jones said it was currently unknown how much the development would cost and when construction would begin.
He added the township will be working to address some residents’ concerns of increased traffic from the development with possible methods such as light synchronization.
