Architect, Engineer Present Plans for Mixed-Use Development in Upper St. Clair
The new Target has delayed a vote on the plan.
The architect and an engineer working on the proposed mixed-use development on the corner of Fort Couch and Washington roads presented a detailed plan to the Upper St. Clair Planning Commission Thursday night. The Siena at St. Clair proposal, located where the Consol Energy headquarters used to be, is comprised of 42 percent non-residential space, 32 percent residential space and 26 percent open space. The non-residential space includes a proposed Whole Foods Market along Washington Road. More than half of the parking spots would be underneath the grocery store. No other tenants were revealed during Thursday's presentation, however, developers showed plans for a drive-through coffee shop. "It's very early on," said engineer Dale Earl. …
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Stephanie
10:04 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
Agreed, it is the township that needs to consider the traffic issue on Phillips, not the developer. But while the discussion is on traffic patterns caused by the development, it's a point worth raising. And while it is true that Phillips has always been a cut-through, the addition of two new, traffic-creating supermarkets at either end of the street changes the nature of the cut-through enough to… more ›