The West Whiteland Township Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an ordinance to limit the number of units per acre, and type of housing units, at the 75-acre Exton Square property. The dilapidated mall is located in a 643-acre Town Center zoning district (TC) around the intersection of routes 30 and 100, at what is known as the Exton Crossroads. The mall is slated for razing by a proposed builder. Equitable owner of the mall property, Peter Abrams, of Abrams Realty and Development, and Exton Square LLC, said plans call for the construction of 375 apartments and 243 multi-family units, along with commercial, restaurants, retail and professional office uses. The new township ordinance forbids the size of such a development. It calls for the construction of apartments only in TC districts, with life care facilities still permitted. The new ordinance caps residential density at just six units per acre. Before the vote, Marc Kaplin, representing the builder, said that with the new ordinance, any use of the property would be “unviable.”
Source: Daily Local; 2/14/2025