A largely vacant office building at 52 E. Swedesford Road in Malvern, East Whiteland Township, is slated for demolition and redevelopment into a 10.3-acre, mixed-use campus featuring 250 apartments and about 6,700 square feet of retail and dining space, under a proposal by Downingtown-based TriPoint Properties. The project, which would include a small market, café and extensive amenities, calls for four residential buildings and 30 subsidized workforce housing units — the first designated as such in East Whiteland Township — priced at 85% of market rates. TriPoint bought the property for $18 million in early 2020, before the pandemic left the office building mostly vacant, and later worked with township officials to shift toward a residential-led plan. Final approvals are expected in early 2026, followed by a roughly two-year demolition and construction period, as demand for apartments remains strong in Chester County amid limited new supply and rising rents.
Source: Philadelphia Business Journal; 12/17/2025