The Plymouth Township Planning Agency voted 4-3 on Jan. 7 not to recommend a special exception that would allow the former DoubleTree Suites at 640 Fountain Road in Plymouth Meeting to be converted into 213 apartments. The hotel closed in November 2025. The proposed plan would have created 173 one-bedroom and 40 two-bedroom units ranging from 600 to 1,200 square feet. While the applicant argued that apartments are of “the same general character” as permitted uses in the Planned Office Park Zoning District, where the hotel is located, most agency members rejected the claim. The zoning hearing board, which will make the final decision, is scheduled to review the application on Monday, Jan. 19. The proposal marks the township’s second significant apartment conversion proposal in recent years, following a separate office-to-apartment project near the Plymouth Meeting Mall.
Source: More Than the Curve; 1/8/2026