While most Delaware County property owners are coping with a 19% property tax increase in 2026, Wawa Inc. could see over a 50% real estate tax reduction on its corporate headquarters in Chester Heights Borough. Wawa appealed the 2020 assessed value of two parcels of property at their headquarters at 260 W. Baltimore Pike to the Delaware County Board of Tax Assessment Appeals. After the tax board’s decision, Wawa and the school district reached an agreement on a new value. Chester Heights Borough Councilmember Marta Driscoll said the combined assessed value of two lots to be approximately $75 million in 2021, dropping to $35 million in 2026, and other taxpayers will feel the impact. “If the money isn’t coming from Wawa, it’s coming from our residents,” Driscoll said. In a phone conversation, Garnet Valley Superintendent Dr. Marc Bertrando said that after Wawa appealed the county reassessment, the district’s own appraiser also came up with a value that was lower than the county’s assessed value. Bertrando said he was not able to give specific numbers but said it was related to that particular property. The school district could now owe Wawa millions in overpaid taxes.
Source: Daily Times; 2/26/2026