After Plymouth Township rejected its plan to build up to 200 apartments and retail space at the Conshohocken Ridge Corporate Center, developer BET Investments has pivoted to a more modest proposal: a 24-hour, 6,500-square-foot convenience store with eight gas pumps at the 625 W. Ridge Pike property it purchased for $17 million in 2024. The township's planning agency voted 4-1 to recommend the new plan, though BET still needs a special exception from the zoning hearing board — similar to one previously granted for an adjacent Lukoil station — plus land development approval before construction can begin. To make room, BET would demolish two single-story office buildings totaling about 30,000 square feet, one of which has been vacant since the purchase and the other currently housing a mortgage company and a pediatrician's office that is relocating within the park. The convenience store operator has not been disclosed. BET president Michael Markman noted the company simply followed the township's direction to work within existing zoning after the apartment proposal was turned down.
Source: Philadelphia Business Journal; 3/10/2026