Two months after a federal judge dismissed its civil rights lawsuit against New Hanover Township, developer RP Wynstone LP has submitted a revised application for its long-proposed New Hanover Town Center project on 204 acres near Swamp Pike and Route 663. The new plan calls for 695 residences of various types and 315,000 square feet of commercial space, including a hotel. The plan is scheduled for review by the township's planning commission on Wednesday, May 13. The application is the latest chapter in a development saga dating back to an original submission in 2005, with a separate but similar 2021 plan currently on hold until September. The dismissed federal lawsuit had alleged the township engaged in racially motivated obstruction to block minority residents from the area and claimed over $150 million in damages, but Judge Joel H. Slomsky of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled in February that all claims exceeded the statute of limitations.
Source: Town and Country; 4/30/2026