Politics & Government

Council Hears Proposal for Retirement Community on Former Kennedy-Kenrick Site

The company developing the project is asking for a text amendment to the current zoning ordinance to allow for a garden apartment zone.

According to The Times Herald, Norristown Municipal Council heard a proposal on Tuesday night from Pottstown-based developers Hallman Retirement Neighborhoods (HRN) to build a senior housing development on the site of the former Kennedy-Kenrick High School. 

Gary Gearhart, chief operating officer of HRN, and Carrie Nase, an attorney for the company outlined the plans for the project which would include:

  • 46 housing units in the already-existing high school building;
  • 3 three-story buildings that would hold 39 units each;
  • 28 ranch-style homes;
  • Parking for 246 vehicles.

The three additional multi-unit buildings would be constructed at the corner of DeKalb Street and Johnson Highway, behind the high school and on the site of the school's parking lot on Arch Street.

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"Most of us think this will be a great development," Council President Gary Simpson told the Herald. "It will put a property on the tax roles and it will add to the community."

Nase outlined the company's request for a large part of the land to be rezoned to garden apartment zoning. The company hopes the rezoning will be completed by the end of July and the land-development approved by the end of the year.

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