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This site compiles information about a proposed development at 1 Red Lion Road and 10098 Sandmeyer Lane in Northeast Philadelphia near the Somerton and Bustleton neighborhoods in Philadelphia and Lower Moreland in Montgomery County.
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Appeals to Zoning Board of Adjustment from Licenses and Inspections determination to issue permits:
https://www.phila.gov/zba/appeals-calendar/#/appeals/HA-2021-000851
https://www.phila.gov/zba/appeals-calendar/#/appeals/HA-2021-000854
https://www.phila.gov/zba/appeals-calendar/#/appeals/HA-2021-000899
CDR_L&I Letter_ 1 Red Lion Rd.pdfCivic Design Review findings letter prepared by Planning Commission staff, 11/17/20
cdr-1redlion&10098sandmeyer-2.pdfSomerton Civic Association Registered Community Organization letter to Philadelphia City Planning Commission Civic Design Review panel, with links to related correspondence and to CDC & UPS materials submitted to panel, 11/10/20
2608_001.pdfLetter sent on behalf of Greater Bustleton Civic League on 11/10/20
November 10, 2020 Civic Design Review panel meeting regarding project: https://youtu.be/XsZkxk8JjI8
UPS warehouse goes before Civic Design Review - Northeast Times.pdfNortheast Times, 9/16/20
"Around 20 people called in during the meeting’s public comment section to voice unanimous concerns about the center’s potential impact on traffic, pollution and quality of life in the immediate Somerton and Bustleton areas. "
cdr-1redlion&10098sandmeyer (2).pdfSomerton Civic Association Registered Community Organization letter to Philadelphia City Planning Commission Civic Design Review panel with attachments, 9/8/20
Document View | NewsBank.pdfInquirer, 10/11/20
"Adding UPS vehicles could bring travel to a standstill... 'It's untenable....'"
September 8, 2020 Civic Design Review panel meeting regarding project: https://youtu.be/yTrrsr-5H5w
Somerton Civic Association board email to members including links to traffic study and revised materials submitted by developer to Civic Design Review panel, 9/6/20, with forwarded message dated 8/28/20 and attachments
SCA Email to Members 9-6-20.pdfAugust 28, 2020 email forwarded to members with attachments.pdfGmail - Lower Moreland Township Board of Commissioners discussion of 1 Red Lion Road project.pdfSomerton Civic Association board email to members, 8/24/20, with notes and link to recording of Lower Moreland Township Board of Commissioners meeting about the development
Gmail: Update and new comment period.pdf
Somerton Civic Association board email to members, 7/6/20, with attachment announcing that a DEP comment period for the stormwater impacts of the project runs through July 13
Gmail - 1 Red Lion Road -- First set of DEP documents available, comment period extended.pdfSomerton Civic Association board email to members, 6/21/20, with link to DEP-released documents about development and notice extending DEP comment period to 6/26
Gmail - June meeting and update.pdf
Somerton Civic Association board email to members, 6/1/20, forwarding correspondence with developers, 5/27/20 and 4/16/20, with attachment announcing comment and hearing request period for PA Department of Environmental Protection
Gmail - Fwd: Red Lion Road Presentation.pdf2020-03-31 Red Lion PPT - Summary 2020-03-30.pdfSomerton Civic Association board email to members, April 2, 2020, forwarding correspondence and document sent by developers
Inquirer, 2/10/20
"UPS had told city officials they were planning a facility that could employ 1,000, including shift and part-time workers. But UPS has told state officials it is committed to hiring a more modest 352 full-time workers by the time it opens in 2022, and has separately said new plants in Philadelphia and other Pennsylvania cities are part of a wave of “highly automated” facilities that won’t create as many jobs per box as earlier ones. UPS and its competitors... have been adding automation equipment to save labor....Nearby residents and storekeepers... will have to get used to renewed truck traffic."
UPS opening distribution center on Red Lion Road - Northeast Times.pdfNortheast Times website, 2/10/20
"UPS announced it plans to open a one million-square foot package sortation and distribution center at 1 Red Lion Road... No blueprints are finalized as the company is 'early in the planning and feasibility phase,' a representative told the Times."
https://northeasttimes.com/2020/02/08/ups-opening-distribution-center-on-red-lion-road/
Northeast_ Residents Look to City For Answers About Budd Site Development – PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.pdfPhiladelphia Neighborhoods, 10/16/19
"...with little response from elected officials and CDC, both communities are left wondering what a large-scale distribution facility could mean for their neighborhoods."
Last-Mile Warehouses Within Philly City Limits Are No Sure Thing.pdfBisnow, 11/7/19
"The urban street grid makes proximity to highways even more important than it is in the suburbs or rural distribution hubs like the Lehigh Valley for any facility that uses trucks to bring in or ship out goods. Complicating matters further is that truly undeveloped land suitable for industrial construction simply doesn't exist within city limits.... 'You could probably serve the same consumers more cost-effectively in South Jersey'"
Meds_devices_to_be_delivered_by_drones_UPS___Philadelphia_Inquirer_The_PA___October_22_2019__pA7.pdfInquirer, 10/22/19
"A UPS source and a construction source say the company has been in discussions over a Northeast Philadelphia property on Red Lion Road formerly used by Budd Co.... now that UPS has begun considering more urban sites... UPS and the site’s owners say no decision has been reached."
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tbXaJoL9u5oW7qccYi1qoMdP5W02HvPAM8EKSHXKxd4/edit#slide=id.p
Slideshow about 1 Red Lion Road/10098 Sandmeyer Lane development presented by two civic associations on October 16, 2019 at American Heritage C.U. with talking points
"UPS Mulls Massive Distribution Hub At Former Northeast Philly Manufacturing Plant," Bisnow, September 16, 2019
"The shipping giant is one of several companies to express interest in the site, where Commercial Development Co. has plans for a 1.6M SF warehouse complex."
UPS_Considering_Phila._Site_for_Distribution_Hub__Philadelphia_Inquirer_The_PA___September_13_2019__pA9.pdfInquirer, 9/13/19
"United Parcel Service is among the companies considering the 138-acre former Budd Co. property... as a potential distribution hub... In tight markets... 'people do dumb things.'"
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1q7NQHb-m26wifUpJ76hdiuLIhE10jcH40gBVaiT12NM/edit
Slideshow presented by two civic associations on June 27, 2019 at American Heritage C.U. with talking points
Video taken by CBS 3 News, June 27, 2019, showing the property from above
final_5cf91162817d79001405557a_926800.mp4Video taken by a reader of this website in the third week of May 2019 showing the property from above
37237.pdfPA Office of Open Records Final Determination ordering City Law Department to disclose records of recent confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements made by City in relation to 1 Red Lion, November 28, 2018
Sustainable Redevelopment Projects 2018 - Year in Review.pdfCompany newsletter, January 2019, pp. 3-4: "CDC is currently performing site grading and preparations to prepare the property for a $250 million development project designed for selected end users who will bring this site back to productive reuse."
News_Article__Philadelphia_Inquirer_The_PA___March_9_2018__p11.pdfNews_Article__Philadelphia_Inquirer_The_PA___March_9_2018__p13.pdfInquirer March 9, 2018 (2 parts)
"...three large warehouse buildings totaling more than 1.6 million square feet...shippers have preferred to locate in relatively low-wage areas away from big urban centers."
Commercial Development Company, Inc. (CDC) | PRESS RELEASE.pdfPress release, March 8, 2018: “This is the largest development-ready tract of land in the Philadelphia market... The I-2 zoning at the site allows for a wide variety of warehousing, distribution, and general industrial uses."
sitesketch.pdfPlan from Inquirer article published online, March 9, 2018
"Alternate 1 Site Plan E-Commerce Distribution"
PWD Stormwater Plan conceptual approval.pdfWater Department Stormwater Plan Review -- Conceptual Approval
(dirt pile)
August 3, 2018
"Enclosures: PWD-stamped plan.... Note: Plan provided by O'Brien & Gere Engineers, Inc. (OBG) and based upon KSS Architects eCommerce Distribution Option 2 Site Plan Provided by E[nvironmental] L[iability] T[ransfer]."
stormwater.pdfWater Department Stormwater Plan Review -- Project Application Status
(dirt pile)
https://www.pwdplanreview.org/apply/application/app_status
Tracking #: FY18-ONER-5185-01
"Date completed... 08/03/2018"
Clean copy of "Alternate 1 Site Plan E Commerce Distribution" (the document published on the Inquirer's website in March 2018), with seven photos below showing details.
eFACTS on the Web.pdfPA Department of Environmental Protection Site Entry
https://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleSite.aspx?SiteID=595051
"Budd Co Dump"
pa auls map.pdfPA DEP's map of sites with Activities and Use Limitations
Transit America 1 Red Lion Rd.pdfActivities and Use Limitations
July 9, 2001
http://www.depgis.state.pa.us/pa-aul/
"...Grantor hereby acknowledges that certain chemical constituents were detected in the groundwater underlying the Land and in the soils..."
LandRecycling_Sites_Complete.pdfListings on PA Act 2 Sites
http://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?/LRP/LandRecycling_Sites_Complete pp. 78 (Montgomery County), 124, 129
Microsoft Word - CertifiedCopy17051500.doc.pdf2017 City Council Keystone Opportunity Zone extension bill
Finance, Committee on.pdf2017 City Council KOZ bill hearing
http://legislation.phila.gov/transcripts/Public%20Hearings/finance/2017/fi060517.pdf pp. 39-53
"Authorization of Exemption, Abatement or Credits from Certain Taxes"
SRC-Resolution-Summary.Attachments-7.6.17-Final.pdf2017 School Reform Commission KOZ extension resolution
https://www.philasd.org/src/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2017/07/SRC-Resolution-Summary.Attachments-7.6.17-Final.pdf pp. 1-2, 57-59
"...to extend the duration of certain previously-designated zones..."
Pa Bulletin.pdfhttps://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol48/48-46/48-46.pdf pp. 7247-48 PAC510098
"General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater Associated With Construction Activities"
Slide 1.pdfCDC Real Estate - One Red Lion Road & 10098 Sandmeyer Lane, Philadelpha, PA.pdfAdvertisement
https://images2.loopnet.com/d2/YDCIiEFH-9NRjeeLYP7UnNDH5S_hOfGREl23vUzBamQ/document.pdf
"Up to 1.9 million SF big box distribution space with preliminary designs available"
foia request 2016.pdfFreedom of Information Act request -- buyer's due diligence
Transit_America_Red_Lion_Rd_Phila_PA_RCRA.pdfMaterials produced by the EPA for 2017 FOIA request
ACFrOgCe3V2VSSLNQ8g7alG-nM96QfZD7dscrkhQnDbLX6G5uT7zksB41A4iQ530XRXW7djpbEqJJDKq6Sb5vRgV1g9qU8dJzF6VsgHXmAsjTSah_JBDgCxF9bVFxDo=.pdfMontgomery County portion of former Budd Company property
Proposal for Red Lion and Pine Road Subdivision Development Continued | Lower Moreland, PA Patch.pdfLower Moreland Patch, May 10, 2013
Housing proposal presented to Lower Moreland board | News | montgomerynews.com.pdfGoogle Sites
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