L. MACUNGIE TWP., Pa. – The Lower Macungie Township Planning Commission on Tuesday reviewed a sketch plan for a proposed 22,000-square-foot Sprouts Farmers Market grocery store at 2550 Route 100 in the township.
Sprouts, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, describes itself as “one of the largest and fastest growing specialty retailers of fresh, natural and organic food” in the U.S. The company says it employs approximately 35,000 team members and operates more than 440 stores in 24 states nationwide.
The plan presented Tuesday for Lower Macungie would be the first for the Lehigh Valley. The lot is shared with St. Luke’s medical office building to the west and features stormwater retention basins in the middle. The site is part of the Spring Creek property settlement subdivision, according to Brent Tucker, the project engineer.
According to the presentation made by Tucker, the 14-acre site will feature two access points: one from the Sauerkraut Lane extension, which is not yet complete, and a secondary access drive that will connect to both the Shady Road intersection and the Sauerkraut Lane intersection, which is intended to help with truck circulation.
Truck deliveries are expected to be minimal, with only one semi-truck per day accessing the back of the building…