The Lower Macungie Township Planning Commission recommended approval of a revised preliminary/final plan involving a chain grocery store Tuesday night at the township building.
The project calls for the construction of a 23,000-square-foot Sprouts Farmers Market at 2550 Route 100, a 23,400-square-foot retail center and a 4,675-square foot bank to be located between the proposed Sprouts and an existing St. Luke’s University Health Network medical office building. The plan includes 211 parking spaces, exceeding easily the 94 required. Most parking will be on the building’s north side.
The project’s developers, Jaindl Land Co., made significant additions from a sketch plan presented in April and a preliminary/final land development plan on June 11. Tuesday night’s review featured revisions made Sept. 9. The new development site is home currently to the St. Luke’s medical office building that will be joined by the new users on the Route 100 site between Schoeneck Road and the new Sauerkraut Lane Extension…