Applicants propose Assad’s Hot Chicken restaurant and commissary at 6300 block of Westfield Avenue

Christopher Burr, an attorney with the law firm Delta Purdue Lewis and Burr, told the Pennsauken Township Committee on the evening of the committee’s February meeting that applicants are seeking land-use approvals to convert an existing commercial building at about 6300 Westfield Avenue into an Assad’s Hot Chicken quick-service restaurant with an on-site commissary to serve other local outlets.

Burr said the property is within the township’s redevelopment zone and in a C-1 commercial zoning district and that the applicants will seek any variances the land-use board requires. “This is a proposed dual use of the property for an Assad’s Hot Chicken restaurant combined with a commissary kitchen serving other Assad’s locations,” Burr said.

Joshua Valley, identified as a principal with Consulting Properties LLC and a member of the applicant team, described operations: the restaurant would operate roughly 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. (hours may vary by…