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Harborcreek supervisors approve final plan for Penn State Behrend’s CMC building at Knowledge Park
Summary
Supervisors approved the final land-development plan for Penn State Behrend’s CMC building at Knowledge Parkway after planning staff said the building was reduced from a preliminary 40,000 sq ft to 27,641 sq ft and would share existing parking; several final permits and a township-engineer review remain outstanding.
Harborcreek Township supervisors voted to approve the final land-development plan for Penn State Behrend’s new CMC building at Knowledge Parkway, following a presentation from planning staff and remarks from Penn State representatives.
Planning staff told the board the final site plan reduces the building footprint from the preliminary 40,000 square feet to 27,641 square feet, adds six loading spaces at the building’s rear and provides a traffic lane so small delivery trucks can reach individual tenants. The proposal calls for the new structure to share an existing parking area and retain wooded buffers and some wetlands on the lot. Staff said required corrections to parking dimensions and traffic-lane widths made after the preliminary approval have been addressed.
Planner and applicant representatives said the township is still awaiting the township engineer’s final review letter, ENS approval, PDS permits and a sewer-availability letter before construction can start. Adam Honey of Laird Associates was identified on the record as the project engineer but was not present at the meeting.
Professor Tom Dough of Penn State Behrend thanked supervisors for their long-standing partnership with Harborcreek and described Knowledge Park’s economic footprint: 22 companies on the campus, international tenants and roughly 400 employees who work on site most days. Board members praised the park as a revenue generator that places less demand on infrastructure than other development types.
A supervisor moved and the board voted to approve the final plan per the planning commission’s recommendation. The motion passed with attending supervisors voting in the affirmative.
The project’s remaining conditions include the outstanding technical review letters and permits noted by staff; the township indicated those items must be resolved before permits or construction proceed.
