Developer unveils revised plan for 423-unit Royale Garden project near First Avenue and Moore Road

At the June 4 workshop, representatives for Royale Garden LP presented a revised redevelopment proposal for the 18-acre site at First Avenue and Moore Road. The new concept consolidates residential uses into a single primary apartment building with subsurface parking and eliminates the previously proposed warehouse and large office components.

Ari Christakis, counsel for the applicant, said the design team reworked the project after prior conditional-use concerns and has submitted a draft settlement agreement to the township solicitor. Architect Jerry Roller described the proposed program: a main entrance on Moore Road, roughly 4,500 square feet of retail at the entry intended for uses such as a coffee shop or personal services, a large amenity clubroom and a landscaped outdoor recreation deck above tenant parking that the team said would occupy about three-quarters of an acre and include a pool and passive recreation areas.

Engineer Matt Kearse told the Board the site currently lacks stormwater basins and the project proposes two underground systems to improve drainage and meet local and state requirements. The applicant said they would continue the King of Prussia (KOP) District Linear Park along the property edges, provide a 6–8-foot multimodal path with seating pockets and bike storage, and offer an easement to allow the Township to construct a pedestrian bridge over Trout Creek to maintain trail continuity. Board members asked about parking and stormwater sizing; Kearse said final basin sizes will be determined during the land-development stage.

Christakis also said the applicant would pay the parkland in-lieu fee, which Solicitor Walko calculated at $846,000, and an Act 209 transportation impact fee as applicable. The plan will return to the Board for formal land-development review in July; the workshop did not include a Board vote on the proposal.