ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Plans for a seven-story, 44-apartment building on Walnut Street received preliminary final approval from the city planning commission Tuesday.
Known as The Quarter, the project by applicant Sean Billings, of Acela Architects + Engineers, of Allentown, consists of a subdivision of two lots.
An existing office building at 411 W. Walnut St. will remain, with the apartment building to be constructed at 405 W. Walnut at Walnut and South Fourth streets.
The first two stories of the apartment building will include a lobby, interior parking garage and 30 parking spaces, one entrance from South Fourth Street and one from South College Street.Allentown Planning Commission documents
The first two stories of the apartment building will include a lobby, interior parking garage and 30 parking spaces, one entrance from South Fourth Street and one from South College Street.
One- and two-bedroom apartments will be offered. Monthly rent has not yet been established, officials said.
A rooftop lounge with green elements incorporated also are noted in the plans.
Additional plans and information are needed before final approval, the planning commission said.
They include floor plans, a lighting plan, analysis of any steep slope disturbance and additional landscaping for a multi-family dwelling.
The planning commission also advised providing electric charging spaces to support tenants who have electric and/op plug-in hybrid vehicles.
The planners also urged the applicant to resolve the potential hazard of delivery vehicles double-parking along Walnut Street.
The project falls within the Traditional Neighborhood Development Overlay District, or TNDO, and in the B-2, Central Business District.
