BETHLEHEM, Pa. — A plan that would redevelop the former Wells Fargo site on West Broad Street will be reviewed this week by the City Planning Commission.
Developers envision more than 6,700 square feet for an “experience center” and rooftop terrace at the historic bank building at West Broad and Guetter streets downtown.
Also, plans show 61 apartments in a new seven-story structure to go atop and just north of the bank, which is set to be maintained.
Also planned are two stories and more than 2,000 square feet of restaurant space in the current parking lot to the east.
City planners meet at 5 p.m. Thursday at Bethlehem Town Hall, 10 E. Church St. The proposal for the former Wells Fargo is listed fourth on an agenda of five items.
'Historic resource, individual landmark'
Project drawings show 28 one-bedroom apartments ranging from 654 to 841 square feet, and 33 two-bedroom apartments ranging from 976 square feet to 1,080 square feet.
The “below grade” Bethlehem Police training facility will remain in place in the lower level of the bank building, according to the city.
“The existing building, originally known as the Union Bank and Trust Company, is identified as an historic resource, individual landmark."City of Bethlehem
“The existing building, originally known as the Union Bank & Trust Company, is identified as a historic resource, individual landmark,” the meeting agenda reads.
The developer behind the project, Monocacy Builders of Bethlehem, also owns the Boyd Dream Theatre project next door.
That has 205 apartments and a bakery on the ground floor.
Wells Fargo closed the West Broad Street branch in August 2024.
The building reportedly was built in 1925, and once was home to the Lehigh Valley National Bank and other financial institutions as time went on.
It became a Wells Fargo in 2008, according to media reports.
