A local developer has submitted a preliminary plan for a new residential and commercial building on South Atherton Street in State College, but borough staff intend to deny the plan as drafted based on zoning requirements.
Planning Director Ed LeClear said he expects attorneys for the borough and developer to eventually reach an agreement to resolve the issues, but that will have to come after an appeal of the denial. Borough staff don’t have the authority to approve the plan as it stands, he said.
Developer Bob Poole has proposed a four-story building at 734 S. Atherton St. that would have commercial space on the first floor and 144 one- and two-bedroom apartments primarily geared toward students on the upper three floors.