The Bethlehem Parking Authority says more than 600 spaces are set to be leased in the yet-to-be-constructed Polk Street Parking Garage, with authority members on Wednesday approving the largest lease agreement that will fill about half of those spaces.
The Bethlehem Parking Authority approved a $1.5 million, five-year emergency repair plan for the aging Walnut Street Parking Garage on Wednesday, while also affirming plans to move forward with construction of the new Polk Street garage after it was delayed by the pandemic.
South Bethlehem parking garage seen as key to East Third Street development is back on track
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
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The proposed garage’s extended limbo finally ended Wednesday afternoon when the Bethlehem Parking Authority board voted to revive plans for a 593-space deck that was estimated in 2020 to cost $19.4 million.
Bethlehem Mayor Bob Donchez sees the garage as a crucial component of the ongoing resurgence of East Third Street and notes demand is only growing. Developer Lou Pektor is pitching a mixed-use apartment building across the street. Peron Development’s ready to start the environmental cleanup of the Bethlehem Steel General Office building east annex.