A former tractor warehouse in the heart of Ivyland, unused for more than a decade, is slated for transformation into a small apartment building, writes Lacey Latch for the Bucks County Courier Times.
The building on the corner of Greeley and Wilson avenues will feature four apartments, two on each floor, along with eight off-street parking spots.
The project is “one of the best possible uses of a building that’s currently unoccupied and an eyesore,” said Ivyland councilmember Chuck Bristow.
Constructed in 1901, the structure is one of more than 100 buildings that are in the Ivyland Historic District.
With that context, the developers vowed to preserve as much of the building’s historic architecture as possible in the new apartment design.
After the property sold for $300,000 in April, the borough’s zoning hearing board approved it for residential use in July.
However some residents were not happy about the coming change.
“It doesn’t look like anything in Ivyland,” said resident Peter Wolf. “The apartments that are in Ivyland fit in so well that you cannot find them for the most part. This is going to stick out like a sore thumb.”
Read more about the planned apartment building to be constructed in Ivyland in the Bucks County Courier Times.
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