Meeting Intelligence Preview
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Decisions
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Market Signals
2
Developments
Meeting Summary
The Allentown Zoning Hearing Board approved two applications on May 11, 2026. A&R Development Company received variances for a 7-story, 44-unit apartment building at 405 W Walnut St., with the board providing a favorable interpretation that steep slopes were not regulated and app…
Key Decisions (3)
Approved
Variances for 44-unit apartment building at 405 W Walnut St.
Approved
Special exception for residential conversion at 1453 Linden St.
Tabled
Hair salon special use application at 436 N 2nd St.
Development Activity (2)
405 W Walnut St. Apartment Building
Residential
1453 Linden St. Residential Conversion
Residential
Market Signals (3)
Commercial Demand
A first-floor commercial space at 1453 Linden St. remained vacant…
Housing Demand
Infill residential development is proceeding in downtown Allentown, with a…
Other
Allentown's new zoning ordinance has significantly revised steep slope and…
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