Taco Bell to open near Route 33 in Plainfield Township

Taco Bell will open its doors in the Slate Belt next year.

Construction is set to begin at the former site of the Wind Gap Professional Center on Sullivan Trail and South Broadway (Route 512) off the northbound exit of Route 33 in the Plainfield Township area of Wind Gap, according to a news release.

The eatery will have a 2,700-square-foot restaurant with a wrap-around drive-thru and parking. The Taco Bell will join several other nearby fast food establishments.

Summerwood Corp. of Conshohocken will operate the fast food franchise.

Scott Horner, vice president of Colliers International’s Upper Macungie Township office, brokered the deal.

Horner said he represented the buyer and the seller in the transaction.

Construction workers will level the professional office building to make way for the Taco Bell, Horner said.

Joe DePascale, development manager for Summerwood, said he plans to start construction in March 2020. Before that, workers need to perform demolition, remove asbestos and have the utility company move some utility poles. He plans to have the restaurant open by June or July.

“It’s a phenomenal location right off the exit ramp,” DePascale said. “Everybody else is already there. It clearly is a good location.”

He has no construction firm selected at this point.