OAA’s main facility on Cetronia Road in South Whitehall Township PHOTO/OAAORTHO.COM –
OAA Orthpaedic Specialists will be opening new medical office space in the Tilghman Square Shopping Center at 4652 Broadway in South Whitehall Township.
OOA has signed a 15-year lease for nearly 18,000 square feet of office space at the shopping center, which is near its main facility on Cetronia Road.
The new office should be open by mid-year.
“OAA Orthopaedic Specialists was founded to provide high quality and affordable care to patients in easily accessible locations across the Lehigh Valley,” said David Bittner, CEO of OAA Orthopaedic Specialists. “This new location promises easy patient access and will allow us to design a space tailored around our unique physician-led and provider/therapist team-based therapy model – the only offering of its kind in the Lehigh Valley.”
OAA has been providing orthopaedic care in the Lehigh Valley since 1970.
Cindy McDonnell Feinberg, CCIM of Feinberg Real Estate Advisors LLC represented OAA. The landlord, Larken Associates, was represented by Derek Zerfass and Scott Horner of Colliers.
The new location is scheduled to be operational mid-2023.
Warehouse at 4741 Chapmans Road, South Whitehall Township – PHOTO/PROVIDED –
A newly completed 102,2500-square-foot industrial building in South Whitehall Township has been fully leased.
Lee & Associates principals Kim Jacobsen and Lee Fittipaldi represented the landlord, INDUS Realty Trust. Inc., in the lease of 4741 Chapmans Road.
The building was completed in June with 67,750 square feet pre-leased. The team completed the remaining 34,500-square-foot lease within 30 days of the building’s completion, Lee & Associates said.
The building is located at the intersection of I-78, I-476, Route 22, and Route 309. Major Lehigh Valley parcel hubs, such as FedEx, UPS, and USPS, are all within a 30-minute drive, the company said.
“4741 Chapmans Road proximity to an abundant labor pool far exceeds many competitive locations”, said Fittipaldi. “Along with a best-in-class building design and on-site trailer parking lot, the building provides immediate access to the region’s major interstate and highway infrastructure.”
Tim Lescalleet, executive vice president of INDUS, said he was pleased the speculative, small-format warehouse/distribution project was well received. “The project’s swift lease-up is a testimony to the equally strong demand we’re seeing from tenants for smaller Class A spaces in the Lehigh Valley. We look forward to continuing to grow our presence here as we deliver additional planned development projects in the future.”
Lee & Associates’ agents Fittipaldi, Jacobsen, and associate Selwyn Simpson II are now marketing another under construction property for INDUS located at 1115 American Parkway in Allentown. The approximately 206,000-square-foot building is just south of the Lehigh Valley International Airport and Route 22 and is expected to deliver in the second quarter of 2023.
The rapid growth in the Lehigh Valley is a balancing act for those tasked with approving projects and improving roads and infrastructure.
Becky Bradley, executive director, Lehigh Valley Planning Commission –
The balance, however, is dictated, in part, by state laws that restrict municipalities from turning developers away if the area of interest is zoned for the proposed project, even if the infrastructure is not up to the increased demand placed upon it.
This is especially true with the rapid growth of warehouses outside of the industrial parks in the valley.
The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission is now working to join municipalities together to coordinate their municipal plans, a move that could place industrial growth where it can be supported while leaving rural areas free from development.
Gregg Adams, planner for South Whitehall Township, said the township has approved five warehouses, three of which are built, one is under construction, and one hasn’t broken ground yet.
“We have newer ones because (the county) is running out of space along I-78 and developers are looking further away (from main thoroughfares),” he said.
Because the properties are new, Adams said the township is not seeing an increase in traffic yet. “Perhaps in five years we’ll have a better idea.”
South Whitehall Township is just one example of warehouses being built on farms or green spaces. The question among residents is “Why?”.
Becky Bradley, executive director of Lehigh Valley Planning Commission, explained that state law mandates that each municipality have a comprehensive plan that allows for all possible zoning uses. If a developer presents a plan that fits in the zoned use, often times officials’ hands are tied.
Adams agreed. “The Pennsylvania Municipal Planning Code tells us what we can and cannot do. It lays down the law.”
While municipalities can zone the way they want, Adams said, under the law, they must allow for all types of uses.
“Once we adopt an ordinance, if an application comes in and meets the permitted use, we have to allow it,” she said.
But municipalities’ hands are tied when it comes to infrastructure improvement. Bradley said they can require improvements to roads and buffer zones along the property’s frontage, but nothing more.
“You know when you’re driving down a two-lane road and suddenly it goes to four lanes for a short distance before going back to two lanes? That’s why. We’ve all seen that,” she said.
Bradley said the planning commission has been working on this issue for several years. One way to get around the municipal code is to create a group of municipalities that coordinate their comprehensive plans. That way, she said, high intensity development can be put where it makes the most sense and low intensity or open areas can be preserved.
Right now, 31 of the 62 municipalities in the Lehigh Valley – Northampton and Lehigh counties – are in the process of creating four multi municipal plans.
“These things take time,” she said.
The four groups creating multi municipal plans are:
Slate Belt, which includes the boroughs of Bangor, East Bangor, Pen Argyl, Portland, Roseto and Wind Gap and townships of Lower Mount Bethel, Plainfield, Upper Mount Bethel, and Washington.
Nazareth Area, which includes boroughs of Bath, Chapman, Nazareth, Stockerton, and Tatany and townships of Bushkill, Hanover, Lower Nazareth, Moore, and Upper Nazareth.
River Central, which includes the boroughs of Catasauqua, North Catasauqua, and Northampton and townships of East Allen and Hanover.
North Lehigh, which includes Slatington Borough and the townships of Heidelberg, Lynn, Lowhill, Washington and Weisenberg.
In the meantime, the planning commission has created a regional plan that shows where development can be accommodated and where it can’t. That plan, though, is just a guide, as the ultimate decision to approve a plan lies with each individual municipality.
Lamont McClure, Northampton County executive, is taking another approach to quelch the influx of warehouses. He’s working to preserve farmland.
Warehouses “are a bad thing,” he said. “I’ve said consistently that we need a balance of job creation with open spaces, parks and land that is useful. The proper place for warehouses is in industrial parks. They are not appropriate in farm fields.”
Pennsylvania is a right to develop state, so a developer can do whatever he wants with the land he owns. “The planning commission has no power, but it does have a role to educate the public about what can and can’t be done,” McClure said, adding that they have started stepping up in the past five or so years.
“We are the sixth-largest region along the Boston-Washington corridor. Because we are so close to millions of consumers and we have so much farmland, we are a target for development,” he said.
Both Northampton and Lehigh counties are on top of farmland preservation, he said. Municipalities can preserve land, but the cost can be high, so it’s up to the counties.
“Many farmers are willing to take a little less money to make sure their farm is preserved,” he said. “It is our job, our duty to do this.”
The growth in the industrial sector started with Hurricane Sandy in 2012, Bradley said.
“It started with grocery store chains, which quickly realized a need for storage of goods. They started building logistics facilities here because we are not in a coastal zone and our taxes are lower,” she said.
Last year, of 13.2 million square-feet of space that was proposed, 11.7 million was warehouse space. “That’s just in one region,” she said. “But municipalities are getting wise to this, and 1.5 million square feet of manufacturing space and 3.5 million square feet of warehouse space was approved by local governments.”
Bradley said most of the projects approved had to be under the current ordinances because the municipalities weren’t in multi municipal plans. “This still leaves quite a bit (of projects) out there to process.”
George Lewis, vice president of marketing and development research for Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation, said the Valley’s location and the supply chain issues make it a focal point for industries looking to build.
“It’s inevitable they are going to come,” he said. “We want to help municipalities weigh these options against other industries to come up with the best plan for them. Ultimately, it is their decision.”
The LVEDC, he said, is promoting the Lehigh Valley to life sciences, food and beverage manufacturers, offices and manufacturing.
“Distribution and logistics happen naturally; we don’t need to promote it,” he said.
David Burke, a founding member of South Whitehall Township Concerned Citizens, formed to fight warehouse development, said he’s been interested in the warehouse issue for four years, ever since a 1-million-square-foot facility was proposed in his neighborhood.
It was built because it was zoned for light industrial, he said. It was built on spec, so it isn’t full yet and truck traffic has not been an issue.
“My concern is the amount of traffic we have now and the infrastructure that can’t support it,” Burke said. “I live near the junction of routes 309 and 22. If we venture toward the Promenade Shoppes (at Saucon Valley) between 3 and 6 p.m. we take our lives in our hands.”
As part of the concerned citizens group, Burke attends most Lehigh Valley Planning Commission meetings as well as those in his township.
“We are becoming a valley of trucks. How can we deal with this with the disconnects in each township,” he asked.
“If there was some way Lehigh Valley could say this is how many warehouses we can have and this is where they go, it would be great. But it’s up to the individual townships.”
Burke pointed to the Greentree Nurseries property, where large trees were grown for sale to retailers. Burke said the property was zoned light industrial and was in the family for generations. When the owner decided to retire, he sold to a developer and now the property is a warehouse complex.
“I attended all the meetings and people were fighting against it. The owner angrily told us we were trying to ruin his retirement. South Whitehall went along with the development because the zoning allowed for it,” he said.
Zoning laws will take time to change, Burke said. “I don’t know how easy it is to change the laws and I don’t want to stagnate, but I don’t want overgrowth where the infrastructure can’t keep up.”
The rapid growth in the Lehigh Valley is a balancing act for those tasked with approving projects and improving roads and infrastructure.
The balance, however, is dictated, in part, by state laws that restrict municipalities from turning developers away if the area of interest is zoned for the proposed project, even if the infrastructure is not up to the increased demand placed upon it.
This is especially true with the rapid growth of warehouses outside of the industrial parks in the valley.
The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission is now working to join municipalities together to coordinate their municipal plans, a move that could place industrial growth where it can be supported while leaving rural areas free from development.
Gregg Adams, planner for South Whitehall Township, said the township has approved five warehouses, three of which are built, one is under construction, and one hasn’t broken ground yet.
“We have newer ones because (the county) is running out of space along I-78 and developers are looking further away (from main thoroughfares),” he said.
Because the properties are new, Adams said the township is not seeing an increase in traffic yet. “Perhaps in five years we’ll have a better idea.”
South Whitehall Township is just one example of warehouses being built on farms or green spaces. The question among residents is “Why?”.
Becky Bradley, executive director of Lehigh Valley Planning Commission, explained that state law mandates that each municipality have a comprehensive plan that allows for all possible zoning uses. If a developer presents a plan that fits in the zoned use, often times officials’ hands are tied.
Adams agreed. “The Pennsylvania Municipal Planning Code tells us what we can and cannot do. It lays down the law.”
While municipalities can zone the way they want, Adams said, under the law, they must allow for all types of uses.
“Once we adopt an ordinance, if an application comes in and meets the permitted use, we have to allow it,” she said.
But municipalities’ hands are tied when it comes to infrastructure improvement. Bradley said they can require improvements to roads and buffer zones along the property’s frontage, but nothing more.
“You know when you’re driving down a two-lane road and suddenly it goes to four lanes for a short distance before going back to two lanes? That’s why. We’ve all seen that,” she said.
Bradley said the planning commission has been working on this issue for several years. One way to get around the municipal code is to create a group of municipalities that coordinate their comprehensive plans. That way, she said, high intensity development can be put where it makes the most sense and low intensity or open areas can be preserved.
Right now, 31 of the 62 municipalities in the Lehigh Valley – Northampton and Lehigh counties – are in the process of creating four multi municipal plans.
“These things take time,” she said.
The four groups creating multi municipal plans are:
Slate Belt, which includes the boroughs of Bangor, East Bangor, Pen Argyl, Portland, Roseto and Wind Gap and townships of Lower Mount Bethel, Plainfield, Upper Mount Bethel, and Washington.
Nazareth Area, which includes boroughs of Bath, Chapman, Nazareth, Stockerton, and Tatany and townships of Bushkill, Hanover, Lower Nazareth, Moore, and Upper Nazareth.
River Central, which includes the boroughs of Catasauqua, North Catasauqua, and Northampton and townships of East Allen and Hanover.
North Lehigh, which includes Slatington Borough and the townships of Heidelberg, Lynn, Lowhill, Washington and Weisenberg.
In the meantime, the planning commission has created a regional plan that shows where development can be accommodated and where it can’t. That plan, though, is just a guide, as the ultimate decision to approve a plan lies with each individual municipality.
Lamont McClure, Northampton County executive, is taking another approach to quelch the influx of warehouses. He’s working to preserve farmland.
Warehouses “are a bad thing,” he said. “I’ve said consistently that we need a balance of job creation with open spaces, parks and land that is useful. The proper place for warehouses is in industrial parks. They are not appropriate in farm fields.”
Pennsylvania is a right to develop state, so a developer can do whatever he wants with the land he owns. “The planning commission has no power, but it does have a role to educate the public about what can and can’t be done,” McClure said, adding that they have started stepping up in the past five or so years.
“We are the sixth-largest region along the Boston-Washington corridor. Because we are so close to millions of consumers and we have so much farmland, we are a target for development,” he said.
Both Northampton and Lehigh counties are on top of farmland preservation, he said. Municipalities can preserve land, but the cost can be high, so it’s up to the counties.
“Many farmers are willing to take a little less money to make sure their farm is preserved,” he said. “It is our job, our duty to do this.”
The growth in the industrial sector started with Hurricane Sandy in 2012, Bradley said.
“It started with grocery store chains, which quickly realized a need for storage of goods. They started building logistics facilities here because we are not in a coastal zone and our taxes are lower,” she said.
Last year, of 13.2 million square-feet of space that was proposed, 11.7 million was warehouse space. “That’s just in one region,” she said. “But municipalities are getting wise to this, and 1.5 million square feet of manufacturing space and 3.5 million square feet of warehouse space was approved by local governments.”
Bradley said most of the projects approved had to be under the current ordinances because the municipalities weren’t in multi municipal plans. “This still leaves quite a bit (of projects) out there to process.”
George Lewis, vice president of marketing and development research for Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation, said the Valley’s location and the supply chain issues make it a focal point for industries looking to build.
“It’s inevitable they are going to come,” he said. “We want to help municipalities weigh these options against other industries to come up with the best plan for them. Ultimately, it is their decision.”
The LVEDC, he said, is promoting the Lehigh Valley to life sciences, food and beverage manufacturers, offices and manufacturing.
“Distribution and logistics happen naturally; we don’t need to promote it,” he said.
David Burke, a founding member of South Whitehall Township Concerned Citizens, formed to fight warehouse development, said he’s been interested in the warehouse issue for four years, ever since a 1-million-square-foot facility was proposed in his neighborhood.
It was built because it was zoned for light industrial, he said. It was built on spec, so it isn’t full yet and truck traffic has not been an issue.
“My concern is the amount of traffic we have now and the infrastructure that can’t support it,” Burke said. “I live near the junction of routes 309 and 22. If we venture toward the Promenade Shoppes (at Saucon Valley) between 3 and 6 p.m. we take our lives in our hands.”
As part of the concerned citizens group, Burke attends most Lehigh Valley Planning Commission meetings as well as those in his township.
“We are becoming a valley of trucks. How can we deal with this with the disconnects in each township,” he asked.
“If there was some way Lehigh Valley could say this is how many warehouses we can have and this is where they go, it would be great. But it’s up to the individual townships.”
Burke pointed to the Greentree Nurseries property, where large trees were grown for sale to retailers. Burke said the property was zoned light industrial and was in the family for generations. When the owner decided to retire, he sold to a developer and now the property is a warehouse complex.
“I attended all the meetings and people were fighting against it. The owner angrily told us we were trying to ruin his retirement. South Whitehall went along with the development because the zoning allowed for it,” he said.
Zoning laws will take time to change, Burke said. “I don’t know how easy it is to change the laws and I don’t want to stagnate, but I don’t want overgrowth where the infrastructure can’t keep up.”
4815 Crackersport Road in South Whitehall Township. PHOTO/SUBMITTED
In another sign that the logistics and transportation industry is booming in the Lehigh Valley, the region is getting another trucking company.
U.S. Xpress, one of the nation’s largest truckload carriers, has leased space at 4815 Crackersport Road in South Whitehall Township from J.G. Petrucci Co. Inc. The company provides over-the-road, dedicated and brokerage services.
Petrucci had acquired the vacant motor freight terminal in January and was able to lease it out to the new trucking company in less than two months.
In a press release from Petrucci, the company said the space offered the connectivity it was looking for while providing the option for expansion.
“We’re excited about the growth of our terminal network in the northeast market and the additional support it will provide our customers and drivers in the region,” said Nick Lemm, director of corporate real estate and facilities for U.S. Xpress. “We look forward to working with J.G Petrucci and Iron Hill Construction for renovation and expansion.”
Petrucci’s construction division, Iron Hill Construction Management, will be expanding the space for U.S. Xpress and will add a truck/trailer repair and maintenance facility to the site.
That will serve as a motor freight terminal for the company as well as providing office space, a drivers’ lounge, training space and space for light maintenance, repairs and washing.
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in South Whitehall Township. PHOTO/FILE
As expected, 2020 was not a good year for amusement parks, and Cedar Fair, the parent company of Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom reported a drastic drop in revenue for the year.
Cedar Fair said with a limited season, and lower attendance because of the COVID-19 pandemic, net revenues for the company totaled $182 million versus $1.47 billion for 2019.
That led to a loss of more than $590 million dollars, when factoring in added expenses the company incurred implementing COVID-19 mitigation strategies and other operating costs.
The good news is the company expects the pent up demand for amusement parks will make 2021 a much better year.
“We are optimistic that levels of attendance at our parks and resort properties will significantly improve in 2021, particularly as COVID-19 vaccines become broadly available over the next few months,” said Cedar Fair President and CEO Richard A. Zimmerman. “In anticipation of improving demand, we are poised to resume normal operations, particularly during our seasonally stronger back half of the year. We have strategically designed our operating plan for the 2021 season specifically to minimize cash burn in the pre-opening period and correlate park operating calendars with forecasted demand while growing our season pass base for the 2021 and 2022 seasons.”
Zimmerman said in response to the pandemic, the company made great strides in process improvements and found cost saving opportunities.
For 2020, operating costs and expenses totaled $484 million compared with $991 million for 2019.
“These efforts have reduced our use of cash and positioned us well to emerge from the pandemic as a leaner and more cost-efficient organization,” he said.
Zimmerman said he expects the company’s parks will benefit from lingering COVID-19 caution as families continue to look for outdoor, closer-to-home entertainment options.
After a late opening in 2020 because of the COVID-19 shutdown, Dorney Park closed its season early, shuttering on Labor Day, Sept. 7 and foregoing its popular Halloween-themed weekends. Wildwater Kingdom never opened for the season because of the pandemic.
Plans are on track for both parks to be open for the 2021 season.
Dorney announced Wednesday that it planned to hire “thousands” for the upcoming season.
The park said it is hiring ride operators, security, aquatics, horticulture, food & beverage, merchandise, finance, maintenance and entertainment workers.
The King George Inn building will be preserved as part of the Hotel Hamilton development project in South Whitehall Township. PHOTO/STACY WESCOE –
South Whitehall Township Commissioners approved the Hotel Hamilton project, which will bring a 100-room extended-stay hotel, bank and pharmacy to a 5.36 acre tract of land on the corner of Hamilton Boulevard and Cedar Crest.
The project, which has been in the works for nearly five years, will preserve the core structure of the historic, 17th century building that, until a few years ago, housed the King George Inn restaurant.
The original plan called for the demolition of the building along with a former Carvel Ice Cream shop and Burger King located on the property, but developer HMB Management in Upper Macungie Township changed that plan after a public outcry to preserve the building.
Storm water management issues, which have plagued the property, were blamed for much of the delays on the project. Those issues were one of the reasons cited for not wanting to maintain the King George Inn building as a restaurant.
Instead, the developer removed more recent structures attached to the main building and is rehabilitating the property. The developer had previously stated the building could have other uses, such as office space, but the final plan did not specify a use for the structure.
Creditsafe, a South Whitehall Township-based global credit monitoring company, specializing in credit checks for business, has extended its global database to include 47 African countries.
Creditsafe now has a total of 160 countries in which companies can check the credit of the businesses that are headquartered there.
“For some time we have been aware of the challenge companies face sourcing data in this territory,” said Matthew Debbage, CEO of Creditsafe Asia and Americas in a news release. “I’m proud to announce we’ve filled in that gap by providing access to all the countries in the continent of Africa.”
Debbage said that providing business intelligence data to customers with interest in Africa will allow for informed international trade decisions.
Founded in 1997, Creditsafe has 250,000 users worldwide.
Retirement can be that much sweeter for people playing the stock market.
But even if they feel they have money to spare, retirees need to think about what they stand to lose in this high-stakes game.
“Retirees should only invest in the stock market when they need to or only when they can afford to,” said Gene Dickison, founder and president of MTM Financial Group LLC in Lower Nazareth Township. “They should do it when all your expenses are paid for and they are just doing it for fun … It’s like going to the Sands Casino but with less alcohol.”
Dickison and other retirement planners said a conservative approach is better in most situations that involve investments by people of retirement age.
They should figure out their nondiscretionary expenses and their spending money, and treat the stock market as more of a hobby and less of an obsession. In addition, it is important that seniors put in the research and carefully watch for swings and dips in the market.
Gut check
According to financial adviser Michael Waterhouse of Independence Planning Group in South Whitehall Township, wealth managers and financial planners should work with clients to access their experience regarding investing in the stock market and how much volatility they are willing to accept as they enter their retirement years.
“I always ask how much guaranteed monthly income do they already have coming in versus their monthly expenses,” Waterhouse said. “How much they should invest in the stock market depends on their appetite for risk, what other assets they have in place and how much is already invested in the stock market.”
Waterhouse said that he does not recommend that retirees invest a large percentage of their portfolio in the stock market, but their purchases should include equities, bonds, guarantees and a predictable legacy for their loved ones.
“The allocation depends on the clients’ tolerance for risk, their specific financial situation and if there is a significant gap between what they need and what they already have coming in,” the financial adviser said.
Dave Rowan, president and founder of Rowan Financial LLC in Bethlehem, said investing in the stock market can be good for retirees. However, he warned, what starts as a hobby can quickly turn into an obsession.
If your stock market activity is keeping you up at night, or you are checking stocks several times a day, then you need to learn to back out a bit. Walk away if too much time and money is invested, Rowan said.
Set limits
Retirees must evaluate their financial standing before putting their money in the stock market, he added, and they should not feel compelled to risk more than they are willing to in the market.
“If you are financially stable, investing 10 to 20 percent in the stock market is reasonable,” Rowan said.
On the flip side, there are those who are not where they need to be financially by the time they have reached retirement age, he added. Stocks are less a hobby and potentially more of a necessity.
“These people may need to put 50 percent to 60 percent of their savings (into the stock market) to get themselves in a better position,” Rowan said. “People with a boatload of money have more to play with.”
Thomas J. Scalici, co-founder and CEO of CornerstoneAdvisors Asset Management LLC in Bethlehem, is wary of retirees trading individual stocks on their own.
“Individual stocks are about three times as volatile as stock funds are and most people cannot stomach that type of volatility,” Scalici said. “As a result, they tend to get in and out of stocks at the wrong time.”
Dickison at MTM advises that retirees seek the assistance of a wealth management expert or be prepared to do the homework and research involved in making the best investments in a stock market that can go downhill fast.
If one is unwilling to pay a financial planning expert, Dickison said there are some reputable financial organizations available to work with those interested in playing the stock market. Some services charge monthly fees for financial advice at an affordable price, and there also some good magazines and literature available on the stock market and safe investment choices.
David Markle, owner of Markle Wealth Management in Danielsville, said he has one wealthier client that invests pretty heavily in the stock market – $700,000 to $800,000 of his savings and income.
Markle said that this particular client manages these investments, which include shares of big companies like Google and Apple.
“One piece of advice I give is that once stocks are mentioned in a magazine, they have reached a price that you should not buy anyway,” Markle said.
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