On August 15, 2023, representatives of BET Investments, Inc. presented their plan to redevelop the Corners at Newtown Place shopping center located at the intersection of Buck Road (Route 532) and Newtown-Richboro Road (Route 332).

Specifically, the plan is to build a 3 story, 120 unit multi-family apartment building with related amenities on the approximately 3.909 acre parcel (Tax Parcel No. 29-011-243) .

The Applicant is proposing a new B-11 use TEXT AMENDMENT to the JMZO, which states in part:

Parking Core Apartment Building. A building where individual apartments surround a central parking garage to feature a walkable oriented streetscape in keeping with a traditional village. Each apartment unit has direct access to the outside or to a common hall and each unit is designed for and occupied by a single family.