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On April 11, 2022 the Cheltenham Township Zoning Hearing Board announced its decision to approve variances for JOSS Realty, the owners of Pitcairn Place, also known as 165 Township Line Road, to allow modified development of the area where a 5 level parking garage with retail/office space was previously proposed.
The modified development includes a three level structure for office and limited retail use and a 5,385 square foot structure for retail/restaurant use. As in the original plan, the retail structure would front at the intersection of Greenwood Ave. and Township Line Road.
Also planned for the site is a 105 space underground parking garage as well as surface parking for 63 vehicles. The development abuts the site of the Pedestrian Overpass proposed by SEPTA. The overpass is part of the SEPTA's ADA Compliance Project scheduled to begin in 2023.
The first plan, submitted in 2019, was a cooperative venture with SEPTA where the transportation authority would lease parking from JOSS for commuters driving to the Jenkintown-Wyncote Train Station. SEPTA is not part of this proposal and there is no agreement for SEPTA to lease spaces in the current plan.
Future meetings will be scheduled as the project goes through the SALDO process.
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September 2024 Update
JOSS Realty went before the Cheltenham ZHB on September 9, 2024 and was granted approval for eighty-six new apartments in a mixed-use development that includes construction of a new building and the conversion of the current building known as Pitcairn 1 from office space to apartment buildings.
2022 JOSS Project at Pitcairn Place
December 2025 Update
In November 2025 the Cheltenham Zoning Hearing Board approved the JOSS request to amend the parking and elevation plan previously approved as part of the plan described in the September 2024 update below. Site plans are on file in the Township Administration Building, Planning and Zoning Department, Room 204, 8230 Old York Road, Elkins Park, PA, 19027.