South Fayette eyes more development
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More development could be on the way in South Fayette Township, as a proposed three-building shopping center at the former Ionics property off of Washington Pike was reviewed by commissioners last week.
Township engineer Michael Benton said the planned shopping center, called The Crossings of South Fayette, would consist of three buildings – the front building would be a bank and/or restaurant, the second building a grocery store and the third building would house multiple tenants.
The board reviewed three conditional use applications for the shopping center, one for each lot, as well as preliminary and final site plans for each lot.
Developer Dale Greco of Bridgeville Realty Partners, and Tysen Miller of GAI Consultants presented the plans to commissioners. Miller said the plan is to consolidate the existing properties, including a gas station and former Ionics site. The developers are also talking with McDonald’s about a possible connection with the property.
So far, an Aldi grocery store is confirmed for the property. Christina Morascyzk of Aldi explained that the store would offer private label food items as it does in there nearly 50 regional stores. The store would be similar to the Aldi store in Baldwin Township.
Greco added that folks will “be pleased with the offerings” of the other stores that will be at the new site, although he did not disclose any possible tenants. There will be consistency in the look of each of the buildings in the new shopping center and Greco said the start of construction on The Crossings of South Fayette is contingent on approvals from the township and state Department of Transportation. He said under the “best-case scenario,” construction could begin as early as this November or as late as next spring.
Final plans for the first phase of Walnut Ridge, a residential development, were also discussed at the meeting. Pat Cooper of Gateway Engineering said the first phase of the development will include 33 of the nearly 90 lots and that the developer would like to break ground on the first phase in May. Walnut Ridge will be a 110-acre development off of Battle Ridge Road, with homes ranging in price from $400,000 to $450,000.