Phoenixville Council has given the green light to a Malvern developer to construct Tommy’s Car Wash and Starbucks on the former K-Mart lot in the borough, writes Holly Herman for the Phoenixville Patch.
Arnold Anderson, executive vice president of Longview Property Group, asked the council in December to approve a zoning change for the seven-acre tract by Phoenixville Plaza to permit the car wash and Starbucks.
The construction plans include several improvements to the lot, including sidewalks, landscaping, and storm-water management.
Council president Jon Ewald said there were several parameters the carwash is required to follow. These include ensuring that:
- All fluids flow through the center of the building
- Contaminated fluid is collected in sealed tanks
- The level of service surrounding the property is not decreased by traffic visiting the car wash
- Pedestrian sidewalks are improved, with a proper building permit from neighboring Schuylkill Township for the part of the sidewalk construction to be performed there
According to Trevor Sperry, co-founder of Olympus Pines car wash, the facility will be all glass and recycle the water in a pit under the carwash.
Read more about the development in the Phoenixville Patch.
