The former Kennedy-Kenrick Catholic High School in Norristown is being demolished to make way for a 325-unit multifamily residential complex, reports Rachel Ravina for The Times Herald.

Developer Sarah Peck is leading the project, which will transform the 14.5-acre site located at 920 DeKalb Pike, 1910 Arch St., and 220 E. Johnson Highway.

Bishop Kenrick High School was built in 1955 to accommodate the growing enrollment at St. Patrick High School in Norristown. The school reached its peak in the 1970s with over 500 students per class, but enrollment steadily declined in the following decades.

In response, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia merged Bishop Kenrick with Archbishop Kennedy High School. This created Kennedy-Kenrick Catholic High School in Norristown.

Kennedy-Kenrick closed its doors in 2010, with its students moving to the newly opened Pope John Paul II High School in Upper Providence. The new school also absorbed students from Lower Pottsgrove’s St. Pius X High School. The building has remained vacant since then. 

While the timeline for the new residential development remains unclear, construction will proceed in phases in the coming. months. Soon, the site will transform into a significant residential area.

Read more about the residencies replacing Norristown’s Kennedy-Kenrick High School at The Times Herald.