Station Park Eyes Flood-Prevention Upgrades

The new owner of Hatboro's 40-acre office park intends to carry out extensive stormwater management improvements.

Since spending $9 million late last year to move Hatboro's 40-acre office complex Station Park from foreclosure onward, new owner Alliance Partners has now set its sights on extensive flood-prevention protocols. Max Ryan of Alliance Partners and engineer Dave Gibbons shared conceptual ideas this week with the Hatboro Borough Council regarding how the company could devise better stormwater management to prevent flooding both inside and outside of the business park. The hope, Ryan said, is to "manage what's eluding the site." As it stands now, Gibbons said the existing 24-inch pipe where water is discharged is full during a so-called two-year storm. Storm severities are determined by the likelihood of their occurrence. A 2-year storm, for …

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Station Park Moves from Foreclosure Forward

Hatboro's 40-acre business complex, Station Park, switched ownership late last year and the new overseers envision changes on the horizon.

Upon visiting the massive, 40-acre Station Park office complex in Hatboro, visitors are greeted by countless doors leading into the eight different businesses anchoring the site. A main entrance is missing, meaning those unfamiliar with the site are likely to circle about the sprawling parking lot, unsure of where to go. Creating a “focal entrance” is one of many items on a somewhat lengthy to-do list for Alliance Partners, a private real estate investment firm that purchased Station Park for $9 million last month. Prior to the land transfer, Station Park had been in foreclosure and faced an uncertain future. Station Park upgrades Matt Handel, who oversees Alliance’s leasing and acquisition, said a roughly 100,000-square-foot space – about…

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Vacancy

Vacancy: Station Park

What would you like to see fill the more than 100,000 square feet available at Station Park in Hatboro?

Tell us in the comments what you would like to see fill this vacancy. Vacant: 338 S. Warminster Road, Hatboro Description: This roughly 40-acre business campus is home to Alencon, KinderCare, Member Solutions and a handful of other businesses.  Size: More than 100,000 square feet, likely to be subdivided.  Zoning: LI (light industrial) History: According to Matt Handel of Alliance Partners HSP, the largest space available was most recently home to Countrywide Mortgage. The site, with a 650-person capacity, served as a call center for the company, which has since gone out of business.  The Challenge: The space is massive and is designed specific to a call center, with cubicles and walls throughout. Handel said the intent is to "reposition …

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Hatboro Hopes to Clear Commuters from Residential Streets

Officials plan to work the next two months spreading the word that train riders should not park on North Penn Street.

Hatboro officials are hoping to steer commuters away from parking on North Penn Street. The residential street, which is adjacent the SEPTA train station, has two-hour parking signs lining both sides of the street. The problem is, according to Police Chief James Gardner, that the ordinance for the signs has not been re-codified, meaning the signs are “unenforceable.” Judging from the commuters that Gardner said frequent the street - for longer than two-hour intervals - motorists know they will not be ticketed. “We’ve had them up there for that purpose,” Gardner said of his department’s hopes that the signs will discourage people from parking there. “But, it hasn’t worked.” That may soon change. Hatboro borough council agreed during Monday …

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