Wal-mart In Warminster Is Now Under Construction

By Richard Berkowitz, INQUIRER CORRESPONDENT
Posted: June 29, 1995

WARMINSTER — After a protracted two-year effort that included skirmishes with private citizens, unions, and other business owners, Wal-Mart is coming to town.

Construction on the 170,000-square-foot store on Street Road near Jacksonville Road began Monday.

The owners of neighboring Center Point Place Shopping Center had filed suit against the township, saying that Wal-Mart was given special zoning variances that Center Point had been denied.

According to Wal-Mart attorney Jordan Warshaw, the suit has since been dropped. "We were able to convince them that it wasn't in their best interest to press on," he said.

Chris Chandor, the attorney for Center Point, was unavailable for comment.

Warshaw said the store, with its 100 full-time employees, should be open in time for the holiday shopping season. He estimated the construction costs between $5 million and $7 million.

That cost includes an agreement by Wal-Mart to spend $500,000 on streetlights and the widening of a section of Jacksonville Road. The company has also negotiated an agreement with a neighboring apartment complex to build an access road between the two properties.

Wal-Mart and the township have also survived a suit filed by a Warminster resident that challenged the Zoning Board's approval of the project. That suit was also dropped.

"There really has been very little in the way of opposition," Warshaw said. "There were just a few people who were intent on making some noise."

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