Cranberry approves development revisions, bank
CRANBERRY TWP — Plans for a residential development plus a new bank in an office building were approved by township supervisors Thursday.
Supervisors approved a conditional use in the form of a 3,000 square-foot bank that will open inside an office building off Dutilh Road, behind Planet Fitness.
Univest Bank & Trust of Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, will open a branch in the building. The branch will not include a drive-through window.
An ATM will be placed in the front of the building.
Pat Callahan, Univest director of facilities, told the supervisors the institution has been in business since 1964 and is looking to expand into the Pittsburgh area.
He said Univest is a full-service bank that offers loans, capital financing, wealth management and other services.
“It’s a pretty good one-stop shop for our customers,” Callahan said.
The supervisors also approved revisions to Laurel Pointe, a residential development planned along Franklin Road near the Marshall Township, Allegheny County, border.
Ron Henshaw, township director of planning and development, told supervisors the developers are looking to provide more “estate” lots and fewer of the less expensive “villa” lots.
The supervisors also heard Anthony Faranda-Diedrich of Charter Homes and Neighborhoods report that the board will be asked at its Dec. 8 meeting to consider revisions to the land development plan for the Crescent plan to be built off Coolsprings Drive.
Faranda-Diedrich said various revisions to the plans include reworking the road system for improved traffic flow, making a cumbersome road network in part of the plan more efficient, enhancing the design of homes in the southern end of the plan, adding alleys to hide garages and make the plan more pedestrian-friendly, and other revisions.
Dan Santoro, township manager, said the supervisors will be asked at the Dec. 8 meeting to approve the design contract for the solids handling design at the Brush Creek Water Pollution Control Facility, which is the township’s sewer plant.
Santoro said the liquids side already has been upgraded in the project, which will cost between $15 million and $20 million.