ALLENTOWN | 301 N Front Street | FT | 16 FLOORS

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Allentown planners have approved a mixed use 16 story building in Allentown's East Side neighborhood at 301 N. Front Street. The riverfront area will have it's own skyline at this rate with the waterfront, that, and 2 other apartment buildings being built in that area.

The building is being proposed at the site of the former American Atelier furniture factory, which developer Urban Residential Properties wants to demolish. Urban Residential’s proposed replacement would hold 267 apartments, 21,000 square feet of office space and 23,000 square feet of retail/commercial space. Amenities would include a gym, spa, children’s playroom, swimming pool, grill area with seating and a green roof to treat stormwater.

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A developer wants to add 1,000 more apartments near Allentown’s riverfront. Here are the details

On Tuesday, Urban Residential presented four projects to the Allentown Planning Commission. One of them, at 249-301 N. Front St., already received preliminary-final approval in June, but was revised. The other three projects are mixed-use buildings proposed along Riverside Drive. All would have market-rate rentals.


The building is being proposed at the site of the former American Atelier furniture factory. When completed it would have 16 stories, making it one of the tallest buildings in the city, and take up 707,000 square feet.

Among the changes to the initial plan is the number of units, which were increased from 267 to 360. Tovar said the count is being increased by cutting down the number of three-bedroom units from 76 to four and adding 71 studios. Also in the mix are 186 one-bedroom and 103 two-bedroom units.
“Now we have more studios, which will be more attainable,” Tovar said.

The new plan reduces commercial retail and office space by more than half, from about 50,000 square feet to 21,556. There are more amenities including a gym, spa, a swimming area that includes a children’s pool, coworking spaces and event spaces.

Commission Chair Christian Brown was concerned with parking, which would be in a garage that would be part of the building and take up parts of the first six floors with 478 spaces, including several for visitors.