Montgomery County · Whitpain · MCPC #25-0098-001
Spotless Blue Bell
901 DeKalb Pike, Whitpain, PA · 16,080 sq ft non-residential, commercial · 2.24 acres
About this project
Flagship Pennsylvania Propco, LLC plans to demolish the former Reed Country Store at 901 DeKalb Pike in Whitpain Township and build a roughly 16,080-square-foot car wash on the site near US 202 and PA 73. The car wash will have a wet and dry tunnel with three queuing lanes and eleven vacuum spaces. The county planning commission generally supports the plan but asks for changes to access, landscaping, and stormwater handling.
County planning commission: Supports, with comments
Issues raised: Main access on Skippack Pike needs updated PennDOT highway occupancy permit, Shared driveway to CVS and Wawa needs access easement agreement, Multi-trunk river birch trees may obstruct sight lines at DeKalb and Skippack Pike, Stormwater discharges could cause erosion and affect water bodies and downstream neighbors
- Applicant
- Flagship Pennsylvania Propco, LLC
- Zoning
- C-Commercial
- Approvals needed
- special exception (approved by Zoning Hearing Board in February), updated PennDOT highway occupancy permit
- Demolition
- Existing structures at 901 DeKalb Pike, the former Reed Country Store
Filing history
- 2025-05-08 · MCPC #25-0098-001 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan · 16,080 sq ft
County review letters
2025-05-08 · WHITP 25-0098-001r.pdf
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Scope estimate for contractors
Estimated construction value: $3.5M
- ~160 roofing squares (assumes 1 story)
- ~40 tons of cooling (rule of thumb 400 sq ft/ton)
- ~2.2 acres of site work (grading, stormwater, landscaping)
- Wet and dry car wash tunnel
- Three stacking lanes holding five cars each
- Eleven vacuum stalls
- Entrance improvements on Skippack Pike
- Naturalized stormwater basin