What's being built in Berks County, PA: January 2026

13 development projects in Berks County, PA had a new filing in January 2026, up from 8 in December 2025 and 9 in January 2025. Together they propose 88 new homes and 126,050 sq ft of non-residential space, roughly $61.1M in estimated construction value. The busiest towns were Ontelaunee Township (2), Bethel Township (2) and Reading (2). The most common project type was lot line change, followed by industrial.

13projects filed

88new homes proposed

126,050sq ft non-residential

$61.1Mest. construction value

Biggest projects

Filed 2026-01-29

$32.5M est. value

58 homes|30 acres|Single-family homes

Maidencreek Residential

Maidencreek Township, Berks County, PA

Filed 2026-01-12

$12.7M est. value

63,400 sq ft|173 acres|Agricultural

Two poultry barns on Faust South Road

Bethel Township, Berks County, PA

Filed 2026-01-29

$6.4M est. value

49,400 sq ft|100 acres|Industrial

Cambridge-Lee Industries building addition

Ontelaunee Township, Berks County, PA

Filed 2026-01-23

$7.2M est. value

30 homes|0.6 acres|Apartments

915 Penn Avenue

Wyomissing Borough, Berks County, PA

Filed 2026-01-22

$723K est. value

5,559 sq ft|16 acres|Industrial

Reading Plastics Machining & Fabrication building addition

Ontelaunee Township, Berks County, PA

Filed 2026-01-09

$862K est. value

4,312 sq ft|0.4 acres|Retail & commercial

53 E. Penn Avenue

Wernersville Borough, Berks County, PA

By type

Type	Projects	Homes	Sq ft
Lot line change	4	0	0
Industrial	2	0	54,959
Agricultural	2	0	63,400
Single-family homes	1	58	0
Apartments	1	30	0
School	1	0	0
Restaurant	1	0	3,379
Retail & commercial	1	0	4,312

By town

Town	Projects	Homes
Bethel Township	2	0
Ontelaunee Township	2	0
Reading	2	0
Albany Township	1	0
Exeter Township	1	0
Hereford Township	1	0
Maidencreek Township	1	58
Spring Township	1	0
Wernersville Borough	1	0
Wyomissing Borough	1	30

Every project filed in January 2026

Received	Project	Town	Type	Homes	Sq ft
2026-01-29	Maidencreek Residential	Maidencreek Township	Single-family homes	58
2026-01-29	Cambridge-Lee Industries building addition	Ontelaunee Township	Industrial		49,400
2026-01-23	915 Penn Avenue	Wyomissing Borough	Apartments	30
2026-01-22	Reading Plastics Machining & Fabrication building addition	Ontelaunee Township	Industrial		5,559
2026-01-21	Lot subdivision with existing home, Bethel Twp.	Bethel Township	Lot line change
2026-01-21	DAP JHP of Palm, LLC subdivision	Hereford Township	Lot line change
2026-01-21	Northeast Middle School parking lot expansion	Reading	School
2026-01-15	Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers Restaurant #C1290	Spring Township	Restaurant		3,379
2026-01-14	Lot consolidation near Hearthstone Drive	Exeter Township	Lot line change
2026-01-13	Iglesia Cristiana Casa Del Rey	Reading	Lot line change
2026-01-12	Two poultry barns on Faust South Road	Bethel Township	Agricultural		63,400
2026-01-09	53 E. Penn Avenue	Wernersville Borough	Retail & commercial		4,312
2026-01-08	Three-lot agricultural subdivision in Albany Township	Albany Township	Agricultural

← December 2025 · All Berks County reports · February 2026 →

Counted by each project's latest filing date. Figures are the totals filed with the county and state, and construction values are rough estimates. See the Berks County page for every project since 2024.