Erie Real Estate

Millcreek supervisors approve zoning

Millcreek Township supervisors approved a rezoning request today for the former Value City store, 2207 W. 12th St., clearing the way for the property to be redeveloped.

The property was rezoned from light industrial to a business classification for retail stores, restaurants and offices.

Millcreek - rezoning for 12th & Pittsburgh area

It's been over a year since the Value City department store on West 12th & Pittsburgh Ave closed.  

It's now time to change the zoning and architecture.  That shopping area is expected to take the first step toward joining the 21st century today.

Millcreek supervisors are expected to approve a zoning change for the closed store at 2207 W. 12th St. from light industrial to a ''D'' business classification.

That new zoning would give the owners the flexibility to put in retail stores, offices and restaurants, said Julie Maggio, Millcreek assistant zoning administrator.

The owner plans to renovate the facades in the shopping plaza, including the facade for the Big Lots store; improve the parking lot; and add landscaping.  The former Value City store will become a multi-tenant, integrated shopping center.

What stores would you like to see here?

Erie Shrine Hospital to stay - OPEN

Delegates at the Shriners International Convention in San Antonio voted Monday to keep all 22 Shriners Hospitals for Children open. The vote is not considered final until the annual meeting ends Thursday.

Six of the hospitals, including the Erie facility, had been targeted for closure as part of a major restructuring of the nonprofit system of 22 hospitals.

Shriners International officials will not discuss the vote until Thursday.

Delegates will now consider proposals to save the hospital system without closing facilities. Those include cutting hospital budgets by 20 percent or more, and starting to charge patients' health insurance for treatment.

Shriners hospitals currently provide orthopedic and burn care at no cost to patients.

More here.