Cheltenham Township’s Zoning Hearing Board Agenda for Monday, March 9 includes an appeal from Melrose Development, LLC for the Enclave at Melrose Park, located at 7600 Tookany Creek Parkway.
Construction for 330 residential units, assisted living facilities, medical offices, retail space and a community center and pool to the 116-acre golf course property began in February. The mixed-use project is expected to cost $250 million, with residential construction to begin in the first quarter of 2027.
The property’s developers are seeking an amendment to a previously approved special exception to permit a Class 3 mixed-use development.
In December, the developers dedicated a 2.72-acre unit to the township with the intention of locating a municipal pool. According to the meeting’s agenda, the current Proposed Plan Modification relocates the pool, modifies the commercial/retail component, eliminates the previously approved 55+ flats, and modifies the proposed layout of a portion of the traditional and 55+ townhomes.
Revised plans call for the retail area to be reduced in size and the prior age-restricted multi-story building has been replaced with townhomes. The revised plan also has an increase of 38 residential units.
In February 2025, ownership submitted a preliminary land development proposal to the township which called for a Class 3 mixed-use development of commercial/retail, medical office building, assisted living, traumatic brain injury center, 172 single-family townhomes, 158 age-restricted units (134 townhomes and 24 flats), and public amenities.
The former Melrose Country Club closed for good in December 2024. JC Melrose Country Club purchased the property in 2004 then sold the property for $5.5 million in 2021 to 7600 Tookany Creek Parkway CRCP, LLC, which is associated with BG Capital, according to property records.
Melrose Development acquired the site for $12 million last July.
The March 9 meeting’s agenda is below:
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