Allentown Planning Commission to Look at Proposals for More Than 1,000 Apartments at March 10 Meeting

March 3, 2026

— Jeff Ward, Lehigh Valley News Briefs

Allentown’s Planning Commission will see proposals for 1,012 apartments total at its March 10 meeting.

Four big complexes are due for review at the meeting:

— 301 North Front St., a sixteen-story, 360-unit apartment building with 21,550 square feet of retail space,

— 51 N. Front St., the RS Residences, a seven-story 210-unit apartment building with 4,500 square feet of retail space.

— 2 Allen St., a seven-story, 200-unit apartment mixed-use building with 18,000 square feet of retail space.

— 115 Riverside Drive, the Park Lofts: a seven-story, 242-unit apartment building with 13,300 square feet of retail space.

If everything goes ahead, there will be lots of construction along the Lehigh River.

The commission will also see a proposal for a Dunkin’ at 902 Union Blvd.

I have never adjusted to the name Dunkin’. It was a dumb idea to change it from Dunkin’ Donuts.

Here’s a link that provides a link to the agenda. The meeting will be in Council Chambers at City Hall, 435 Hamilton St., starting at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10. Allentown has always been an outlier by holding planning commission meetings in the afternoon.