Norristown Road Property Clear For Navy Base Extension

HORSHAM TOWNSHIP, PA — For anyone driving around the corner of Norristown and Horsham roads, the landscape has changed somewhat.

The corner property there has been cleared.

A couple years ago, MIRIA purchased the corner property at 401 Norristown Road for future intersection improvements.

Those improvements are for when Norristown Road is extended through the former Willow Grove Navy Base in the future.

MIRIA said that last month, Horsham Township’s Public Works Department completed improvements at the property.

Old asphalt and concrete foundations were removed before crews added fresh topsoil and hydroseeded the area.

In September 2025, Horsham Township was transferred over 100 acres of the 862-acre former U.S. Navy base off Horsham Road and Route 611.

Township officials then unveiled a brand plan for the property's development.

The property has been officially rebranded as 862 Rise at Horsham.

The Horsham Land Redevelopment Authority celebrated the new chapter with the ceremony that commemorated the execution of an "agreement of sale" for the property at the former Willow Grove Naval Air Station.

The township sees the 862-acre base off Route 611 and Horsham Road as a mixed-use development that would include a town center, office park, regional recreation center, and some housing.