Wegmans Opening Set For Early 2024 In Lower Makefield Twp.

LOWER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP, PA —The second Wegmans grocery store in Bucks County is expected to open sometime early next year, township officials said.

James R. Majewski, the township's community development director, said the Wegmans —part of the Prickett Preserve at Edgewood project on Stony Hill Road —is slated to open sometime in the first quarter of next year.

Majewski said the Wegmans grocery store across the street from Shady Brook Farm will be 94,024 square feet. Wegmans operates its only store in Bucks County currently in Warrington off Route 611.

"Construction on our new store is well underway, and we anticipate opening in early 2024, but we have not yet identified an exact date," said Marcie Rivera, who is coordinating public relations for the store.

See video of construction on the project below.

While work on Wegmans continues, other buildings that are part of Pickett Preserve are progressing with also targeted opening dates, township officials said.

“Things are starting to go vertical on the sites with onsite improvements,” Township Manager David Kratzer said. "A number of buildings are currently under construction."

The development also includes nine multi-family buildings containing 200 apartment units plus a clubhouse with a pool, and seven commercial buildings totaling 52,000 square feet.

Majewski said they include a bank, pharmacy, and retail/restaurant space in four other commercial buildings. The stores are a CVS, Firebirds Wood Fire Grill, Tropical Smoothie, First Watch, and Spenga: Spin + Strength + Yoga"

He said the Chase Bank should be ready to open in the next few months and that the apartments should be ready in September.

Meanwhile, an existing historic farmhouse and barn on the property will be preserved and repurposed.

Plans were approved for the project by DeLuca Homes in April 2021.

At that time in a prior Patch story, Vince DeLuca, president of DeLuca Homes, said that the development was expected to generate $1.5 million a year in tax revenues for the Pennsbury School District and $200,000 for Lower Makefield Township, along with creating about 400 jobs.

He said developers were also committed to spending $7 million on traffic safety improvements in the area and building a pedestrian path over I-295.

Some residents had opposed the development. They said the development would increase traffic, tax the township's resources and potentially hurt the business and atmosphere of Shady Brook Farm.