Work on a three-story apartment building in Clarks Summit has begun and its developer is eying next year for its completion.
Crews dismantled a building at 423 Center St. early last month and are working on building the foundation for the 38,000-square-foot building, property owner Ron Parasole said last week. He recycled the construction materials and lumber from the 10,000-square foot building and plans to use it for other projects.
It previously housed the United Cerebral Palsy of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s Children’s Center since the mid-1980s. The organization has moved its Children’s Center to the Azzarelli Complex on East Drinker Street in Dunmore over the summer. Parasole purchased the property in September.
He said crews are excavating the site, taking out and installing new storm drains on the site and are preparing to pour the foundation. The new storm drains will divert water from the street to a creek running behind the property, preventing flooding, he said. Additional storm drains on the street will handle any overflow water.
“We’re both in the process of doing the site work and foundation right now,” he said.
The excavation uncovered some pieces of the site’s past, Parasole said. Crews found the footprint of the foundation of a Methodist church that stood on the site and old bottles buried in the ground, which they removed.
He expects the foundation will be finished by December, and the project completed by November 2027, with tenants moving in that same month. Parasole expects to begin pre-leases in the spring.
The site for the Miles Summit apartment building on Center Street in Clarks Summit pictured Thursday, Nov. 4, 2026.
(Christine Lee/Staff Photo)
The site for the Miles Summit apartment building on Center Street in Clarks Summit pictured Thursday, Nov. 4, 2026.
(Christine Lee/Staff Photo)
The site for the Miles Summit apartment building on Center Street in Clarks Summit pictured Thursday, Nov. 4, 2026.
(Christine Lee/Staff Photo)
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The site for the Miles Summit apartment building on Center Street in Clarks Summit pictured Thursday, Nov. 4, 2026.
(Christine Lee/Staff Photo)
Once completed, it will include 25 apartments – 19 two-bedroom, each a little more than 1,200 square feet and six one-bedroom units that will be about 900 square feet. Other amenities include an elevator, a utility sink on each floor, community room, rooftop deck, outdoor kitchen and gas fire pit. Each unit also will have laundry appliances, private balconies, air conditioning and heating and a bathroom to correspond with each bedroom. The first floor will have a community space.
It will be open to those 55 and older to lease and will be pet friendly.
The Clark Summit Borough Council granted Parasole conditional use in April to construct the building. As it is located in a flood zone, Parasole is building it two feet above the floodplain, with pervious pavers in the driveway to absorb water.
The building is part of a planned development Parasole is undertaking on Center and Bedford streets. It also includes the former Miles Auto Parts, which he plans to to turn into a community space, anchored by the clock tower that stood in downtown Clarks Summit. Parasole removed it in August.
It will be called Miles Summit, in recognition of the Miles family, which operated both Miles Auto Parts and Miles Foundry. The auto parts business operated from 1932 to 2024 and the red building that housed it was demolished in the spring. The foundry, which has also been demolished, was established in 1954 and closed in 1998.
Parasole posts information about the development on the Miles Summit Facebook page and online at milessummit.com.
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Then: Clarks Summit Borough Council granted developer Ron Parasole conditional use to build his three-story, 38,000-square foot apartment building at 423 Center St.
Now: Crews have demolished the building that stood on the site and are excavating the site.