Whole Foods, Sephora, Shake Shack along with 770 homes to come to Broadcast District in Spring Township | Berks Regional News

SPRING TOWNSHIP, Pa.- Developers say the “Broadcast District” will be the first of its kind in the area.

It’s a mix of homes, stores, and restaurants that will be opening in Berks County for the first time.

It’s coming to a long-vacant field at Paper Mill and Broadcasting roads in Spring Township.

“We were told this property is the crown jewel of the township and needed a development plan that reflected its status,” says Devin Tuohey, Co-Managing Partner of the Concordia Group.

A groundbreaking ceremony marked the start of work on the Broadcast District at Spring Township.

“This project represents the kind of large-scale, mixed-use development that we’ve not seen here in the past,” says PA Sen. Judy Schwank.

“I think we’re 85% leased at this point which is really good for the fact that we just broke ground,” Tuohey says.

Some of those retailers and restaurants include Whole Foods, BJ’s Brewhouse, Sephora, Shake Shack and Ruth’s Chris Steak House. There will also be around 770 homes.

“We have rental apartments, we’ve got stacked condominiums, we’ve got attached townhomes and detached single family homes,” says Tuohey. “The idea is to create really a community.”

The design will also include a number of pedestrian trails and walkways, which was important to Penn State Berks.

“We’re putting in a bunch of new infrastructure and safe pedestrian crossways from the Penn State Berks campus to our community,” says Tuohey. “Our community is going to include a significant [number] of pedestrian trails and our goal is to connect our trail system to Penn State Berks and then eventually through PSU Berks campus to Grings Mill.”

“Broadcast District at Spring Township is truly going to be a game changer,” says Penn State Berks Chancellor, Radha Pyati. “People throw that word around, but it is going to be a tremendous game changer for Berks County, and for Penn State Berks.”

The Whole Foods is projected to be the first to open. That ribbon cutting is expected to happen in the fall of 2027 followed by other retailers and the multi-family homes.