{"id":106662,"date":"2026-02-06T04:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T04:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/106662\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T04:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T04:08:10","slug":"marathon-hearing-on-proposed-six-story-building-in-easton-to-resume-lehigh-valley-regional-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/106662\/","title":{"rendered":"Marathon hearing on proposed six-story building in Easton to resume | Lehigh Valley Regional News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EASTON, Pa.- A marathon public hearing about a proposed six-story building in Easton will continue next week.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing concerns a mixed-use apartment building being pitched for 70 N. Fourth St. There would be 34 apartments in the building, as well as nearly 1,200 square feet of retail space.<\/p>\n<p>The developer, 74 N 4th LLC, is seeking several variances, including permission to put up a building that&#8217;s more than 15% bigger than the properties around it. The parcel is currently a parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>Easton&#8217;s Zoning Hearing Board initially heard four hours of testimony about the plan back in December, before deciding to continue the hearing on Feb. 10.<\/p>\n<p>Residents previously expressed concerns about the size of the building and the lack of parking around it. The plans were first pitched in 2024; at that time, the developer was proposing 43 apartments.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing on Tuesday will begin at 6:00 pm on the third floor of Easton City Hall at 123 S. 3rd St.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"70 N. 4th St. Easton - North West Street view\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/676113d7e2050.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rendering of the view of the proposed development from North West Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EASTON, Pa.- A marathon public hearing about a proposed six-story building in Easton will continue next week. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,2181,28],"class_list":["post-106662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-easton","tag-pennsylvania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}