Cranberry Economic Development Committee members discussed the former Cranberry post office property at the corner of Route 322 and Cranberry Rockland Road during the panel’s monthly meeting Tuesday.
Scott Snow, the owner of 4 Your Car Connection who purchased the post office property in 2019, told the committee he is interested in hearing suggestions for the development of the property.
“The reason that we purchased (the property) was with the hopeful intent of a business going in there, by using the current structure or by it being razed and something else going in there, if that would be valuable for the community,” Snow told the newspaper Wednesday.
“I was given an offer for sale for less than half of that figure,” Snow said. “So I was hopeful for a business that would be good for our community.”
Snow told the committee he received a letter of intent for the property from a restaurant chain, but he isn’t sure if they will be able to reach a settlement on the property.
“In all sincerity, I hope the sale does go through with the national chain, but I am uncertain at this time,” Snow said Wednesday.
He added that negotiations with the restaurant chain may conclude March 31.
If Snow is unable to reach an agreement with the interested business, he told the committee he may have to raze the building.
“I want to do my part to keep the corners looking good, and right now it is just an eyesore,” he told the newspaper Wednesday.
The downside to demolishing the property is that a new building wouldn’t be able to occupy the same footprint due to zoning laws and would have to be smaller, Snow said.
He added that one option may be to expand the 4 Your Car Connection display area onto the property, but he said he would rather see another business come to the site.
“I don’t want a car lot there. I want something there that is good for the township,” said Snow.
Snow told the newspaper the reason he mentioned the property to the economic development committee was to say, “Hey, I know you don’t want to see a car lot go over there. Help us find someone to go in there, or let’s come up with some ideas.”
“Most of the building, three-fourths of it, is actually in pretty good shape,” Snow said. “Just the exterior and roof and HVAC, and the post office needs to be redone, and the inside updated. But structurally it is in good shape,” said Snow.
Snow said he is glad to hear ideas for the development of the property.
