Site plan for The Plaza at Boyds, a proposed mixed-use development at the northwest corner of DuPont Parkway and Greylag Road in St. Georges Hundred. (Photo Site plan for The Plaza at Boyds, a proposed mixed-use development at the northwest corner of DuPont Parkway and Greylag Road in St. Georges Hundred. (Photo provided by David Carter)provided by David Carter)

Council reviews ‘The Plaza at Boyds’ development in southern New Castle County

Claudia EstradaGovernment, Headlines

NEW CASTLE COUNTY — A proposed development that would bring hundreds of new apartment units and more than 370,000 square feet of retail, restaurant, and office space to a site near DuPont Parkway and Boyd’s Corner Road was reviewed by County Council this week. The major land development plan, located in St. Georges Hundred, calls for a 372,506-square-foot mixed-use complex …

New Castle County is planning major upgrades to Bechtel Park. Ken Mammarella photo

New zoning district proposed just for parks in NCCo

Ken MammarellaGovernment, Headlines

Four members of New Castle County Council are sponsoring an ordinance to create a new zoning district for land in parks – a plan that  the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has “significant concerns” about. “This new P zoning district created by ordinance 24-130 would only apply to preserved parcels owned in fee simple by the county, …