The impact fees New Castle County charges developers to partly pay for the resulting increased costs of public services are going up significantly for the first time since 1999. A bill just passed by New Castle County Council will index the fees, by 2028, to the annual Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index. “As numerous developments have come online over …
This story was originally published on Spotlight Delaware. A development company that has built distribution centers for Amazon and Walmart is suing New Castle County, claiming that government inaction has improperly delayed its controversial plan to construct a nearly 2.4 million-square-foot warehousing complex near Middletown. The lawsuit follows months of outcry in the Middletown area against the development of massive warehouses, and the …
More than 1,000 people have signed a petition to halt the development of a 1.8-million-square-foot warehouse complex next to The Village of Bayberry North, a residential community in Middletown. They’re angry because the warehouses will go up in a spot that had been approved as a business park with offices, restaurants and a daycare center. Instead, they’ll end up with …
