Make It Here
Development timeline · Reading, Pennsylvania

When the ground
actually breaks

Opportunity without a date is a daydream. This is every tracked project in Reading placed on a calendar, so you can see which openings you still have time to get ahead of — and which ones already have a shovel in the dirt.

3
Projects tracked
2
Approved or building
Committed, not just proposed
178
Homes in the pipeline
New residents to serve
—
Commercial space
Across tracked projects

Nearest deadline: 400 block Penn Street building sale — cleared to break ground 2028 (2 years out).

The calendar

Year by year

  1. 20282 years out · 2 projects
    • 400 block Penn Street building saleApproved
      Cleared to break ground 2028 · mixed use

      City council unanimously approved the sale of a string of long-vacant 400-block Penn Street properties to developer Alan Shuman, clearing the way for redevelopment. Source: Reading Eagle, Apr 15 2026; WFMZ, Apr 13 2026.

      What should go here? Opening steps
    • Former Santander building apartmentsPlanned
      Proposed for 2028 · multifamily · 178 homes

      178 apartments proposed in the former Santander office tower on Penn Street. Plans cleared approval after years in limbo, with the planning commission tabling and then advancing revisions through 2025–2026. Source: WFMZ, Dec 16 2025, Feb 25 2026 and subsequent approval coverage.

      What should go here? Opening steps
  2. 20293 years out · 1 project
    • Fifth and Penn mixed-use redevelopmentApproved
      Cleared to break ground 2029 · mixed use

      $52M Shuman Development Group project across five downtown parcels — historic bank restoration, new infill housing and ground-floor retail at Fifth and Penn. Letter of intent signed Feb 2026; council approved the property sale in April 2026. Source: Reading Eagle, Feb 6, Apr 15 & May 4 2026; City of Reading press release.

      What should go here? Opening steps

Source Local planning feed: municipal planning-commission and council actions plus local reporting; each entry names its source. Target years are the developer's or municipality's stated schedule and slip often. Not an exhaustive register — confirm current status with the municipality.