PHILADELPHIA (PA)
PhillyBurbs
By Crissa Shoemaker DeBree Staff writer
Posted on July 25, 2013
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has sold four unused properties, including a 49-acre parcel in Plumstead, for nearly $2 million.
Three properties were sold at auction Wednesday for a total of $875,000. Proceeds from those sales will go to the parishes in which the properties are located, including St. Hilary of Poitiers in Abington. A one-acre parcel belonging to the church was sold for $325,000 to a local developer who plans to build an estate home there.
Prior to auction, the archdiocese agreed to sell its land on Wismer Road in Plumstead for $850,000, archdiocesan spokesman Ken Gavin said. Proceeds from that sale will go toward general operating expenses at the archdiocese.
Gavin did not identify the buyer of the Plumstead property, but said the person does not plan on developing the site, farmland purchased for a future church.
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