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Industrial park along Vultee Street

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedRetrofit builtAllentown, PA

Built industrial park on FAA-approved airport buffer land; not an active opportunity per record. · summary, model-written

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Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: …present-day industrial park record · all sites with this

New use

Logistics and industrial

This site: …present-day industrial park Approved by FAA. newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

Park and open space

This site: …present-day industrial park Approved by FAA. newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

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Now

Status	Retrofit builtnewtypes-extraction reported
Strategy	RedevelopedWikipedia no source
New uses	industrialWikipedia no source
What is there now	present-day industrial parknewtypes-extraction reported
Developer	private industrynewtypes-extraction

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Official records (3)

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Lehigh County (42077) profile (data.census.gov)from data.census.gov
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Allentown, Pennsylvania on Wikipediafrom en.wikipedia.org

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LoopNet: for sale in Allentown, PA (search)from city search

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History and original facts

Original developer	private industrynewtypes-extraction reported
County	Lehigh County
Census division	2 · Mid-Atlantic
Notes	Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: In 1961, land surrounding Queen City Airport was redeveloped into an industrial park along Vultee Street.

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Planning

Planning notes	Approved by FAA.Wikipedia

Site context

Housing permits, Lehigh County (PA), 2024	501 units in 5+ unit buildings, 20 in 2–4, 541 single-family; 2023: 8 in 5+Census BPS
Other atlas sites nearby	2 within 10 km, 3 within 25 km: Airport site (for large warehouse) (0.0 km); Whitehall Plaza (7.1 km)computed
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	18,306 jobs in 1,107 establishments; average annual pay $36,831; employment location quotient 0.91; employment -1.0% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	8,091 jobs; 82 in retail trade, 359 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 42077009700)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 35th income percentile as adults; 5.6% incarcerated at the 2010 count (734 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 52.2%; median family income $21,615; 654 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Allentown City School District (KG-12); 9 public schools within 1 mile: Roberto Clemente CS; Arts Academy Elementary CS; Jefferson El Sch; Washington El SchNCES EDGE
Elevation	364 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	312 county-logged events: 200 thunderstorm wind, 44 flash flood, 38 hail, 13 heavy rain; $20,038,010 property damage reported; 1 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 18101, 2026-09	median list price $230,000 (+15.1% on the year); 1 active listings; median 93 days on market; 0% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	1,172 establishments (-6%); 27,011 jobs (+32%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $363,024 (+4% 1 yr, +34% 5 yr); typical rent $1,820/mo (+3% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	22,577 vehicles a day on SEVENTH ST (principal arterial, 3 lanes); 394 trucks; 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Industrial park built on former airport buffer land along Vultee Street in Allentown, PA. Approved by FAA per planning_notes. Current use is industrial (matches new_use).

Why. Original_use was airport buffer land; developed by private industry per origins. Status is 'built' with after_notes confirming present-day industrial park.

Where it stands. Not an active opportunity: opp_reasons state 'retrofit already built' and county grew 3.5% 2018–23. No developer name specified (only 'private industry' in parties).

For a planner

0km from proposed Airport site (n-564b6dd728)
7km from under-construction Whitehall Plaza (n-d7ac11888b)

For a developer

Housing ZHVI up 33.7% 5y (Zillow)
Retail employment up 32.5% 2012–23
Unknown: specific developer, construction timeline, or parcel size.

What we do not know yet

No developer name
No year built
No parcel size details
County growth rate cited but no project-specific demand data.

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retrofit already built
county grew 3.5% 2018–23

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Timeline

1961 FAA allowed land surrounding the airport to be used by private industry, leading to industrial park development

Sources

Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport · CC BY-SA 4.0
2 quoted sentences
industrial park along Vultee Street
The FAA allowed some of the land surrounding the airport to be used by private industry, which led to the development of the present-day industrial park along Vultee Street.

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Industrial park along Vultee Street, Allentown, PA." Record n-71bd86bd4b, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/other/pa/allentown-industrial-park-along-vultee-street/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_allentownindustrialparkalongvulteestreet,
  title = {Industrial park along Vultee Street, Allentown, PA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/other/pa/allentown-industrial-park-along-vultee-street/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-71bd86bd4b, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}

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