Wally Smerconish, the contract buyer of Ardmore's First Baptist Church, presented his plans to the Zoning Hearing Board on Thursday.
At Thursday’s Lower Merion Zoning Hearing Board meeting, a developer presented his plans to convert First Baptist Church of Ardmore and its parsonage, located at St. Paul’s Road and E Athens Ave. in Ardmore, into five condominium units. Wally Smerconish, a real estate developer and the contract buyer of the property, would place four single-family condo units in the church’s main building and one in the parsonage. First Baptist Church of Ardmore was first placed up for sale in July 2011, due to financial hardship and a dwindling congregation, according to John Duffy, owner of Duffy Real Estate, the firm that was hired to list and market the property. The church was originally listed for $950,000, a price that was eventually lowered to $750…
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On Tuesday, the ArdWood Civic Association met with martial arts instructors who have shown an interest in the First Baptist Church property.
On Tuesday night, martial arts instructors Alberto Robayo and David Kremin met with members of the ArdWood Civic Association about the instructors' interest in buying the First Baptist Church of Ardmore property, located at Athens Avenue and St. Paul's Road, and turning it into a martial arts studio. Because the site is zoned residential and the upkeep on the property is so expensive, several civic association members expressed their doubts about the viability of the proposal after the meeting. The church property, which is up for sale because its small congregation can no longer support it, is also the interest of another buyer, whose plans will go before the Zoning Hearing Board on May 17. Kremin, a karate instructor, and Robayo, a jiu …
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cynthia roscioli
12:06 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
How about keeping a church there? Calvary Chapel of Philadelphia, a strong, non-denominational, Bible-based church that is growing and expanding while others are experiencing decline, offered several times within this past year to completely take over First Baptist Church of Ardmore (including bills and repairs, of course). They wanted to breathe new life into our church and, in my opinion, the … more ›