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Article: Upper Merion, Pa., Board Rejects Development Plan, Saves Golf Course.

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Aug. 16 -- KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. -- A developer has lost its bid to rezone the largest piece of undeveloped property in this congested area -- the 136-acre Valley Forge Golf Course, just southwest of the King of Prussia mall. In a 3-0 vote yesterday, the Upper Merion Township Zoning Hearing Board denied the request of Realen Homes Inc., of Ambler, which has hopes of building two hotels, a retail shopping center, and apartments and townhouses or office space there.

The decision capped 18 months of debate, including 14 hearings, over whether the course should remain zoned agricultural despite being surrounded on all sides ...

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