On the January 9th agenda (view) for the Whitemarsh Township Board of Supervisors is a conditional use hearing involving Villanova University’s proposed rowing center at 601 Washington Street in Conshohocken (Whitemarsh Township).

A second boathouse on the property was publicly mentioned in a memo to the supervisors regarding the conditional use application. The township’s zoning officer, Charlie Guttenplan, writes:

The Conditional Use involves extensive renovation of a portion of existing boathouse on the site for use by Villanova’s crew team (after the removal of certain sections of the boathouse), as well as construction of a smaller boathouse that may be used by high school teams, at the discretion of Villanova.

Villanova’s women’s varsity and men’s club programs have long operated from a former warehouse on the property. Once approved, Villanova intends to break ground on the project in the spring of 2025 and open the facility in 2026.

Rendering: Villanova University