Chadds Ford Business Association recently gave a presentation about the loop road near Painter’s Crossing that still isn’t completed despite being approved six years ago. The final leg of the loop around the intersection of Routes 1 and 202 is known as the Hillman Drive Extension. It would connect the two state roads via Hillman Drive through the Chadds Ford Business Campus, owned by the Henderson Group. Henderson still wants to complete the loop, but the pandemic stalled the project, and the company is millions of dollars short of what it needs to do the job, according to Henderson’s president and CEO Brian Coyle. Coyle told the group that his company has $2 million in grants from the state but still needs an additional $5 million to finish the loop. To raise that capital, Henderson proposed constructing and renting a 240-unit, age-restricted apartment building for the 21-plus acre lot the company owns at Route 1 and Brandywine Drive across from Hannum’s Harley Davidson. That idea was shot down when the township planning commission declined to recommend approval to the board of supervisors. The property is in the PBC Zoning District, but residential use is not permitted in a Planned Business Complex District. Read more here. 
Source: Chadds Ford Live; 11/3/2023