The developer seeking to turn the struggling Exton Square Mall into a residential community and retail center plans to file a lawsuit in West Whiteland after the township's board of supervisors rejected the proposal in a vote last week.

Abrams Realty & Development, based in Elkins Park, purchased the 75-acre property for $34.25 million in March and spent months presenting its redevelopment proposal to the township's planning commission. The town center project faced community pushback over concerns about the amount of traffic that would be generated by adding 718 homes at the busy intersection of Routes 30 and 100, where the mall was built in 1973.

After making several revisions to the proposal — including the removal of 73 townhomes — West Whiteland's planning commission unanimously re

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