BETHLEHEM, PA-Ashley Development Corp. has completed negotiations with Wyomissing-based Sovereign Bancorp Inc. to acquire two Lehigh Valley Sovereign Bank locations. Because the transaction documents are incomplete, the sale price is undisclosed and not yet in the Lehigh County public records.

Under the sale-leaseback agreement, Sovereign will remain under 10-year, triple net leases and relocate its regional offices from one of the locations to the other. Both branches will remain in operation while Ashley’s redevelopment and renovations are underway.

The existing single-story, 2,840-sf branch here at 924 Eaton Ave. will be razed for construction of a new 17,325-sf, three-story building that will include a branch and offices for Sovereign’s Lehigh Valley regional headquarters. The existing branch was built in 1965. The $3-million redevelopment project is expected to be complete by 2009. Meanwhile, the Sovereign branch will continue to operate at this location using a temporary facility.

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