Urban Outfitters is on the verge of ditching Devon Yard if the spat over the high-profile development proposal for a 100-unit apartment community and shopping center drags on beyond an upcoming zoning decision by the Easttown Township Board of Supervisors.

An Anthropologie storefront and two Vetri restaurants are among the highlights of the Devon Yard lifestyle center concept proposed by E Kahn Development Corp.

“The proposed unified development is just a concept, not a guarantee of what will be built there,” a letter from Urban Outfitters explained, according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report that referenced original reporting from Main Line Today’s Linda Stein. “You are instead being asked only to consider whether the zoning law should be completely overhauled to permit a development like this or countless other less desirable uses for this land.”

The letter was sent to attorneys representing Devon Yard neighbors opposed to the development, and it stated “in no uncertain terms that if anyone appeals the enactment of the proposed zoning amendment beyond the Board of Supervisors, then Urban Outfitters will abandon the project, ‘walk away’ from the deal, and that Urban has the absolute right to do so under its agreements.”

Read more about the controversial project involving Urban Outfitters at Devon Yard at Main Line Today here, and check out previous VISTA Today coverage of the neighborhood here.