Homes to be built on Bill & Vito’s lot in Leaside

Signs have gone up on the northeast corner of McRae Dr. and Sutherland Dr. to say a redevelopment plan is underway for the property known for more than 60 years as “Bill and Vito’s”.  The plan for the corner, formerly owned by Castleton Homes, includes two original bungalows on Sutherland. The present lessee, Rocco Soramo, says Castleton has sold the property to another builder. An application has been made to build two detached and six town homes. The corner was known as a happy service station stop for generations of area families and a place to talk with Bill and Vito, two World War II veterans who started the station when they came home. They are both deceased.