Developers have an additional six months to get government approvals for Meridia Lafayette Village and the timeline to begin construction on the 115-unit rental development has been changed to six months after approvals are received.
Continue reading Timeline tweaked for Lafayette Village project
Fifteen months after breaking ground and five and half years after it was first presented, a senior housing facility will welcome residents later this summer on the site of the former St. Mary’s Church convent.Continue reading Senior housing facility to open this summer
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Demolition is under way on the A&M Supply building on Campbell Street. The industrial building along with a neighboring residential property at the corner of Elm Avenue will come down to eventually make way for Metro Rahway, a five-story, 116-unit rental project.
Continue reading Demolition under way on A&M Supply building
Thousands of tons of soil must be removed and taken to another site in addition to some remediation at the site of a proposed five-story rental complex near Lot B on Main Street.
Continue reading Soil removal next for proposed Lot B project
The city’s vacating of 13 feet of Dock Street will allow the developer to project Meridia Lafayette Village’s living space over an additional 10 parallel parking spaces on the street.
Continue reading Zoning Board OK’s Lafayette Village changes
The former Elizabethtown Gas building will be acquired for $1 million but the Rahway Residence for the Arts planned for the site is on hold until the next application round of federal housing tax credits, which might not be until next year.
Continue reading Artist housing site to be acquired for $1 million
Rahway can generate six million gallons of water per day but could come up two million gallons short, according to a recent study. The shortage doesn’t mean your faucets are in danger of running dry but it is likely to impact your wallet.
Continue reading Water study: City could be 2 million gallons short
OK, so it wasn’t a huge majority or a overwhelming mandate. In fact, it was one of the weakest showings in our history of polls — a scant nine votes. Even so, Park Square came out on top among the handful of people who put their two cents in:
Of the new construction in recent years, which residential development is most appealing?
Park Square, 55 percent (5/9 votes)
Sky View at Carriage City Plaza, 33 percent (3/9)
Riverwalk, 11 percent (1/9)
Brookside at Rahway
Meridia Grand
River Place
Riverview Manor
A couple of readers made good points: Colin was familiar with some new construction but didn’t know these by name. And Sivyaleah offered her take on each complex.
As I mentioned in the earlier post, “most appealing” could mean different things to different people. Some comments over on our Facebook page took issue with the amount of development in recent years, as well as the high-rise complex. Others just weren’t comfortable voting without knowing much about the buildings other than their exteriors.
We’ll make sure to get back to what people are comfortable with in the next poll. Thanks – and stay tuned!