Category Archives: Redevelopment Agency

Special counsel hired for artist housing deal

The Redevelopment Agency authorized a contract for special counsel to assist in the acquisition and closing of the former Elizabethtown Gas building for planned affordable housing project a the site.

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Real estate firm targets undervalued properties

As construction and planning for new developments continues downtown, at least one real estate investment firm is aiming to acquire and upgrade existing properties in Rahway.

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Redevelopment Agency meetings back to City Hall

The Redevelopment Agency‘s monthly meetings will revert back to City Hall after several years of being held at the Hamilton Stage for Performing Arts.

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Concept plan proposes 86 units at Poplar Court

A smaller Northfield Savings Bank on Irving Street would be topped by an 86-unit development under a concept plan presented to the Redevelopment Agency earlier this month.

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City Council, Agency swap out legal firms

The longtime law firm representing City Council and Redevelopment Agency is out this year, replaced at the annual organization meetings and continuing a series of changes by the administration in recent months.

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New redevelopment commissioner appointed

City Council at its first meeting of the year filled a vacancy on the Redevelopment Agency, bringing the fifth new commissioner to the seven-member board since September.

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Closing looms for Elizabethtown Gas site

Closing on the acquisition of the Elizabethtown Gas building on Central Avenue could come this month, with an application to the Planning Board possible later this year that would bring affordable housing for artists to the site.

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Revised plan presented for Center Circle site

A new concept plan for a residential development at the Center Circle site on Main Street would see roughly the same number of units but one building as opposed to three separate structures.

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