Category Archives: Apartments

New flood zone map may alter downtown project

A downtown mixed-used project proposed near the corner of East Milton Avenue and Fulton Street is now in limbo since flood zone maps of the area were revised by the state.

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Brownstones set to go before Planning Board

The Redevelopment Agency last week endorsed a plan for a 487-unit rental development at the former Wheatena property . The proposal is next expected to go before the Planning Board on Dec. 16 Nov. 25. (UPDATED, 11/21: The Nov. 25 Planning Board meeting has been canceled.)

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Zoning Board approves variances for Koza’s site

The Zoning Board of Adjustment last night approved an application that will allow construction of a two-story, 10-unit rental complex at the former Koza’s Bar site.

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Agency tables acquisition of Mangos Grill property

The Redevelopment Agency this month tabled a resolution that would authorize the acquisition of the Mangos Bar & Grill property as part of a proposed 84-unit development.

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Lafayette Village to break ground this week

Construction on Meridia Lafayette Village is expected to begin this week. The 115-unit project is planned at the corner of Main and Monroe streets, where The Savoy, a 36-unit condominium project had been proposed before the real estate market imploded.

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10-unit, 2-story plan considered for Koza’s site

A smaller plan for the former Koza’s Bar site will come before the Zoning Board next month, the fourth proposal in six years for the West Scott Avenue site (map).

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Metro Rahway aims for October opening

Metro Rahway
The view from Campbell Street and Elm Avenue

Metro Rahway will be the next development in Rahway to begin leasing. The 116-unit rental development on Campbell Street is shooting for an Oct. 1 opening — “at the latest” — but possibly by mid-September, according to Clay Bonny of East Hanover-based Heartstone Development.

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Center Circle proposal hangs on site’s cleanup

Unexpected environmental cleanup likely will push back negotiations for The Center Circle property into next year, ultimately delaying a proposal to build nearly 250 units on the site.

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