Development
By MAUREEN BERZOK
April 3, 2025
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - East Brunswick Mayor Brad Cohen has been hitting the bricks these past few weeks, conducting town hall meetings in a variety of local communities within the township. Cohen spoke at the East Brunswick Jewish Center and the EB Senior Center. On Tuesday, April 8, the Mayor will ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - In a presentation tailored to his audience at the East Brunswick Senior Center on Monday, Mayor Brad Cohen spelled it all out about financial support programs available to residents over 65 from state programs designed to alleviate costs and the process of development on Route ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - What do you do with a mall when malls are not popular anymore? Nationwide, retail malls, once those staples of suburbia that replaced “Main Streets” and “Town Squares,” have become the victims of COVID closures, lifestyle changes, and online shopping (with free delivery!) The ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The township of East Brunswick has succeeded in its appeal to lower the number of required affordable housing units in the township between 2025 and 2035 by 16%.In the fourth round of Affordable Housing calculations advanced by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A new marijuana dispensary has opened on Route 1 South in Avenel, and municipal officials are pleased with this latest redevelopment along the Route 1 corridor.The new Mad Hatter Dispensary, at 845 Route 1 South , has replaced the former Studio One Lingerie Shop. Owners will soon ...
CARTERET, NJ — The Planning Board is to consider plans for 326 new luxury apartments along Roosevelt Avenue in one of this borough’s redevelopment zones.The applicant, Roosevelt Lofts Urban Renewal LLC, is to present the multi-million dollar project at a “virtual” Planning Board meeting, online at ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The city’s plans to transform the vacant Brunswick Bank & Trust Building on George Street into a community arts gallery and performance center got a boost Monday.The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA), a state agency focused on revitalizing urban areas, ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Like most towns in the Garden State, East Brunswick will be faced with additional affordable housing requirements in the upcoming decade. The township has fulfilled its current obligation of providing 314 affordable rental units by 2025; now, the state has told East Brunswick ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The Lord & Taylor store in Woodbridge Center will soon be a cutting-edge medical research facility with nearly 300 employees, after an $11.5 million sales deal for the former department store.Accu Reference Medical Labs signed a contract in late November to buy the former ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - “Going vertical.” That's what they say in the construction business when buildings begin to rise from their unglamorous foundations. And, after years of planning, excavating and laying underground infrastructure, new residences have gone vertical on Tices Lane and Route 18 in ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - On a brilliant afternoon of the last day of summer in East Brunswick, all thoughts turned to…ice?Mayor Brad Cohen, joined by Township Council Members Kevin McEvoy, Dana Winston, and Dana Zimbicki, broke ground on the two-sheet ice rink that will open in East Brunswick sometime ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Working as a member of the raising gang might be the hardest job among all the grueling and gritty jobs involved in the construction of the Health and Life Science Exchange (HELIX) project.It’s gotta be.Look, these ironworkers are tethered to the structure, nine, 10, 11 floors up, ...
Leer en español NEWARK — Plans for a new development submitted to the Central Planning Board that include 1,008 residential units in two towers promise to bring new heights to Newark. The 51-story project is planned to have 427 units on one tower and 581 units in a second tower, said Daniel ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - The Planning Board will hear an application for a warehouse at 45-47 Deans Rhode Hall Road, the current location of Amato’s Garden Center. The application from Forsgate Venture XV, LLC will be heard on Wednesday. Forsgate Venture XV, LLC is seeking preliminary site plan ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Anchor’s Tiki Bar officially opens today at the municipal marina along the Sewaren waterfront, just in time to enjoy on Independence Day weekend. The 215-seat full-service bar will be open from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. today, July 6, and on Sunday, July 7, according to Mayor John E.
CARTERET, NJ — Money keeps rolling into Boro Hall for its ferry service to Manhattan. The latest is a $5.6 million grant that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded for construction of the 47,000 square-foot headquarters, the hub of Carteret’s forthcoming ferry service, Mayor Daniel ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – Reflecting the changing face of Sayreville – with many young professionals and commuters moving to town – Kaplan Companies has opened a luxury rental complex to accommodate the next generation of borough residents. Leaders of the Highland Park-based company joined with local ...