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Hamilton Street Development Project Denied By Planning Board, Attorney Hints At Legal Action

Hamilton Street Development Project Denied By Planning Board, Attorney Hints At Legal Action

A proposed mixed-use building on Hamilton Street was rejected by the Planning Board at its July meeting, prompting a thinly veiled threat of a lawsuit by the project’s attorney. Board members were upset that the developer, 745 Hamilton Street LLC, did not provide members with a report on how the site’s stormwater would be managed. That […]

Hamilton Street Board Endorses Plan To Remove And Replace All Trees Along Business District

Hamilton Street Board Endorses Plan To Remove And Replace All Trees Along Business District

Hundreds of trees along Hamilton Street would be uprooted and replaced under a preliminary plan endorsed June 6 by the Hamilton Street Advisory Board. Under the plan, trees currently lining the street would be removed and replaced with one of four suggested species. This would allow for “uniformity” of trees along the corridor, and would also reduce […]

Alternate-Side-Of-The-Street Parking Proposed For Part Of Hamilton Street

Alternate-Side-Of-The-Street Parking Proposed For Part Of Hamilton Street

A proposal to enact alternate-side-of-the-street parking for the Hamilton Street Business District will be presented next month to the Township Council. The idea was endorsed by the Hamilton Street Advisory Board at its June 6 meeting, and is seen as necessary to ensure a proper cleaning of the street. If enacted, the new regulation would affect […]

Hamilton Street Board To Township: Send Us More Police

Hamilton Street Board To Township: Send Us More Police

Saying that the assignment of two police officers to the Hamilton Street Business District has been a success, the advisory board charged with shepherding the district’s rejuvenation will ask the township to beef up the police presence. Board chairman Pat Gianotto is expected to put the request in writing to township manager Robert Vornlocker. Vornlocker […]

Third Proposal For Apartments/Retail Building On Hamilton Street Heard By Planners

Third Proposal For Apartments/Retail Building On Hamilton Street Heard By Planners

The third of three development proposals heralding the hoped-for reinvigoration of the Hamilton Street business district was heard March 16 by the Planning Board. The developer, Hamilton Street Management, LLC, wants to construct “Hamilton Commons,” a 4-story mixed-use building at Hamilton St. and Baier Avenue, the site of the former Millennium Bank. The building would […]

Security Cameras Active On Hamilton Street, More To Come

Security Cameras Active On Hamilton Street, More To Come

Increasing security in the Hamilton Street Business District took a step forward recently with the installation of four anti-crime video cameras. Four more cameras are scheduled to be installed, and the Hamilton Street Advisory Board has allocated $15,000 in its current budget to buy more. “Depending on how things go, they may want to buy a […]

First Hamilton Street Redevelopment Project Wins Approval

First Hamilton Street Redevelopment Project Wins Approval

The first of what township planners and business owners hope will be a bevy of projects to reinvigorate the Hamilton Street business district was approved March 3 by the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Developer Perry Pavicic’s plan for a “U”-shaped 4-story mixed-use building on Hamilton Street, between Ambrose and Home streets, was unanimously approved by […]

Planners Hear Proposal For Retail, Residential Project On Hamilton Street

Planners Hear Proposal For Retail, Residential Project On Hamilton Street

Township planners on March 2 got their first look at a proposal to build a mixed use building on Hamilton Street and three single family homes behind it. The Planning Board did not vote to approve the application, presented by 745 Hamilton Street LLC, because no information was given about storm water management. That is […]

New Security Measures, Streetscape On Tap For Hamilton Street Business District

New Security Measures, Streetscape On Tap For Hamilton Street Business District

Redevelopment projects that promise to change its streetscape and new efforts at making the area safer herald what could be a renaissance of the Hamilton Street business district. The business district portion of Hamilton Street, which runs roughly from Franklin Boulevard to the New Brunswick border, was once the township’s “Main Street.” That changed over the […]

Hamilton Street Improvement District Budget Approved By Council

Hamilton Street Improvement District Budget Approved By Council

The Hamilton Street Improvement District’s amended $72,000 budget for 2015 was approved April 14 by the Township Council. There was some dissent expressed by business owners, who said they were frustrated over 10 years of contributing to the SID without any tangible returns. Also dissenting was Mayor Chris Kelly, who cast the lone “no” vote […]

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