Hamilton Street

It’s no wonder why Arnold Garcia is always smiling. The township-based builder was still two weeks away from getting a Certificate of Occupancy for his new apartment-retail building on Hamilton Street, and he already had all seven apartments rented out.

A plan that would replace nearly 200 trees along the Hamilton Street Business District corridor is under review by the township Shade Tree Commission. One aspect of the plan did cause some concern among members at their July 28 meeting: Planting the same species of tree in one of the several sectors along Hamilton Street.

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 was the only piece of …

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 the risk of a mass …

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.

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 would then pass the request …

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.

Increasing security in the Hamilton Street Business District took a step forward recently with the installation of four anti-crime video cameras.

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 the board after about a …

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 expected at the board’s first …