Business

Office Depot, the nationwide chain of office supply stores, is closing its store in Rutgers Plaza on Easton Avenue. Julianne Embry, an Office Depot spokeswoman, confirmed that the store was closing, but said she could not provide any more details. A person with knowledge of the situation said that store employees were told on Feb. 9 that the store would …

A father-and-son team from Clifton is bringing the latest fitness club to Franklin. Peter and Eric Wahad will operate a Crunch fitness club in Rutgers Plaza on Easton Avenue, next to Office Depot. There is a temporary signup location near Radio Shack. The gym is anticipated to open in the spring, according to a press release from Crunch. The 24,000-square-foot facility will …

A “new smile” for the Village Plaza shopping center on Easton Avenue is just about completed. The work, which now entails replacing the individual retail stores’ signage, should be completed in about a month, said Jonathan Stirberg, one of the partners of center owner Jonas Realty. Next to come will be adding some “uplighting” to the facade and the replacement of …

Unity Bank, which has a branch on Cedar Grove Lane in Somerset, topped all Small Business Administration lenders in New Jersey during the year that ended September 30, 2015, with $41,769,400 in SBA loans. The bank’s loan volume increased nearly 147 percent from the prior year’s total of $16,914,500, according to a release from the company. Unity Bank and other lenders will be …

Unity Bank and its employees have donated a total of $15,000 to 15 food pantries in Central New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including to the Franklin Township Food Bank. Donations were made to one service organization for each Unity branch, according to a press release from the bank. The funds were donated by Unity Bank employees and matched by the bank …

With more than $60 million invested in Somerset County businesses and more to come, Unity Bank is a leader in serving its neighbors and supporting local businesses. The bank, with a branch in the Cedar Grove Center on Cedar Grove Lane, supports many neighborhood projects in Franklin Township and believes “a vital part of our mission is to give back …

Submitted by Creative Marketing Alliance. Township resident Kenneth Hitchner, manager of public relations and social media at Creative Marketing Alliance (CMA), a full-service marketing firm located in Princeton Junction, was named Crew Star for the fourth quarter. The Crew Star award recognizes a team member each quarter for his or her dedication to the company’s core values, instilling these positive …

Anytime Fitness has signed a lease for a second, state-of-the-art location in the Crossroads at Somerset shopping center off Elizabeth Avenue. The 5,500-square-foot gym will join the chain’s first township location at 920 Hamilton Street. Daniella Harris, franchisee for both locations, said in a Dec. 8 press release that she has signed a lease for the space, and expects construction …

For the owners of the Goddard School in the Shoppes at Pierce Street, running the township’s newest early learning center is literally like coming home again. Fred and Maria Bondoc, franchisees of the school which opened in November, are no strangers to the township. Aside from being former residents, the couple – who go by “Ms. Maria” and “Mr. Fred” – were …

You could say that Nicholette Coy has been preparing for this moment since she was 13 years old. That’s when Coy, the owner of Shear Luxury salon on Route 27, first started doing hair. “It always came back to me,” she said. Coy attended a vocational high school where she studied hair styling, she said. At 16, she had her …