Planning Board

Rendering of two proposed warehouses at Schoolhouse and Mettlers roads. (Graphic: Link Logistics Real Estate). The developer of two proposed warehouses at Schoolhouse and Mettlers roads will have to redesign the project to conform to the township’s Scenic Corridor zoning regulations, township officials said. That’s because Mettlers Road has been designated a Scenic Corridor, a zoning overlay which imposes a …

An artist’s rendering of Cosmopolitan at Somerset Town Center, the building with which Levin Properties is proposing to replace the former K-Mart building. The owner of Rutgers Plaza on Easton Avenue will have an “informal” discussion before the Planning Board to discuss its plan to convert the former K-Mart building into a 200-unit apartment complex. Among the topics of discussion …

Kyle Kavinski, an engineer retained by the applicant, describes the warehouse project to the Planning Board. A developer’s plan to raze four buildings – including a large office building – on Cottontail Lane and put up two warehouses was approved September 7 by a split Planning Board. The two warehouses, which are being built “on spec,” meaning with no set …

Mark Healey, the township’s director of planning, points out various development zones in the township during the Somerset Run Civics Club meeting. Residents of Somerset Run received a primer on the township’s warehouse situation on September 8. The venue was the 55-plus community’s clubhouse, and the setting was a meeting of the Somerset Run Civics Club. Featured were township representatives …

Engineer’s site plan for the proposed warehouse expansion. A township electronics distributor won permission from the Planning Board August 3 to expand its warehouse on Atrium Drive. F&E Electronics was looking for permission to add 70,300 square feet to its existing approximately 70,000-square-foot building. The site is the former Garden State Exhibition Center. The company is planning on hiring additional …

Project architect Ashraf Ragab describes the apartment building to the Planning Board. A Kendall Park developer who wants to build a three-story mixed-use residential building on Hamilton Street will have to wait until at least November to see if his project will become reality. That’s because the Planning Board told representatives of the developer, Mohamed Nassim, that his application had …

Plans are to build the warehouse at Elizabeth Avenue and Grant Street. An application for a 436,960-square-foot warehouse located at Elizabeth Avenue and Grant Street was approved June 1 by the Planning Board. Duke Realty, the builder, is buying land for the warehouse from Rotor-Clip. Plans call for teh property to be subdivided, with the warehouse built on a newly …

Architect William Mandara describes the self-storage facility to the Planning Board on April 20. Applications to build a self-storage facility on Davidson Avenue and a warehouse on Campus Drive were approved April 20 by the Planning Board. Their approval will allow Franklin Storage LLC to build a 3-story, 120,750-square-foot storage facility where a single-family home now stands. The home will …

An artist’s rendering of a Belmont Drive warehouse approved by the Planning Board. A 150,000-square-foot warehouse on Belmont Drive was approved March 16 by the Planning Board. The developer, South Plainfield-based The Harbor Group, will raze an existing one-story office building to build the warehouse. Part of the application entailed moving a property line between two lots; an office building …

Artist’s rendering of the warehouse approved December 15 by the Planning Board. A 183,000-square-foot warehouse on Elizabeth Avenue was approved December 15 by the Planning Board. The warehouse, which does not as yet have any tenants, will sit on about 15 acres, bordered by Shop Rite and The Palace catering hall. The project calls for a 182,780-square-foot warehouse, within which …