Planning Board

A gateway to the township will get a much-needed upgrade, thanks to an Aug. 3 Zoning Board of Adjustment approval. A site plan application for an assisted living facility and a 119-room hotel, targeted for the roughly 9-acre Easton Avenue location of Venue 1850 banquet hall and the former Econo Lodge hotel near Route 287, won board approval. The plan, …

Nissan North America received Planning Board approval Aug. 2 to build a 200,000-square-foot addition to its warehouse at Pierce Street and Cottontail Lane. The addition will be used to house large parts for collision repairs, servicing Nissan dealerships throughout the Northeast, Nissan’s Kenneth Fielder told the board. The building is currently used for parts distribution and sales and marketing for …

A proposed 32-home development at Cedar Grove Lane and Amwell Road didn’t seem to impress the Planning Board when it was presented to its members. The developer, Anatol Hiller, brought the proposal to the board at its June 21 meeting, not as a formal application, but as a concept. And the concept left several board members saying, “meh.” The homes …

A 101-room hotel on a four-acre lot off Atrium Drive was approved June 21 by the Planning Board. The four-story hotel will be a limited-service Hampton Inn, the board was told, and will not have a restaurant or banquet rooms. It will have an indoor pool, fitness center, small meeting rooms and will offer guests Continental breakfasts, said Steven Finch, …

A 151-unit apartment complex in the Churchill redevelopment area was approved May 17 by the Planning Board. The project will be the fourth in that area by its developer, RPM Redevelopment Group of Montclair. The project will consist of five, 3-story buildings, with the centerpiece being a nearly half-acre park. The units will contain 1-, 2- and 3-bedrooms. The project …

A local banquet hall owner received Planning Board approval to build two homes on Amwell Road. Rupen Patel, the owner of The Imperia on Easton Avenue and the new Springhill Suites hotel on Cedar Grove Lane, wants to build the homes for family members who work at the businesses, the board was told. Patel also recently received approval to build …

A South Plainfield company that supplies hardware to window and door manufacturers will soon move into the township, thanks to Planning Board approval it won on Feb. 15. The company, Vision Industries Group, will occupy a two-story, office/warehouse building on Elizabeth Avenue, abutting the Heller Industrial Park. The company will use the site to consolidate its several warehouses and also …

The developer of a proposed WaWa convenience store and gas station on Route 27 on Jan. 18 won the last approval needed for the project: a sign. The store, targeted for Rt. 27 and Juliette Avenue, will have a 12 1/2-foot tall monument sign set back about five feet from the property line. The project won board approval in December …

The developer of the Canal Walk active adult community on Feb. 3 won approval for the final phase of the housing project. The Planning Board, with one dissenting vote, approved a change in the project’s General Development Plan and also gave preliminary site plan approval for the construction of Enclave II, a 3-building, 62-unit condominium/apartment development near the project’s Schoolhouse Road …

Calling it a move toward more transparent government, the Planning Board chairman Jan. 20 convinced his fellow board members to resume allowing general public comments at board meetings. The comment period will last 30 minutes, and will occur before the board begins its hearings each meeting. Board chairman Michael Orsini said that in addition to the public comment and question …