K-Mart Apartment Plan Withdrawn; What’s Next A Mystery

February 4, 2026 Development, Zoning Board

**PLAN WITHDRAWN –** *The property sheet for Rutgers Plaza shows that a lease is pending for the former K-Mart building and attached retail spaces.*

The owner of Rutgers Plaza on Easton Avenue has withdrawn a controversial application to build a 4-story apartment building in the footprint of the former K-Mart building.

Levin Properties was scheduled to return to the Zoning Board of Adjustment on March 19 for an often-delayed hearing on its application to build the 200-unit building.

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K-Mart Apartment Plan Withdrawn; What’s Next A Mystery

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