The Princeton Council held a closed session Monday night to discuss negotiations to purchase property for the municipality’s public works department. Sources say the town wants to buy the Princeton Packet property on Witherspoon Street and has been looking into the acquisition for the last few months. According to property tax records, the property at…
The issue of teardowns in residential neighborhoods has become one of the hottest topics during the campaign season, with the Democratic and Republican primaries tomorrow. Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert and Councilwoman Jenny Crumiller issued the following letter Monday morning regarding a new neighborhood zoning committee and the hiring of a consultant: The Princeton Council has…
Seventeen volunteers from the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage real estate office in Princeton Junction recently helped build shelters for feral cats and completed other needed tasks for Trenton Cats Rescue as part of the Coldwell Banker Cares Day. In addition building shelters for Trenton Cats Rescue, volunteers cleaned and sterilized cages that house homeless cats…
Palmer Square Management, the company that oversees the retail, office and residential leasing and marketing of Palmer Square in downtown Princeton, has named Lori Rabon as the company’s new vice president. The position was previously held by David Newton, who will be focusing on other development projects in North Jersey, according to the real estate…
The first AvalonBay units in downtown Princeton at the site of the former hospital on Witherspoon Street are expected to be available for occupancy this coming August. Studio apartments will rent for about $2,000 and one-bedroom apartments will rent for about $2,200, AvalonBay Vice President Ron Ladell told business leaders at the Princeton Regional Chamber…
Bob Kiser, the head municipal engineer for Princeton, was asked to show up at a meeting Wednesday afternoon to review some park plans. He had no idea he was actually heading off to a gathering in his honor. Kiser will retire at the end of June after serving Princeton Township and the consolidated Princeton for…
Assistant Princeton Municipal Engineer Deanna Stockton will replace Bob Kiser as the head engineer at the end of June, town officials announced Monday night. Kiser will retire after serving as the head engineer for Princeton Township and the consolidated Princeton for 33 years. Hired as the assistant township Engineer under Kiser in 2000, she relocated…
It’s official – the town of Princeton now has 20 historic districts. Princeton Council members voted 5-0 on Monday night to approve the historic district designation for the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood. Several residents repeated speeches they have given at previous meetings asking officials to preserve the African-American history of the neighborhood. “If not now, when?” Councilman…
Restaurateur Jack Morrison plans to put a porch in front of his building on Nassau Street and add rooftop seating to mix at the Blue Point Grill. Morrison received approvals from the Princeton Zoning Board last week to create an enclosed porch area in front of his building at 258 Nassau Street . The covered…
The historic former Princeton post office will be converted into a brew pub and restaurant. Triumph Brewery will relocate from its Nassau Street location to the post office site. The California-based developer for the project plans to renovate the post office on Palmer Square while maintaining the historic look and feel of the post office….
Several residents asked the Princeton Council Monday night to change the zoning for the Butler Tract, a 36-acre property owned by Princeton University, from educational zoning to residential zoning. The Butler Tract, which is located just off South Harrison Street was previously used for graduate student housing. The demolition of the housing is almost complete….
Princeton University will begin the restoration and renovation of Bainbridge House, one of Princeton’s oldest surviving buildings, school officials announced today. Built in 1766 on Nassau Street, the building was the birthplace of William Bainbridge, a hero of the War of 1812. In 1783 it provided accommodations for the Continental Congress and in the 19th…
Martin Allen, the lawyer who successfully represented Morristown in its tax case against a local hospital, will address the Princeton governing body in closed session on Monday afternoon, Nov. 23. The meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m. at the municipal building at 400 Witherspoon Street. In June, a tax court judge ruled that the Morristown…
A newly-preserved property straddling Carter Road in Hopewell Township has been named the Mount Rose Preserve after a nearby historic village and rocky summit, and a management plan for the 320-acre property is now in the works. The land was permanently preserved last spring by the New Jersey Conservation Foundation and the Hopewell Valley Citizens…
Recently, the Howard Hughes Corporation (HHC) asked the West Windsor Town Council to consider designating as an “Area in Need of Redevelopment” its 650-acre American Cyanamid property across the road from Quaker Bridge Mall. This follows a presentation last year where HHC proposed redeveloping the property as a master planned community similar to its Woodlands…
