Dear Editor: As a neighbor of the planned Franklin Avenue/Witherspoon Street housing project, I see merits and flaws. It is a laudable goal to expand and improve affordable housing. The housing needs to be more than a stark apartment complex; it should feature green spaces throughout to give it a gracious quality. Also, it should…
The local planning board on Thursday night approved Princeton University’s plans to build a new solar array canopy over three parking lots located along Elm Drive adjacent to Faculty Road in Princeton. The lots are located just east of the New Jersey Transit Dinky shuttle train line. Almost three acres of solar canopies will be…
The FitzRandolph Observatory on the Princeton University campus will be demolished to make way for a new soccer stadium. Commissioned in 1932, the FitzRandolph Observatory, which is no longer in use, first opened in 1934. The stone structure was built to replace the Halsted Observatory. Princeton Municipal Planner Michael LaPlace had asked university officials early…
The Princeton Planning Board has a packed agenda for its 7:30 p.m. meeting tonight, July 9. The board will hear a report about the demolition of the FitzRandolph Observatory at Princeton University and will review an application from the university for a solar array at Elm Drive and Faculty Road. The board will also hold…
If you are struggling to pay your rent because of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, you can enter a lottery for rental relief from the state. The deadline is July 17. The state’s $100 million Covid-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, which is mostly funded through federal CARES Act money, will provide up to six…
An op-ed from Princeton Future by Kevin Wilkes, president and Sheldon Sturges, executive director.
By contributor Marc Monseau Capital Health plans to open a primary care facility in January in the former offices for The Princeton Packet newspaper on Witherspoon Street in Princeton. At the new facility, the Hopewell-based health system will offer same day appointments for chronic and well care for children and adults. Capital Health initially expects…
The governing body of Princeton will vote on a resolution Monday night to hire a contractor to remove the canopy at the Mount Lucas Road municipal fuel facility. In February of 2019, the canopy was built as part of the new $500,000 municipal fueling station on Mount Lucas Road adjacent to the new Princeton First…
The Princeton Public Schools Board of Education was not involved in the municipality’s affordable housing settlement negotiations and did not take a position on the final settlement, according to a statement issued by the school district. The board issued a statement in response to comments made by a planning board member last week. Local planning board…
The Princeton Planning Board determined by a unanimous vote at a special meeting on Tuesday night that two new zoning districts along Thanet Road conform to the town’s master plan. The vote paves the way for the Princeton Council to approve redevelopment plans for 100-101 Thanet Circle Wednesday night at a special meeting that will…
Mercer County Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson approved a settlement agreement between the municipality of Princeton and the Fair Share Housing Center on Friday after hearing testimony for about eight hours. The approval of the settlement agreement ends almost five years of litigation that was initiated by municipal officials back in 2015. Half a dozen…
NJ Transit is conducting a study of the Princeton Branch right of way and travel connections to the branch, a 2.7-mile rail line that connects Princeton with Princeton Junction. The two-car train known as the Dinky currently runs along a single track in the right of way and is the shortest scheduled commuter rail line…
Princeton University is moving forward with various projects in Princeton and West Windsor that are included in the school’s 2026 campus plan. As part of these plans, an area bordered by Western Way, Broadmead Street, Faculty Road, and Washington Road now referred to as the “East Campus” will be transformed. Representatives from Princeton University presented…
The governing body for the municipality of Princeton is slated to decide Monday night whether to move a controversial municipal fueling station from Mt. Lucas Road or leave it where it is, in spite of the public outcry about the impact of the station from residents in nearby neighborhoods. Officials will review recommendations from the…
A company that plans to turn the 20 Nassau Street building into a hotel has paid $32 million for the property, according to public records obtained by Planet Princeton. According to the deed, made on Oct. 29 and effective Oct. 31, a Delaware limited liability company called GPNJ Owner LLC, with an address in Chicago,…
Management at the 20 Nassau Street building sent a letter to tenants on Friday confirming that the building has been sold. According to the letter sent to tenants and obtained by Planet Princeton, the building was under new ownership as of Oct. 31. Tenants were advised to make checks payable to GPNJ Lessee LLC moving…
Princeton Theological Seminary officials announced Wednesday that the seminary no longer has plans to build new apartments on the Tennent Roberts campus along Hibben Road and Stockton Street in Princeton. Instead, school officials said they will focus on efforts to restore and renew other buildings on the campus. Seminary officials said they have informed municipal…
The office and retail building at the corner of Nassau Street and Chambers Street in Princeton that has been the longtime home of more than 100 small businesses is being sold to the founder of Graduate Hotels, a company that develops hotels in university-anchored towns, according to public records. Tenants of the building say that…
