Planning Board Hearing on Easton Avenue Apartment Proposal

[Tango Two]

More than ten years after a fire destroyed two buildings on Easton Avenue, the property owner is formally asking to build a four-story mixed-use structure in their place.


If the plans are approved by the city's Planning Board at their February 26 meeting, David Abisleiman would be permitted to build an 18-unit apartment building with two storefronts on the ground level on the 9,500 square foot piece of prime real estate, along the busy street.

Planning Board Hearing on Easton Avenue Apartment

 

[scarlet night]

Great news, that fenced off land looks terrible and this should encourage more retail and development.
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[lawmatt78]

Long overdue. That's been an eyesore for years.

 

[Jonny S]

Wouldn't be a NBT story without dumb parking fetishism and complete ignorance of urban planning.

 

[Leonard23]

Loooooong overdue. Why has it taken so long? Bring back Teresa's. I would guess this will be occupied by mostly Rutgers students & recent grads. I'd like to see a color drawing as the b&w looks kinda like a prison watchtower in the middle.
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[NotInRHouse]

So last night, I attended the 30th birthday dinner of someone who lived on my floor freshman year, and Cafe 52 burned down my freshman or sophomore year of college.

Long overdue doesn't do justice.

Thank god that crucial spot will be filled.

 

[SF88]

The spot probably won't get filled. The problem is the property owners keep proposing buildings that the city won't approve. No way New Brunswick OK's this building with NO parking. Where do the business owners or their employees park? Where do the residents park? The parking ordinance is overly burdensome, and not realistic. However, with NO parking component, the project is doomed to be turned down again. The lots are too narrow to build anything substantial. We will all be looking at an overgrown lot for many more years....

 

[RUskoolie]

Originally posted by SF88:
The spot probably won't get filled. The problem is the property owners keep proposing buildings that the city won't approve. No way New Brunswick OK's this building with NO parking. Where do the business owners or their employees park? Where do the residents park? The parking ordinance is overly burdensome, and not realistic. However, with NO parking component, the project is doomed to be turned down again. The lots are too narrow to build anything substantial. We will all be looking at an overgrown lot for many more years....

Isn't there a parking lot right next door to this site and a gigantic parking deck down the street? They are also building a parking deck around the corner for RWJ on Little Albany St. NJ Books is the newest building up on Easton that I can remember and they DO have parking but I don't know if this proposed building must have parking. They could also just make that lot a parking lot but it probably doesn't make sense based on what the owner thinks the land is worth. I've always thought Ward 5/6 needed an empty space with just pure parking.