Category Archives: Commercial

Retail, commercial comings & goings for Q3

Two restaurants and two clothing boutiques were among the retail and commercial turnover in the third quarter of 2015.
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City Council to amend sidewalk cafe regs

City Council introduced changes to the city’s two-year-old sidewalk cafe ordinance, including a reduction in the seasonal fee from $500 to $20.

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Dock Street apartment complex changes hands

Riverside Apartments, a 31-unit complex on Dock Street, sold in May for $2.418 million, according to property tax records. The sale included a Main Street commercial space of about 1,000 square feet that houses Main Street Spirits.

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Commercial space comings and goings

Another post I’ve been meaning to get to for awhile and since we’re halfway through 2015, it’s as good a time as to take a look at commercial openings and closings in and around Rahway:

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City Council approves budget for expanded SID

City Council approved a $760,000 budget for an expanded Special Improvement District (SID) as well as a revised roster of affected properties.

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208 units approved for Main & Monroe

A two-building complex that’s expected to physically transform the center of downtown received unanimous preliminary and final site plan approval from the Planning Board earlier this year. Main & Monroe plans to extend Monroe Street, cutting Lot B and creating a new public street downtown.

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Microbrewery aims to open later this year

The microbrewery trend sweeping the Garden State is finally coming to downtown Rahway, possibly before the end of this year.

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Planning Board denies smokeshop application

The Planning Board on Tuesday night voted 7-1 to deny minor site plan approval for a smokeshop on East Milton Avenue, claiming that it is not consistent with the Central Business District’s (CBD) redevelopment plan or the city’s master plan.

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