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Happy hour: Friday, Feb. 26 at Flynn’s

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As kind and benevolent dictator of this fine blog, I hereby decree that the next Rahway Rising happy hour will be Friday, Feb. 26 at Flynn’s Irish Pub, 1482 Main St. Let’s say, 6-ish?

Thanks to readers who offered their suggestions in comments and emails on where to meet. We decided to keep it downtown but rotate the location, and since we were at The Waiting Room the last time, we’ll just sashay over to Main Street.

We had a nice turnout in November and I hope to see some more readers who couldn’t make it the first time around. Come meet your neighbors and fellow Rahway Rising readers — see you there!

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Woodruff Building changes hands for $775k

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The Woodruff Building netted $775,000 in a sale that closed recently, according to this Jan. 22 report (now behind a subscription pay wall) on GlobeSt.com.

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Irving Street market expands

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Strolling through downtown on Sunday, I noticed the Azteca Food Market & Deli expanded into the neighboring space once occupied by Fit To Be Ties, which has moved back to an Elizabeth Avenue location.

The market is next door to a building that’s undergoing renovation where a new bar and restaurant is planned, The Station Bar & Grill.

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David Drake closes, plans new location…?

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The renowned Restaurant David Drake closed this week.

A sign in the window of the Irving Street eatery reads:

“Restaurant David Drake has closed. Look for the NEW Restaurant David Drake in the spring in a new location. We would like to thank all of our local customers for all of their support over the years. We look forward to welcoming you back later this year.”

It’s unclear whether that new location will be in Rahway. I haven’t been able to find out much more since Tweeting about it Thursday but Drake told New Jersey Monthly‘s Table Hopping with Rosie yesterday: “I’m not sure what is going to happen, or not happen. It may reopen in the near future but perhaps as Bistro David Drake. We shall see because I’m totally focusing on doing good things at Alice’s in Lake Hopatcong right now.”

Thanks to reader Mark C. who emailed the heads-up on Thursday. Way to crowdsource!

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A look back at 2009

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What kind of a year was 2009 in redevelopment? Perhaps up-and-down might be the most accurate description.

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First sale of ’09 for Sky View at Carriage City Plaza

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For the first time in about 50 weeks a unit sold in Sky View at Carriage City Plaza, according to property transaction records.

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Carriage City settlement still not executed

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Carriage City Properties (CCP) still has not finalized or executed the settlement agreement with the Redevelopment Agency, attorney Frank Regan told commissioners during their meeting earlier this month. The Redevelopment Agency approved a settlement at its meeting in May. (For details on the agreement, see this earlier post.) A representative of Carriage City Properties had no comment.

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Park Square timeline: fall 2010

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The second building in the Park Square development is expected to be completed and ready for occupancy by fall 2010.

Joel Schwartz, principal with developer Landmark Companies of Keasbey, presented an update to commissioners at last night’s Redevelopment Agency meeting.

About 44 of the 63 apartments in the completed building one on Irving Street are leased and the 96 units in building two on Main Street should be open by October, Schwartz said. There will be a total 238 parking spaces. Due to a different elevation on Main Street, two levels of parking will be on that side (photo above, corner of Elizabeth Avenue) compared to one level in operation now on the Irving Street side. The four-story, 159-unit project broke ground in October 2006.

Schwartz said there was an effort not to push the retail space, given the market conditions but also to try to first fill up residential units. He hopes to have more tenants by the spring for the 7,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space along Irving Street. The first tenant, Eyes On You, a high-end optometrist occupying 1,700 square feet at the corner of Irving and Elizabeth Avenue (photo at right), should be open in the new year.

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