Developers of the project proposed at the former Wheatena factory at Elizabeth and West Grand avenues are scheduled to meet with city officials this week.
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Renaissance at Rahway moving along
Work is progressing at Renaissance at Rahway since it broke ground just a few months ago. These photos were taken Sunday (at right, along East Grand Avenue looking west; below, along East Grand, looking east).
Home to what was the former Triangle Inn and several houses along Monroe Street and East Grand Avenue, Renaissance at Rahway plans to build a five-story, 88-unit rental complex. There will be ground floor parking. The development also will eliminate the block of Montgomery Street between Monroe and East Grand, building up to its adjacent neighbor, Riverton Nursing and Reha
bilitation Center.
The only property owner not to sell to the developer owns the building at the tip of Monroe Street and East Grand Avenue. The two-story retail-residential structure used to house a bait and tackle shop. Signage in the windows indicates a barber shop, T-Liners, is on its way into the ground-floor commercial space.
About a year ago, the Planning Board approved changes to the project, paving the way for 44 one-bedroom and 44 two-bedroom units instead of an initial proposal of 72 for-sale condos.
Barber shop in store for E. Grand property
It looks like another barber shop is in store for Rahway. While snapping photos of the demolition work for Renaissance at Rahway last week, I noticed signs in the window of the former MJ Bait and Tackle shop promoting a new barber shop, “T-Liners,” coming soon.
The property at 273-275 E. Grand Ave. was the only one not acquired for the adjacent Renaissance project, a five-story 88-unit development. The owner of the property threatened to file suit against the Renaissance project during a Planning Board meeting last spring. The lawsuit doesn’t look very likely at this point and the property has since been removed from the redevelopment area by the Redevelopment Agency.
Triangle Inn comes down
If you’ve been a reader of the blog for any extended time, you know how much we like taking photos of buildings getting knocked down.
The old Triangle Inn finally came down last week, along with several homes along Monroe Street. The properties 
will make way for Renaissance at Rahway, a five-story, 88-unit rental complex with ground floor parking. The development will take up the the portion of Montgomery Street between East Grand Avenue and Monroe.
Cops apply for red light cameras
The Police Department received approval from the state for a red light camera pilot program at Routes 1/9 and East Milton Avenue and also will seek cameras for East Grand Avenue.
City Council discussed the proposal during a meeting earlier this summer. Requests for Proposals (RFP) will go out after the pilot gets approval and vendors will vie to install the cameras. But tn 18 months since the state program started, none have been installed yet because of court battles, according to Police Chief John Rodger. “I’m sure there will be test cases played out in the courts on this,” he said.
Rahway is in the second cycle of approvals by the state Department of Transportation and towns that were in the first cycle are not yet installed. “We will continue to pursue it until it gets done,” he said.
A survey by the Police Department indicated as many as 60 violations per hour at Routes 1/9-East Milton Avenue. Eight summonses issued per hour would project a total of almost 200 a day, or 70,000 per year. By comparison, an average motor vehicle stop takes 20 minutes so one officer could theoretically complete three an hour — if assigned to nothing but traffic enforcement, Rodger said. The department averages between 10,000 and 12,000 violations per year, he added, with about 6,100 this year through mid-August.
Revenue from the fines, which are doubled because the area is a state-designated “Safe Corridor,” is shared between the state, county and town, according to Rodger.
Demolition begins at Renaissance site
Demolition work appears to have started within the past week at the site of Renaissance at Rahway.
Work seems to have started primarily at the former Triangle Inn, a three-story building at the corner of Monroe and Montgomery streets.
The four-story project will include 88 rental units. It was originally proposed as a 72-unit condo complex before developers got approval last summer from the Redevelopment Agency to switch to rentals. The Planning Board gave its approval in the fall.
Agency pulls property from redevelopment area
To head off a potential lawsuit, the Redevelopment Agency last month removed a property from the redevelopment area for the Renaissance at Rahway project.
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Property owner plans suit against Renaissance
The only property owner who didn’t sell to the developers of Renaissance at Rahway plans to file a federal lawsuit against them, the city and Redevelopment Agency.
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