City Council approved a preliminary, non-condemnation redevelopment study of six areas of town after residents packed the Council Chambers Monday night with most speakers voicing opposition to the study.
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Council OKs tax appeals for industrial site
Rahway Industrial Sites will receive a refund of more than $200,000 as part of a settlement in state Tax Court.
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New Brunswick Avenue tax appeal settled
A New Brunswick Avenue property will receive a refund of more than 12 percent across five tax years – as far back as 2009 – while withdrawing tax appeals on three adjacent properties.
More than 300 properties on foreclosure registry
There are more than 300 residential properties on the city’s foreclosure registry, as of Sept. 1, including almost 100 vacant properties.
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Breakdown by property of expanded citywide SID
The average property within an expanded, citywide Special Improvement District (SID) would pay about $1,437 in taxes to the SID, but the average among industrial properties and apartments would be nearly twice as high as commercial properties.
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Industrial, commercial parcels win tax judgment
Two properties — one commercial and another industrial — were awarded tax appeal judgments, receiving credits of about a third off their tax bills over multiple years. The City Council approved AR-136 at its June 11 regular meeting. Continue reading Industrial, commercial parcels win tax judgment
Auto body shop plans expansion
The Planned Board finalized preliminary and final major site plan approval Tuesday night for an expansion of Quality Auto Body at 810 New Brunswick Ave. (Block 282, Lot 1.021).
A 22,000-square-foot, 26-bay facility would rise to complement the current facility across the street at 811 New Brunswick Ave. The business, which has been in Rahway since 1978 and handles high-end cars like Ashton Martins, will leave space on Elston Avenue once the lease expires.
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I’ll be running a 5K on Saturday morning at Rahway River Park with some friends. We didn’t whip up any Rahway Rising team shirts in time so you’ll just have to recognize us by my devastatingly handsome good looks (or just look for the guy getting dragged across the finish line). We can all celebrate the one-year anniversary of the blog — thanks to all for reading and helping out in various ways the past year!
Developers eye API Foils site
Two developers have approached the city administration about the API Foils property on New Brunswick Avenue, near St. Georges Avenue. While the property is home to an industrial use, the interest in the property would be for retail space.
Almost half of the 25-acre site is in a flood zone, according to Redevelopment Director/City Administrator Peter Pelissier, with about 12 developable acres. The building is partially used at the present time, and developers likely would use the footprint to avoid dealing with the state Department of Environmental Protection, he said.
There was thought at some point of moving the Center Circle tents to that site, according to Pelissier, and the fledgling Children’s Museum of Central New Jersey also had some interest at one point but now appears headed to Newark.
If interested parties were to purchase the building, they would go before the Planning Board, Pelissier said, without having to go to the Redevelopment Agency.
6/12 UPDATE: According to this report, there are “no immediate plans to sell or leave the location,” although API Foils “was mulling the possibility of selling the property but would continue to lease it to save money.”
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Our group may not have come away with any trophies in this year’s Mayor’s Trophy 5K like we did last year, however, we did meet some excited blog readers and future SkyView residents. We didn’t get a chance to snap a photo with them as with Batman (cameras slow me down), but here’s a big Rahway Rising hello to Kathy and Megan. Thanks for reading, and saying hello!
The race, from City Hall to Milton Lake Park and back, seemed to have had stiffer competition than last year and the overall field topped 200, up from 166.