With the opening of three developments in recent months, here’s an updated version of the RahwayRising redevelopment map.
The three completed projects add about 380 units within the Central Business District redevelopment area:
- 219 units — Reva Rahway, on the site of the former Center Circle indoor sports complex on Main Street.
- 116 units — The Mint on Monroe Street, the first phase of a total 208 units that often was referred to as Main & Monroe or Dornoch II during the planning process.
- 45 units — The Gramercy on East Cherry Street.
That leaves the only project currently under construction as the first phase of The Brownstones. Some 172 units are under construction at the site of the former Wheatena site on the corner of Elizabeth and West Grand avenues as part of first phase of a total 487 units across four buildings.
Overall, about 1,500 new residential units have been constructed within the Central Business District redevelopment area over the past 15 or so years. The total is closer to 1,900 if development outside of downtown are included.
There are about 570 units that have received approval from the Planning Board: 487 at The Brownstones (172 of which are under construction) and the second phase of The Mint, about 84 units (which could be bumped up to 100, pending approval), expected to break ground this spring.
The map above denotes most projects that have been completed, approved, or presented in concept. Green icons denote completed projects, yellow icons indicate projects under construction, and red denotes projects that have been presented as concept plans but have not been submitted as applications to the Planning or Zoning boards. The map is a continuing work in progress that I try to update periodically.
Projects within the map add up to about 2,800 units in all, including those that have been completed (1,900), approved but not yet completed (600), or presented in concept (300). Nearly all of them are primarily one- and two-bedrooms and most all are rentals, with the exception of about 60 units at Carriage City Plaza.
As for what might come down the pike in the future, there are another 300 units that have been proposed as concept plans to the Redevelopment Agency but have not yet been filed applications with the Planning or Zoning boards:
- 174 – Bridgeview
- 86 – Poplar Court
- 43 – Tamarand Cherry
Bridgeview received a necessary a Flood Hazard Area (FHA) permit waiver last summer thanks to a settlement with the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the city. There could be some movement this year on a land use application, some three years since the concept was presented to the Redevelopment Agency. There hasn’t been as much progress, if any, on the other two concepts.
