FAIR HAVEN: PD, DPW, PLANS IN REVISION

Borough Engineer Rich Gardella, at upper right, discussed concept plans for the public works yard on Third Street during the council meeting Monday night. Below, a 2019 rendering showing a DPW building repositioned to Third Street. (Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

It’s back-to-the-drawing board time as Fair Haven officials try once again to advance two significant capital projects.

One is a proposed new police station, which was the driving factor behind two controversial, and failed, property acquisition efforts in recent years.

The other is a public works yard makeover that not long ago appeared on track to yield residential lots the town could sell to fund later projects. That may no longer be the case.

September 18, 2020 - 6:50 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: POOL CLOSURE PROMPTS RENT CASE

The Grandville Towers pool has not opened all summer. (redbankgreen photo. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Thursday’s meeting of the Red Bank rent leveling board included a sharp disagreement over whether capital improvements to an apartment building’s pool enhanced the property’s value.

August 28, 2020 - 7:45 am | Comments ()

FAIR HAVEN: FACILITIES ON SPECIAL AGENDA

The police department has outgrown the former schoolhouse that houses it, officials say. (Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

hot topic Six weeks after Fair Haven’s council killed a controversial plan for a new borough hall and police station, the question of what to do instead may have an answer.

On Wednesday, officials announced the council will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, August 25 “for a borough facilities review and discussion.”

August 20, 2020 - 7:30 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: ANDERSON ‘EVOLUTION’ ROLLS ON

The former Anderson Storage building, above. Below, Chris Cole in the space being readied for Glen Goldbaum’s Lambs & Wolves salon.(Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

With the opening last week week of Sickles Market and Booskerdoo, Red Bank’s Anderson Storage building has all but completed a transformation in the works for almost two decades.

But for developer Chris Cole, who oversaw the project, it’s just another day at the office.

August 12, 2020 - 11:45 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: ZONING BOARD RESUMES WORK

A two-family home would be created in a structure now used for offices at 234 Maple Avenue. (Google Maps photo. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

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Sidelined for five montD-19 pandemic, Red Bank’s zoning board is scheduled to get back to the business of deciding variance requests Thursday night.

On the agenda: a marina fuel tank and the conversion of offices to residential use.

August 6, 2020 - 6:53 am | Comments ()

FAIR HAVEN: PURCHASE PLAN SCRAPPED

The proposal called for a $3.4 million purchase of the office complex at 623 River Road, followed by an estimated $9.6 million in site redevelopment. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

hot topic Fair Haven’s council has scrapped a controversial plan to buy a River Road office building for $3.4 million.

Monday’s action marked the second time plans for a proposed home for a new borough hall and police station have fallen through, and left officials turning to plan C.

July 15, 2020 - 2:30 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: CORNER BUILDINGS COME DOWN

Under a spray of water to keep dust down, demolition work on several buildings at the corner of East Front Street and Spring Street in Red Bank began Thursday.

What’s Going On Here? Read on.

May 22, 2020 - 6:00 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: STILL ‘NO CASES,’ OFFICIAL SAYS

Grandville Tower has two residents who are self-quarantined, but neither’s test results have come back yet, says a health official. (Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Contrary to notices issued to tenants, a Red Bank high-rise apartment building does not have any known COVID-19 cases, officials said Wednesday.

March 18, 2020 - 5:10 pm | Comments ()

FAIR HAVEN: FACILITIES PLAN ATTACKED

Fair Haven Administrator Theresa Casagrande at Thursday night’s event. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Fair Haven residents found a lot to dislike about a proposed $3.4 million purchase of real estate for borough use when they gathered at Bicentennial Hall Thursday night.

They barraged borough Administrator Theresa Casagrande with questions and complaints about the plan’s financial impacts, the displacement of business tenants and more.

March 6, 2020 - 12:00 pm | Comments ()

FAIR HAVEN: FACILITIES PLAN AIRING SLATED

The consolidation plan contemplates the borough buying 623 River Road for $3.4 million. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

With little more than a day’s notice, Fair Haven has announced a public presentation over a proposed plan for a new borough hall and police station.

One council member called the alert “terribly short notice” and asked that a key vote on the proposal be tabled.

March 4, 2020 - 2:05 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: WORK BEGINS AT RIVERMARK SITE

Work was underway on at least one of two long-vacant buildings abutting the Red Bank Public Library Monday. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge.)

What’s Going On Here? Read on.

March 2, 2020 - 1:00 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: SNACK BAR, SCREENS ON AGENDA

The council won’t renew the lease on the snack stand at Riverside Gardens Park under a measure on Wednesday’s agenda. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

After several years as a seasonal commercial operation, the concession stand in Red Bank’s Riverside Gardens Park has proven to be a fiscal dud.

So suggests a proposal to nix an extension of the soon-to-expire lease on the building. That, along with an ordinance tightening up the property maintenance law governing lawns and window screens, is among the items of interest up for consider at for the council’s regular session Wednesday.

Here’s a quick rundown.

February 25, 2020 - 12:45 pm | Comments ()

FAIR HAVEN: TENANTS HOT OVER TOWN DEAL

The borough plans to buy 623 River Road, outlined in red. The star indicates the firehouse property. (Google Maps image. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Over the objections of business owners and residents, Fair Haven’s council initiated a plan Monday night to buy a River Road site, where it would create a new borough hall and police station.

Even the council’s two newest members, Democrats whose November election signaled a change in the status quo, agreed that the new facilities are “a need, not a want.” But tenants of the target building said the changes would tear at the fabric of the town.

February 25, 2020 - 9:30 am | Comments ()

FAIR HAVEN: TOWN IN DEAL FOR OFFICE SITE

The borough plans to buy and raze the office building at 623 River Road, the mayor says. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

[See clarification below]

By JOHN T. WARD

After getting derailed last year, Fair Haven’s ambitious plan to consolidate borough facilities in new locations are expected to get back on track Monday night.

The town now plans to acquire and demolish the office building at 623 River Road and replace it with a new borough hall and police station, Mayor Ben Lucarelli told redbankgreen Friday morning.

February 21, 2020 - 11:40 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: FIREHOUSE GETS MORE TIME

It’s been almost six years since Red Bank sold the former firehouse on White Street to a private developer. More than two years have passed since a start-up brewery announced plans to set up in the space. And yet, the 109-year-old structure remains idle and empty.

What’s Going On Here? You ask, and redbankgreen answers…

February 21, 2020 - 6:15 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: BOARD SUED OVER TWO DECISIONS

The owners of the Colony House apartments, at right, claim the plan for the VNA site, at left, violates their property rights. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Two months after approving one of the largest development projects in Red Bank history, the borough planning board has been sued over the decision, redbankgreen has learned.

The suit arrives as the board is defending itself in a lawsuit concerning a proposed Hampton Inn just across the street.

February 12, 2020 - 7:00 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: APARTMENT REVIEW BEGINS

An elevation showing the Monmouth Street side of the proposed Salerno project. (Rendering by SOME Architects. Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

[UPDATE: The February 20 hearing for this project has been rescheduled at applicant’s request. No new date yet.]

By JOHN T. WARD

A proposed 59-unit apartment project should be allowed to exceed Red Bank’s height and density limits based on the objectives of the borough’s master plan, its architect testified Thursday night.

February 7, 2020 - 12:00 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: APARTMENT PLAN UP FOR REVIEW

A rendering of the Monmouth Street side of the project proposed for the Monmouth Street site, below. (Rendering by SOME Architects. Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

On the Red Bank zoning board’s agenda Thursday night: a 59-unit apartment project proposed for the onetime site of Clarence Clemons‘ Big Man’s West rock venue.

Also up for review: a restaurant instead of a laundromat on Shrewsbury Avenue.

February 6, 2020 - 7:20 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: HOUSING UPGRADES PROMISED

The Evergreen Terrace senior apartments and the nearby Montgomery Terrace units would get a more reliable source of funding for repairs, officials said. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Residents of Red Bank’s two publicly subsidized housing complexes will see improvements to their communities under planned funding changes, an official assured them last week.

January 20, 2020 - 10:30 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: PROJECT REVIEW GETS UNDERWAY

An architect’s rendering showing the West Front Street side of the proposed project, with the existing office building at left. (Rendering by Feinberg & Associates. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

hot topic red bank nj A plan to build 150 apartments atop an existing restaurant and parking deck in downtown Red Bank got its first taste of public scrutiny Thursday night.

While descriptions of the project by an engineer and an architect for developer PRC Group took up most of the three-hour zoning board hearing, it became clear that the plan’s scale, and impact on traffic, are likely to be issues.

January 17, 2020 - 10:00 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT ON DECK

A proposal to add 150 apartments to the Red Bank Corporate Plaza complex on West Front Street is scheduled to go before the borough zoning board Thursday night.

As previously reported by redbankgreen, the project would shatter the borough’s limits on building height, density and more if approved.

Here’s what you need to know about the application. (Rendering by Feinberg & Associates. Click to enlarge.)

January 15, 2020 - 7:30 am | Comments ()

FAIR HAVEN: STATION NOW IN HOUSING DEAL

The former Sunoco property on River Road could get 14 apartments under the plan. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

hot topic red bank nj A vacant gas station envisioned as the site of a new Fair Haven borough hall just a year ago would instead get 14 apartments under an affordable housing settlement detailed by officials Monday night.

At a special council session held at Viola Sickles School to address the town’s legal obligation to accommodate low-and moderate-income earners, residents also heard about a plan for a two-family home to be built by Habitat for Humanity in a residential neighborhood.

January 14, 2020 - 4:30 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: FORMER DOCTORS’ OFFICE IN REHAB

red bank what's going on here A long-vacant structure on Shrewsbury Avenue in Red Bank is getting a major addition.

What’s Going On Here? Read on for the answer… and some history. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge.)

January 14, 2020 - 6:55 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: CORNER PLAN GETS THUMBS DOWN

The project would replace a vacant office and retail building at the corner of Shrewsbury Avenue and Drs. James Parker Boulevard. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A proposal for 16 apartments above stores at a busy Red Bank intersection was sent back to the drawing board Thursday night, when neighbors and zoning board members declared it too big.

January 3, 2020 - 8:40 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: APARTMENTS AND STORES PLANNED

The project would replace an empty Shrewsbury Avenue office and retail building, as well as the house at far right on Drs. James Parker Boulevard. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A busy intersection on Shrewsbury Avenue in Red Bank would get 16 apartments and several retail businesses if a development plan up for consideration wins approval.

The project comes with its own underground parking, according to plans filed with the borough.

December 24, 2019 - 9:50 am | Comments ()

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FAIR HAVEN: PD, DPW, PLANS IN REVISION

RED BANK: POOL CLOSURE PROMPTS RENT CASE

FAIR HAVEN: FACILITIES ON SPECIAL AGENDA

RED BANK: ANDERSON ‘EVOLUTION’ ROLLS ON

RED BANK: ZONING BOARD RESUMES WORK

FAIR HAVEN: PURCHASE PLAN SCRAPPED

RED BANK: CORNER BUILDINGS COME DOWN

RED BANK: STILL ‘NO CASES,’ OFFICIAL SAYS

FAIR HAVEN: FACILITIES PLAN ATTACKED

FAIR HAVEN: FACILITIES PLAN AIRING SLATED

RED BANK: WORK BEGINS AT RIVERMARK SITE

RED BANK: SNACK BAR, SCREENS ON AGENDA

FAIR HAVEN: TENANTS HOT OVER TOWN DEAL

FAIR HAVEN: TOWN IN DEAL FOR OFFICE SITE

RED BANK: FIREHOUSE GETS MORE TIME

RED BANK: APARTMENT REVIEW BEGINS

RED BANK: APARTMENT PLAN UP FOR REVIEW

RED BANK: HOUSING UPGRADES PROMISED

RED BANK: PROJECT REVIEW GETS UNDERWAY

RED BANK: MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT ON DECK

FAIR HAVEN: STATION NOW IN HOUSING DEAL

RED BANK: FORMER DOCTORS’ OFFICE IN REHAB

RED BANK: CORNER PLAN GETS THUMBS DOWN

RED BANK: APARTMENTS AND STORES PLANNED