Reminder: The West Second Street Commons Urban Renewal LLC application for 148 apartments on the PNC Bank block is up for Planning Board review tonight. The meeting is 8 p.m. in City Hall Library.
If you have any concerns or questions about this proposal, this is your chance to listen to the developer's presentation and make a comment.
Originally proposed for 100 apartments and 11,500 square feet of commercial space, the application is now for 148 market-rate apartments and 12,300 square feet of commercial space. Parking for 132 vehicles is proposed. The developer is seeking preliminary and final site plan approvals tonight.
This project is the largest of seven the developer has proposed for the central business district. In all, 196 new residential units are projected for all of the proposals, along with more than 76,000 square feet of commercial space. Restaurants, entertainment venues, stores, physical therapy offices, an adult day care center, offices and apartments comprise the array of projects planned by developer Frank Cretella.
In August 2006, Cretella envisioned redevelopment of the North Avenue Commercial Historic District. The original proposal was for 415 residential units and 130,000 square feet of retail and commercial space, with buildings as high as eight to 10 stories. Since then, the focus has shifted to the current seven projects.
While acquiring property and fielding plans for downtown Plainfield over the years. Cretella has created a new venue for his extensive hospitality operations. Click here to read more about it.
--Bernice Paglia
It's sad that so many businesses in Plainfield were forced to sell out and the City condemned their buildings. The reason was the hype about making Plainfield a little Newark. I don't want that. Plainfield with it's bad education system and crime is too much like Newark already. Several businesses did not reopen elsewhere after the devestating city take-over. I think we can thank the mayor and others for making such outlandish and unrealistic plans, when a more conservative plan based on the reality of Plainfield would have served us better.I love living in Plainfield and have for over 26 years, but I am also aware of it's good and bad realities.
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