Muhlenberg Update Promised Monday

At the Feb. 1 Agenda-Fixing Session, Deputy City Administrator for Economic Development Carlos Sanchez promised an update on the Muhlenberg site at the Feb. 8 regular meeting.my notes said next meeting but I am told it will be in March

Mayor Adrian O. Mapp also commented on Muhlenberg in his State of the City Address Thursday.

As readers know, the hospital closed in 2008. The Satellite Emergency Department that remained in the hospital has been relocated to another part of the campus, leaving the hospital site open for other uses. Although the city does not own the property, it has conducted studies and hired a consultant to explore future uses. Mapp says the administration is now ready to "accept viable proposals from investors or developers."

Below are excerpts from the mayor's address and two Plaintalker II posts on Muhlenberg (click on link to read). The meeting Monday is 8 p.m. in Municipal Court. Councilwoman Gloria Taylor asked Sanchez to speak also regarding Councilwoman Diane Toliver's suggestion that the site be used for a new municipal complex.

From the State of the City Address:

My administration and I have worked hard to advance the potential redevelopment of the Muhlenberg site and I am pleased to share with you that it is now ready to accept viable proposals from investors or developers.  

Throughout the past year we re-established a working relationship with JFK Health in order to move the re-development process for the now closed 10 acres of the hospital site, and conducted required studies. This allowed us to obtain the necessary recommendation and approvals from both the Planning Board and the City Council in order to declare the site an “area in need of re-development”

The site has been marketed to potential investors and developers as a site for a “health care” facility with supporting services and benefits to the Plainfield community and surrounding areas

Working closely with a re-development consultant we are now in the process of creating, generating and marketing a viable RFP to attract potential proposals for the redevelopment of the site.  

We have also worked closely with JFK   to properly assist them with the relocation and implementation of a newly renovated Satellite Emergency Room at the Kenyon House facility with expanded services to the community.

Recent Plaintalker II Posts

City Hires Real Estate/Redevelopment Consultant for Muhlenberg

Toliver Calls for Municipal Complex at Muhlenberg

--Bernice