A new organization launching in Princeton is aiming to present a positive case for more housing. The group, ‘Princeton GROWS’, will be holding a ‘fall social’ event in the outdoor space beside the Arts Council of Princeton (map) next Monday, October 19, from 5.30 PM – 7.30 PM.
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Toll Brothers Inc is seeking permision to build a development of 28 townhouses at the site of the old ‘Italian-American Sports Club’ at Founders Lane in Princeton (map). The proposal will be the subject of a hearing by the Princeton Zoning Board of Adjustment next Wednesday, October 7.
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A large number of people attended the Princeton Council meeting last week to complain about the intersection of Hamilton Avenue and Linden Lane (map). As reported previously at ‘Princeton Patch’ (“Princeton Residents Press Council On Hamilton, Linden Traffic Safety“), there have been 20 crashes at this intersection since March 2023. Residents have started a petition calling for safety improvements. One resident pointed out that the failure to add safety improvements flew in the face of the town’s commitment to ‘Vision Zero’, which aims to eliminate serious crashes through safe road design.
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For years, people have asked why the Princeton Junction rail station is surrounded by acres and acres of surface parking lots, but no housing? Plans to add transit-oriented development around the train station have been circulating for decades, but tonight saw a real ribbon-cutting. Executives from Avalon Bay gathered to mark the official opening of the ‘Avalon W Squared‘ development (map), which offers an extremely attractive new opportunity for people looking for apartment living in the Princeton area.
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A long-running court case involving Princeton Mayor Mark Freda appears to be over. The town of Princeton, Princeton Fire Department, and the Mayor were sued by the family of Jodi Marcou, who died after being struck by a teenage car thief who crossed over the centerline of Route 27 on November 7, 2021. The attorney for Ms. Marcou’s family alleged that the Mayor had contributed to the crash by pursuing the stolen vehicle.
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The site next to “Jay’s Cycles” at 245-247 Nassau Street (map) could be the location of the next major redevelopment in Princeton. An application to construct 95 new apartments has advanced to staff review, and could come before the Planning Board later this year. Like most proposals for multifamily housing in Princeton, this redevelopment is part of the town’s plan to meet state affordable housing requirements. (See report from June 2025: “Town of Princeton Embraces ‘Smart Growth’ With Proposed Sites For New Affordable Housing“) 19 of the 95 new apartments would be designated ‘affordable’ units for households with restricted incomes.
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At the August 10 meeting of Princeton Council, the town’s elected officials got involved in a heated discussion over what had appeared to be a mundane resolution about a grant application to the New Jersey Department of Transportation. It became clear that the Mayor and various members of Council have quite different perspectives on what kinds of safety improvements should be funded by the town.
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A new ‘Whole Foods Market‘ will open on August 21 in Montgomery Twp, NJ. The supermarket will be the anchor of the new ‘Mongtomery Promenade’ shopping center, located next to Princeton Airport at 1200 State Road (map). The site is less than 1 mile north of the Princeton NJ town line. The new Whole Foods has been anticipated for some time, but the exact opening date was only recently announced. It will become one of about 550 supermarekets in the Austin TX-based Whole Foods Market empire.
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Mercer County planning staff who are helping to rewrite the County Master Plan came to Princeton on Saturday for a public outreach event about transportation. The ‘Mercer In Motion‘ program aims to “provide guidance to the County for a long-term and holistic approach toward transportation planning policies and strategies”. The in-person event followed a Zoom conference for members of the public in March of this year (Report: “Mercer County Planners Hosting Outreach Meeting Wednesday Night to Get Public Input About Transportation and Mobility“). This event took part at the Suzanne Paterson Center on Stockton Street.
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An application by Toll Brothers to build 85 new homes at 29 Thanet Circle (map) was approved by the Princeton Planning Board on Thursday, June 4. The new homes will be built as ‘stacked townhomes’, to be sold to their future owners (as opposed to being rented). 20% of the units will be designated ‘affordable’ units, with the sale price significantly reduced for households of limited incomes. This development forms part of the town of Princeton’s ‘Fourth Round’ affordable housing plan, which is required to meet state fair housing law (Report: Town of Princeton Embraces ‘Smart Growth’ With Proposed Sites For New Affordable Housing“).
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