Site eyed at intersection of Quakerbridge and Lawrence Station roads
By: Lea Kahn
AvalonBay Communities Inc., the developer of the Avalon Run East apartment complex off Quakerbridge Road, is seeking preliminary and final site plan approval for 342 luxury rental units on a 68-acre tract of land on the corner of Quakerbridge and Lawrence Station roads.
The developer is seeking Planning Board approval for the second phase of the development. Phase I of the Avalon Run East apartment complex was approved in 1995.
The township Community Development Department has not reviewed the application for Avalon Run East, Phase II filed May 11. The Planning Board Screening Committee is expected to review the application in July. No date has been set for the public hearing before the full Planning Board.
The 342 rental apartments include 84 one-bedroom units, 188 two-bedroom units and 70 three-bedroom units. There will be 290 “market rate” apartments and 52 “affordable” rental units. The affordable units will be set aside for low- and moderate-income households.
The plans call for building 288 units adjacent to the Avalon Run East, Phase I development. Access will be provided by an extension of Avalon Way. The remaining 54 units will be built on a portion of the tract off Lawrence Station Road.
Planned amenities include a swimming pool, tennis court, play areas, bocce ball court and a six-foot-wide fitness path encircling the property, according to the plans on file at the Community Development Department.
Look for more on this story in next week’s issue of The Lawrence Ledger.