HOWELL — The Planning Board has unanimously approved a time extension for a developer who plans to construct an apartment complex on Route 9 in Howell.
AST Sunnyside Road LLC sought the time extension to pursue a minor subdivision related to the location.
The extension, the second awarded to the developer, is for a period of 190 days and was approved at the board’s Oct. 6 meeting and memorialized at the Oct. 20 meeting.
AST Sunnyside Road has approval to build 220 rental apartments on a tract of land that fronts Route 9 north, just north of the Sunnyside Road jughandle. The rear of the property borders White Street.
Attorney Todd Cohen, representing the applicant, said the time extension is needed to file for a minor subdivision between the residential and commercial components of the site.
He said the subdivision is minor and technical in nature and is not for the overall project.
According to the developer, there is no start date for construction of the apartment complex, which received Planning Board approval in November 2009.
The project is expected to have 160 apartments that will be rented at prevailing market rates and 60 apartments that will be rented in accordance with New Jersey’s affordable housing guidelines.