Phillip Sean Curran, Staff Writer
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer, A proposed mixed-use development with retail and offices along State Road will go before the municipal zoning board sometime in the coming months., Edward Bucci, a Trenton-based builder with deep roots in the Princeton area for high-end custom homes, wants to construct a two-story building with retail on the first floor and offices on top. The project last week went before the town’s Site Plan Review Advisory Board as part of the regular review the municipality does of projects., At that meeting, the developer indicated he wanted to have approval for a 24-seat restaurant., For now, plans call for six retail tenants on the first floor and four offices on the second; each floor would occupy about 9,100 square feet. The project mimics another Bucci development, on Route 31, in Pennington., The Zoning Board will hear the case because a restaurant is not permitted by municipal zoning for where the property is located. Municipal Zoning Officer Derek Bridger said Wednesday that the project could go before the board in May or June. A hearing has not been scheduled., The land, spanning some 2.3 acres, is vacant. It had been used for construction staging, according to the municipality., In June, Bucci filed plans with the town for the development.,
