Tag: Lawrence Shopping Center

  • Lawrence zoning board to hold another hearing on affordable housing development

    Lawrence zoning board to hold another hearing on affordable housing development

    After listening to more than two hours of testimony about a proposed affordable housing development next to the Lawrence Shopping Center, the Lawrence Township Zoning Board of Adjustment has postponed the public hearing to its Feb. 17 meeting. The zoning board spent more than two hours discussing some of the finer points of RPM Development’s…

  • Affordable housing development application goes to zoning board

    Affordable housing development application goes to zoning board

    The would-be developer of a 70-unit affordable housing development, adjacent to the Lawrence Shopping Center, hopes to wrap up an application for a use variance before the Lawrence Township Zoning Board of Adjustment at the board’s Jan. 20 meeting. This will be the third meeting in a series of public hearings on RPM Development LLC’s…

  • Application for affordable housing development will continue in January

    Application for affordable housing development will continue in January

    The would-be developer of a 70-unit affordable housing development, adjacent to the Lawrence Shopping Center, hopes to wrap up an application for a use variance before the Lawrence Township Zoning Board of Adjustment next month. The zoning board held the second in a series of public hearings Dec. 16 on RPM Development LLC’s request for…

  • Zoning board affordable housing application rescheduled for December meeting

    Zoning board affordable housing application rescheduled for December meeting

    The public hearing on RPM Development’s use variance application to build a 70-unit affordable housing development, adjacent to the Lawrence Shopping Center, has been rescheduled for the Lawrence Township Zoning Board of Adjustment’s Dec. 16 meeting. The use variance application was slated to be heard at the zoning board’s Oct. 21 meeting, but was postponed…

  • Developer will present plans next month for affordable housing units near Lawrence Shopping Center

    Developer will present plans next month for affordable housing units near Lawrence Shopping Center

    The would-be developer of a 70-unit affordable housing development at the rear of the Lawrence Shopping Center will have to wait until next month to find out whether the Lawrence Township Zoning Board of Adjustment will grant a use variance to allow it to move forward. The zoning board began the public hearing on RPM…

  • Opinion: Keep Your Mask On, This Proposal Has ‘Stink’ All Over It

    Opinion: Keep Your Mask On, This Proposal Has ‘Stink’ All Over It

    Keep your mask on, this proposal has “stink” all over it. I’m referring to the proposed building of 70 housing units, 69 designated affordable housing, in the rear of the Lawrence Shopping Center. The housing units will be built on 4.1 acres. This type of dense public housing was proven to be a failure decades…

  • Work begins on Lidl grocery store at the Lawrence Shopping Center

    Work begins on Lidl grocery store at the Lawrence Shopping Center

    The transformation of the former ACME grocery store into a Lidl grocery store at the Lawrence Shopping Center is under way. Demolition work on the vacant space began Aug. 26. The entrance to the former ACME grocery store has been taped off, and workmen were observed carrying out debris and loading it onto trucks to…

  • Dollar Tree adds to revitalization of Lawrence Shopping Center

    Dollar Tree adds to revitalization of Lawrence Shopping Center

    Dollar Tree has opened its doors in part of the former CVS drugstore space at the Lawrence Shopping Center, moving the revitalization of the shopping center steadily ahead. The discount store opened in its new space Aug. 7, across Brunswick Pike/Route 1 from its former location. It occupies 11,000 square feet of space next to…