Riverbend Redevelopment
Public Notice:
PUBLIC NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Planning Board (“Board”) for the Town of Harrison in the County of Hudson adopted a resolution on November 13, 2013 (“Resolution”), memorializing its decision to grant an application for preliminary and final major site plan approval, deviations, waivers, and de minimis exceptions to Advance at Harrison, LLC (“Applicant”) regarding property located at Block 138.04, Lot 1, which is surrounded by Pete Higgins Boulevard, Riverbend Drive, Crucible Drive, and Fifth Street, and which is also known as 1100 S. Fifth Street (the “Property”). The Property is located in the Waterfront Redevelopment Area and is commonly referred to as Parcel D in the Riverbend subdivision. The Board granted preliminary and final major site plan approval to construct approximately 345 residential units with associated parking and amenities; ground level retail space; a restaurant; a fitness center; and a parking deck (all to be constructed over four phases) (the “Project”). It also granted relief to permit building setbacks greater than 10′ in various areas and de minimis exceptions from the Residential Site Improvement Standards for the number and size of parking spaces. The Board also relieved Applicant from condition(s) previously imposed in Resolution 11-05 adopted on November 14, 2011, which required certain streetscape improvements to be constructed in connection with each block in the Riverbend area. The Board modified the conditions and approved Applicant’s plan to develop the Project in four phases, with the streetscape improvements to be partially completed in connection with each phase. The Resolution has been filed with the secretary to the Board and is available for public inspection in Office of the Planning Board, Town Hall (basement), 318 Harrison Avenue, Harrison, New Jersey, during regular business hours, which are typically Monday through Friday, 9 am to 4:30 pm. Please take further notice that on November 11, 2013, the Harrison Redevelopment Agency (the “HRA”) amended its resolution previously adopted on September 9, 2013, to clarify that the HRA granted deviations to Applicant for the Project on the Property to allow temporary aboveground utilities and temporary interim sidewalks (“HRA Amended Resolution”). A copy of the HRA Amended Resolution has also been filed with the secretary to the Board and is available for public inspection in Office of the Planning Board, Town Hall (basement), 318 Harrison Avenue, Harrison, New Jersey, during regular business hours, which are typically Monday through Friday, 9 am to 4:30 pm. The HRA Amended Resolution may also be available in the Office of the HRA located at 600 Essex Street, Harrison, New Jersey, during regular business hours. Advance at Harrison, LLC By: Jennifer P. Smith, Esq. Gibbons P.C. One Gateway Center Newark, New Jersey 07102 (973) 596-4500 11/20/13 $85.00