Millburn Officials Help Break Ground For Development At Saks Site

MILLBURN, NJ — Local officials from Millburn and Springfield will attend a groundbreaking on Tuesday afternoon with a developer who intends to turn the former Saks Fifth Avenue property on Millburn Avenue into 270 apartments and townhomes, according to a release.

Garden Homes Development will construct a development called The Metropolitan at the site, located in Springfield near the Millburn border. The location is set to include 233 apartments and 47 townhomes.

A portion of the project will be set aside to include affordable housing, said the release.

The development will also include a private pocket park and 5,800 sq. ft. of new retail/commercial space, the latter of which will face Millburn Avenue, adjacent to the Upper Millburn Avenue/Short Hills Business District, according to the release.

The Saks 5th Avenue Department Store closed approximately 25 years ago, with the store moving to the Mall At Short Hills.

The groundbreaking will be limited to officials and members of the press for pandemic safety reasons.

Read what residents said about the project last year in neighbor posts on Patch here.

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