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RE Development In Oranges Gets ‘Smart Growth’ Award
A mixed-use development project in the Oranges was named among New Jersey Future's "2018 Smart Growth Award Winners."
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ORANGE, NJ — There’s growth… then there’s “smart” growth. And the difference between the two is what sets the standard for redevelopment in New Jersey, according to a nonprofit advocacy group.
A real estate project in Orange – the Harvard Printing Company - was recently named among New Jersey Future’s “2018 Smart Growth Award Winners.”
According to New Jersey Future, the Harvard Printing Company is a "transit-oriented development that combines new construction with a repurposed historic Art Deco factory building into mixed-income housing."
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It's primary partners are Harvard Development Urban Renewal Associates LLC, Kitchen & Associates and HANDS Inc.
“Redevelopment has become increasingly the norm for how New Jersey will accommodate its growth, and demand for our older, already-built places continues to rise," said Olivia Glenn, South Jersey metro regional manager for the New Jersey Conservation Foundation and chairwoman of this year's Smart Growth Awards jury.
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"These winners all exemplify the highest standards for how best to capitalize on those trends,” Glenn said. “They will all have significant catalytic effects in their wider communities."
Additional 2018 awardees included:
AEROFARMS, NEWARK
An innovative, sustainable, locally focused urban agriculture enterprise
Primary Partners: Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group; Prudential; New Jersey Economic Development Authority; RBH Group; AeroFarms
700 JACKSON, HOBOKEN
A transit-oriented, mixed-use, mixed-income development that includes public and civic uses and innovative stormwater management features
Primary Partners: Bijou Properties, City of Hoboken, Marchetto Higgins Stieve Architects
GREAT FALLS CIRCULATION STUDY, PATERSON
An analysis of opportunities for redevelopment, improved circulation, enhanced pedestrian mobility, and expanded access to Great Falls National Historical Park
Primary Partners: County of Passaic; WSP; North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
ROEBLING LOFTS, TRENTON
A transit-oriented project that transforms a long-vacant historic industrial building into residential rental lofts.
Primary Partners: HHG Development; City of Trenton; Mercer County Improvement Authority; New Jersey Economic Development Authority; Clarke Caton Hintz
SMART GROWTH IN ACTION, SOMERVILLE
The realization of a long-term comprehensive plan that has revitalized a community into a thriving hub of activity.
Primary Partners: Somerset County Division of Planning; Somerset County Business Partnership; JSM at Somerville LLC; VMD Associates LLC
UNION EAGLE SENIOR APARTMENTS, BORDENTOWN
An adaptive reuse of an abandoned industrial building in a gentrifying area into affordable senior and veterans' housing
Primary Partners: Mission First Housing Group; City of Bordentown; New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency; Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders
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