SOMERSET COUNTY PLANNING BOARD - SUPPORTING PRIORITY INVESTMENT IN SOMERSET COUNTY, PHASE 1: SUMMARY OF PGIA CHARACTERISTICS AND EXISTING CONDITIONS Baseline Conditions Build-Out Analysis Infrastructure Analysis Vacant Potentially New Developable Land Residential New Non- PGIA Typology General Baseline Conditions Existing Non-Residential Space (CoStar) Business Inventory & Cluster Analysis Infrastructure Analysis Socio-economic Analysis Growth Opportunities (VPDL) Units Res (SF) Improvement to Land Value Analysis Roadway Access Current access is via US 202/206; potential exists to create additional access points along 202. Road widening and traffic control There are no civic, educational, cultural, or housing AT&T Campus site is currently Employment / system upgrades could potentially help. majority of land is available for AT&T facilities of note in this PGIA. This PGIA is entirely Office: 879,000 sq. ft. - Vacancy = 0% None No residents 24.3 0 179,921 This is made up of 1 parcel and has a high ILV. accessed exclusively via US Route Technology Node No public transit; closest station is Far Hills. redevelopment composed of office space. 202/206 north of I-287. No good access for freight use. Utilities can accommodate increased development. There is work being done here to improve the Route 22 corridor Somerset County and NJDOT are There are no civic, educational, cultural, or housing 91 businesses between I-287 and Thompson Avenue, and these improvements will nearing completion of a series of facilities of note in this PGIA. It is mostly zoned for Top Businesses: Wholesale trade/durable goods. majority of land is available for 2/7 commercial parcels, 1/3 industrial parcels have Chimney Rock Interchange Employment Node make a positive difference in the traffic flow of this area. No residents 63.37 0 828,110 improvements to the US Route commercial, but its land use is 25 percent industrial, Highest Categories: 10 to 19 employees, $1 to $2.5 redevelopment low ILV. There is bus connection between here and the Raritan Valley Line. 22 corridor between I-287 and and it also has a significant amount of public property. million in sales Utilities can accommodate increased development. Thompson Ave. Flex Space: 99,200 Sq.Ft. - Vacancy = 22.58%, Industrial: 783,530 Sq. Ft. - Vacancy = 2.75% This corridor must be updated to a fully adaptive ATMS system to There is a nursery school and day care center here. 18 83 businesses allow this area to operate at its full potential. Right now, Easton Second highest population density, less than 50 Easton Ave is a heavily traveled percent of the land is vacant, which means there is a lot Top Businesses: Eating and Drinking Places, Personal Avenue is a large exit ramp to I-287 from New Brunswick, in some Retail: 518,188 Sq. Ft. - Vacancy = 18%, Office: percent owner-occupied housing, more than 50 Minimal growth potential via limited 11/49 commercial parcels, no industrial parcels have corridor that provides a Easton Avenue PA1 of potential here. Most of the rentable square footage is Services ways. 0 0 0 55,713 Sq. Ft. - Vacancy = 12.39% percent of people with an income above $75,000, redevelopment, substantially built-out low ILV. connection from I-287 to New retail, but land use is also made up of 30 percent Highest Categories: 5 to 9 employees, less than NJ Transit bus service operates along this corridor, and there are potentially large student population in this area. Brunswick apartments. There are about 1,100 dwelling units here. $500,000 in sales connections to rail stations. Utilities can accommodate increased development. There are no civic, educational, cultural, or housing 40 businesses Current access is via I-78 Exit 33 or Liberty Corner Road. Widening All of the non-residential square footage here facilities of note in this PGIA. The vast majority of the Top Businesses: Real Estate, Legal Services, Not two-lane local roads would help increase development here. Retail: 3,849 Sq. Ft. - Vacancy = 0.0%, Office: is associated with Approved Undeveloped Access primarily via Interstate 78 Exit 33 I-78 East of Exit Employment Node land use here is commercial, and most of the area is classifiable Establishments No public transit; closest stations are along Gladstone Branch, No residents 20.79 5 3,848 All parcels have high ILVs. 1,647,883 Sq. Ft. - Vacancy = 20.16% Projects (AUP). There are 5 dwelling units here at Exit 33 zoned for office research. This area would not currently Highest Categories: 20 to 49 employees, $5 to $10 shuttle service could help connect to these stations. classified as VPDL. support much retail or residential use. million in sales Utilities can accommodate increased development. There is friction between cars in competing traffic streams near This is an area with a proposed major affordable Route 22. Still, this section of Route 22 is not as busy as others. The housing development. Right now, it is 99 percent zoned competing traffic streams should be separated and private access as village commercial, and is made up of 47 percent 19 businesses driveways should be consolidated in order to provide further Smallest PGIA, third lowest population, least number 5 dwelling units, more than 6,000 square feet 6/21 commercial parcels have low ILV. Notable for Issues on Route 22 with the Green Brook Neighborhood commercial land use, 21 percent residential land use Retail: 35,748 Sq. Ft. - Vacancy = 33.57%, Top Businesses: Health Services improvements. Upgrading the traffic signal system would also help PA1 of households, half the families make $75,000 or of AUP land here. Some COAH dwelling units 0.76 5 6,730 good contiguous low ILV parcels that are close to numerous driveways for Center (there are a total of 13 dwelling units) and 20 percent Office: 10,100 Sq. Ft. - Vacancy = 0.0% Highest Categories: 1 to 4 employees, less than things. above. are available as well. Route 22. businesses public property land use. Right now there is 35,000 $500,000 in sales There is bus service along this route that connects to the North square feet of rentable retail, and a third of that is Plainfield stop but not to the Dunellen stop, which is closer. The bus vacant. route could potentially be rerouted to help things out. Utilities can accommodate increased development. There is friction between cars in competing traffic streams near Route 22. Still, this section of Route 22 is not as busy as others. The This is an area with a proposed major affordable competing traffic streams should be separated and private access 322 businesses housing development. Two-thirds of this site has Flex Space: 24,000 Sq. Ft. - Vacancy = 83.33%, Retail: driveways should be consolidated in order to provide further Top Businesses: Home Furniture, Furnishings and No heavy concentration of residents (mostly a 52/147 commercial parcels, 2/5 industrial parcels Issues on Route 22 with the commercial use. There is a relatively significant amount 888,990 Sq. Ft. - Vacancy = 17.13%, Industrial: 129,120 improvements. Upgrading the traffic signal system would also help All square footage/dwelling units here are Green Brook Route 22 Corridor PA1 Equipment Stores, Eating and Drinking Places highway commercial corridor), relatively wealthy area, 16.7 125 3,923 have low ILV. Notable for good contiguous low ILV numerous driveways for of retail space (15 percent vacant) and office space (30 Sq. Ft. - Vacancy = 8.52%, Office: 133,301 Sq. Ft. - things. AUP. 1/5 of the dwelling units are COAH. Highest Categories: 1 to 4 employees, $1 to $2.5 low housing vacancy rate. parcels that are close to Route 22. businesses percent vacant). Very little of this area now is devoted Vacancy = 29.73% There is bus service along this route that connects to the North million in sales to residential use. Plainfield stop but not to the Dunellen stop, which is closer. The bus route could potentially be rerouted to help things out. Utilities can accommodate increased development. A strong mix of redevelopment/AUP here. Half Somerset Street, Hamilton Avenue, Franklin Boulevard and JFK of the AUP units are COAH. Lots of non- 294 businesses Boulevard must be improved in this area. Mixed use development Two completed and four proposed major affordable residential square footage in the Retail: 529,864 Sq. Ft. - Vacancy = 3.46%, Industrial: Top Businesses: Personal Services, Eating and Drinking would minimize travel demand added to the roadway. Second lowest median household income, housing Hamilton Street/Renaissance PA1 and Redevelopment housing developments are here. There is a large mix of redevelopment category; even though there 223/533 commercial parcels, 43/128 industrial Major roads in this area are two 243,701 Sq. Ft. - Vacancy = 0.0%, Office: 137,604 Sq. Ft. - Places This PGIA is close to downtown New Brunswick's transit system. It is vacancy rate near 10 percent, part of the Renaissance 77.96 1,046 154,600 Redevelopment Area land uses here, although a quarter of it is unclassified. A are AUP dwelling units, most of the land falls parcels have low ILV. lane roads. Vacancy = 25.87% Highest Categories: 1 to 4 employees, less than also served well by bus service. 2000 redevelopment area. quarter of the office space here is vacant. into the redevelopment boat. A good $500,000 in sales Utilities can accommodate increased development. candidate for new dwellings in redevelopment areas. A significant amount of non-residential square The Route 206 bypass is still under construction; it will be footage in the redevelopment category. There There is an elementary school and a volunteer fire completed in 2017. Once this happens, it will significantly reduce Values close to medians for all metrics studied, low are also close to 7,000 dwelling units in that company here; there are also two major affordable Flex Space: 39,568 Sq.