Bridgewater OKs Developer Agreement For Route 22 Self-Storage Project

BRIDGEWATER, NJ — Bridgewater Township Council authorized a developer's agreement with PSI Atlantic Bridgewater, LLC for a self-storage facility planned at 1661 Route 22.

The resolution, approved at the Nov. 5 council meeting, says the company owns the property and that the project was previously approved by the Zoning Board of Adjustment in June 2024.

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Township Planner Katherine Sarmad said the application had been known as Chimney Rock Self-Storage when it was approved in 2024 and that the property is at the corner of Route 22 and Donahue.

The approved application would construct a three-story, 129,000-square-foot self-storage building with 876 units on the 3.44-acre site.

Sarmad said the developer named in the agreement purchased the property with approvals already in place and plans to develop it as a self-storage facility.

There had been one minor site plan change since the zoning board application, handled through a site plan waiver, said Sarmad.

She said the changes involved pavement near the building, an overhang at an entrance and a shifted parking lot, and that "it was ultimately a net decrease in the coverage on the site that was approved."

She also said the agreement "just needs to be re-executed and with minor tweaks in order to effectuate it with this developer who will then be beholden to all the terms of that."

Council President Joan Geiger asked about the developer and Sarmad said, "I do not know of them."

She added, "The good thing about a developer agreement and the good thing about approvals is that they have to build to the approvals that they received."

Significant changes would have to go back to the board and the approved materials and facade colors are part of what must be followed.

Sarmad also said the previous property owner sought approvals without a specific self-storage operator lined up.

"I think they were always looking to sell to a self-storage operator," said Sarmad.

Township Administrator Michael Pappas told the council the original applicant appeared over many hearings and that the board "really scrutinized that applicant."

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