CenterPointe Warehouse Application Hearing To Continue In March

BRIDGEWATER, NJ — An application by Signature Acquisitions, LLC - proposing to tear down four three-story buildings off Route 22 and replace them with two warehouses - will continue in March.

The Bridgewater Township Zoning Board of Adjustment heard the application at its meeting on Tuesday night but was not able to complete the hearing.

The application for work on Block 206 Lot 3 off Route 22 at the Center Pointe Office Building will be continued at the Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting on March 7 at 7 p.m. in the Municipal Courtroom at 100 Commons Way.

At beginning of the meeting, concerns were raised that the applicant did not notify the couple hundred tenants at Laurel Circle and only the property owners prior to the meeting.

The Board Attorney confirmed the applicant was only required to notify the property owners by law.

The preliminary site plan with variances application is looking to tear down four three-story buildings.

The applicant is then looking to build two warehouse buildings, one with a net floor area of 142,000 square feet and one with a net floor area of 138,000 square feet.

Two driveways are proposed along Route 22, and one driveway is proposed along Jackson Street. A total of 284 parking spaces are proposed. Multiple variances are being sought.

To see the documents for this application click here.

Somerville Mayor Dennis Sullivan is urging residents to attend the Bridgewater public hearings.

While Somerville passed an ordinance in July banning trucks weighing over four tons from Gaston Avenue from Route 28 to Route 22 and on nearby side streets (including Grove, Gaston, North Bridge and Davenport streets) from Main Street to Route 22, warehouse-affiliated trucks may have to use the county’s Main Street or banned side streets to travel to and from the proposed warehouse site, Sullivan said during a Jan. 17 borough council meeting.

"We’ve taken some steps at this table to restrict truck traffic on the north-south streets that connect Route 22 with our main street. It’s still a mystery to me … as to how trucks will access that side coming from the Newark area, which is where the main port is," Sullivan said. "It's going to be interesting how they propose to get trucks on eastbound Route 22, without going on Gaston Avenue, without going up Bridge Street." Read More: Truck Traffic To Be Probed At Bridgewater Warehouse Hearing

This application is one of three warehouse proposals in Bridgewater. Read More: 3 Warehouse Applications To Be Heard In Bridgewater In Next 3 Months

— Additional reporting by Nicole Rosenthal

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