96-Unit Campus Drive Apartment Project Offers Update To Hillsborough Planning Board

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — A 96-unit apartment construction project at 5 Campus Drive is moving along.

Campus Associates, LLC provided an update on the project to the Hillsborough Township Planning Board at the June 11 meeting.

The project includes 96 residential units in four three-story buildings, with 23 affordable housing units, plus a clubhouse and related site improvements.

The application returns to the board every six months under a condition tied to the extension resolution memorialized July 11, 2024.

The last status update was presented on Dec. 4, 2025.

Preliminary and final major site plan approval, bulk variances and waivers had previously been granted for the development in the Multifamily Inclusionary Overlay District within the I-3 Light Industrial Zone.

This approval followed a Superior Court judge's ruling that Hillsborough violated its affordable housing agreement when it rejected the project in 2021. Read More: Judge Rules Hillsborough Violated Affordable Housing Agreement

Project attorney Steven Kessler told the board construction has moved forward in the last six months, though electric service remains the biggest outstanding issue.

"At this point, the big item that we're waiting on is power from the electric utility," Kessler said.

Kessler said all four apartment buildings have been framed.

He said buildings one, three and five have completed framing and rough mechanical work, while building four was still in framing and expected to begin rough mechanical installation within about a week.

He also said the clubhouse is near completion, the pool is about 50 percent complete, and the site has been paved, though not yet top-coated.

The leasing process has also started, according to Kessler.

"We've already had several inquiries from the public asking when they can rent," he said.

He told the board, "We anticipate that at some point in October, we would begin moving our first tenants into the first building."

He also said the goal is substantial completion of the full site by the end of December, while adding that construction schedules can change.

Board members also discussed a discrepancy involving affordable housing paperwork.

During the meeting, board counsel said the project must match the settlement agreement and board approval requiring 23 affordable units made up of five one-bedroom, 13 two-bedroom and five three-bedroom units.

Kessler told the board, "We have constructed in accordance with the settlement agreement. It is 100 percent built in accordance with the settlement agreement, not in accordance with what ended up in the deed."

Board counsel said paperwork not matching those terms will be corrected before the first certificate of occupancy is granted.

The board indicated it expects another update in December unless the matter is resolved sooner.

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