Grand Opening Ceremony Held For New, Affordable Senior Housing Community In Woodbridge

A new, affordable senior housing community has opened in the site of a former school in the Colonia section of Woodbridge.

Reinhard Manor, at the long-vacant School 2/16, has 62 one- and two-bedroom rental units, open to senior citizens age 55 and over.

Mayor John E. McCormac and representatives from Ingerman, BCM Affordable Housing, the Woodbridge Redevelopment Agency and Affordable Housing Corporation, and the New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency, held a grand opening ceremony Wednesday afternoon.

The community also includes a multi-purpose room for resident functions, on-site management offices and a resident services program that will meet the needs of residents, according to a news release from the township.

“Today’s grand opening signals a milestone and represents a significant step toward achieving our goal of ensuring that all of our senior residents have access to quality, affordable residential options,” McCormac said in a prepared statement. “Additionally, as we celebrate the opening of Reinhard Manor, we are pleased to announce that the community is fully tenanted.”

He said taxpayer money was not used to fund the project. Instead, it was funded through government grants, programs, and private investment, he said.

The building is named in the memory of U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kevin J. Reinhard, who died in 2012 in the line of duty in Afghanistan.