Apartments, Chipotle May Be Coming To Franklin Avenue In Belleville

BELLEVILLE, NJ — A mixed-use apartment building with 175 housing units is being proposed for a site in Belleville, and it would come with a nearby Chipotle restaurant, developers say.

The Belleville Planning Board discussed a plan for 11 Franklin Avenue at their March 18 meeting.

As per the application:

“PB-2505: 11 Franklin Avenue (Block 2301, Lots 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04 and 1.05) Applicant, TFJ Belleville, LLC & LERP Belleville, LLC, is proposing (next to Starbucks on same retail pad site) one 7,300 sf commercial building with (3) tenants. One tenant (2,313 sf) is proposed as a Chipotle. Other tenants are not identified yet. On the rear vacant portion of the site a 5-story mixed-use building is proposed with commercial/retail on the ground floor (approx. 29,000 sf) with 175 residential units above (75 age-restricted and 100 non-age-restricted).”

If approved, Chipotle would join Starbucks and Wawa at the Franklin Avenue location, which is near Clara Maass Medical Center.

The possible addition of a new Chipotle has seen support from Belleville Mayor Michael Melham, who wrote that he was “already looking forward to the ribbon cutting.”

The proposal is on the agenda again for the planning board’s meeting on Thursday, April 10. The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. at 152 Washington Avenue (second floor).

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