Project For 101 Affordable Apartments Get Initial Ok: Reports

MANALAPAN, NJ — The project for a housing complex with 101 apartments on Route 33 is one step closer to approval after the Manalapan Planning Board held a preliminary vote, with an 8-1 favorable result, according to the Asbury Park Press.

Titled The Place at Manalapan, the project is set to be built between Sawgrass Drive and Madison Avenue and has five apartment buildings and a clubhouse, with a total of 101 non-age-restricted affordable apartments, the online publication also wrote.

There was some debate about the number of parking spots, with some planners arguing that two spots per resident were not enough and that this issue might contribute to future parking problems in town, according to the same publication.

Manalapan recently approved another affordable housing development on Ire Ore Road.

The application was filed by Toll Brothers for the construction of 224 market-rate townhouses in 65 buildings and 96 multi-family affordable rental units on a 57-acre parcel northeast of the intersection of Iron Ore Road and Route 33.

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