Magnolia Oaks Subdivision For Adults With Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Proposed For Middletown

MIDDLETOWN, NJ — An application is currently before the Middletown Planning Board meeting to build a subdivision development at 911 Middletown-Lincroft Road, which will include two homes for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

If the Middletown Planning Board approves it, it will be called Magnolia Oaks. Its website is here: https://www.threeoakscommunity...

911 Middletown-Lincroft Road is 11.8 acres and much of the lot is surrounded by woods. It is the former estate home of a longtime Middletown dentist. There is a house there, plus tennis courts, basketball courts and a greenhouse, all tucked back from the road. All of that will be torn down if the subdivision is approved.

The bulk of 911 Middletown-Lincroft Road is zoned for single-family housing. Part of the property is zoned for farmland, and there is a small barn on the property, which will also be torn down.

A company called Neuro-Inclusive Neighborhoods of NJ 1, LLC is under contract to buy the property. Neuro-Inclusive Neighborhoods has an application before the Middletown Planning Board to subdivide the property into 10 lots. Two lots will be left undeveloped to preserve the woodland.

In total, eight homes will be built there. Two homes will be special houses set aside for adults with disabilities. These two homes will be owned and occupied by six adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, such as autism, etc. Care services and oversight for these individuals will be provided in each home. Both homes will include a suite for onsite supervisors, according to this Dec. 19, 2025 proposal letter to the Middletown Planning Board.

Those two homes will technically be considered multi-family homes, but they will look like single-family homes from the outside. The remaining six lots will be single-family homes. Homes on the other six lots will be sold to the general public, which may include parents of the special-needs adults living on site.

Access to the subdivision will be the current driveway from Middletown-Lincroft Road. It will be paved over and renamed Cornerstone Way. It will terminate in a cul-de-sac. A sidewalk and street lighting will be built around the cul-de-sac.

Their application does not appear to need any variances from the Middletown Planning Board, but Neuro-Inclusive Neighborhoods does need final approval from the Board before they build. All their application documents were published online last week, but the Middletown Planning Board did not have time to hear their proposal at last week's Jan. 7 meeting. Their application is pending.

The Middletown Planning Board already partially reviewed their application, and did have some questions, such as: Will the two homes for disabled adults be deed-restricted? Is there potential that the remaining six homes will be converted to additional homes for disabled adults? Will the development have passive open space to be used by the residents? Will the development have a name and will there be a sign off Middletown-Lincroft Road?

Neuro-Inclusive Neighborhoods of NJ 1, LLC's application before the Middletown Planning Board can be found here: https://www.middletownnj.org/A... and all their application materials are below:

1. 911 Middletown Lincroft Rd Planner Tech Memo.pdf
2. 911 Middletown Lincroft Rd T and M Review Letter.pdf
3. Subdivision Plan 911 Middletown Lincroft 12-18-2025.pdf
4. IDD Concept_10-03-2025 Lot5 Boys Plat.pdf
5. IDD Concept_10-03-2025 Lot6 Girls Plat.pdf
6. Westwind Home Option A_10-03-2025 Plat.pdf
7. Westwind Home Option B_10-03-2025 Plat.pdf
8. Westwind Home Option C_10-03-2025 Plat.pdf
9. Tree Management Plan (1).pdf
10. Pre Development Pond Drainage Area Plan 12.22.25.pdf

A similar apartment building for adults with autism and other disabilities is currently under construction in Red Bank. It is called THRIVE Red Bank, located at 273 Shrewsbury Ave. at Drs. James Parker Blvd. It is a 32-unit apartment building that aims to provide housing for neurodivergent adults. It is on track to open in 2027.

The Red Bank apartment building and the proposed Middletown subdivision are not connected in any way, nor do they share funding sources. However, they are both spearheaded by Monmouth County mothers of adult children with autism, who are seeking to find places for their adult children to live.

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