$29M Apartment Complex Developing In West Orange

WEST ORANGE, NJ — A 100-unit apartment building is beginning to take shape in the Valley Arts district of West Orange.

The four-story building with one-level surface parking underneath should be completed by early 2020, municipal officials stated in a news release about the project.

The $29 million project by The Alpert Group, a Fort Lee-based developer, Ironstate Development of Hoboken and Hands of Orange, is situated across from Orange’s Harvard Printing Apartments, a four-story mixed-use development on 2.5 acres completed earlier this year.

“It is a historic location,” Mayor Robert Parisi said. “This is one of West Orange’s oldest and most cherished communities and we’re excited to see its resurgence.”

The development — just blocks from the Highland Train Station — will have onsite parking, a community lounge and laundry rooms on every floor. The building will feature 1, 2 and 3-bedroom apartments ranging from 750-1,275 sq. ft. of living space, officials said.

Rental rates have not yet been set, but 55 percent of the units will be set aside for families whose incomes do not exceed 60 percent of the median income, while 45 percent will be offered at market rate, officials said.

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