Princeton Forrestal Village, the retail, office, and medical office complex on the west side of Route 1 in Plainsboro, may soon add some residential dwelling units to the mix.
According to a public notice, a concept review of “an apartment community containing 394 luxury residences comprised of three amenity rich, three and four-story buildings” will be presented to the Plainsboro Planning Board on Monday, June 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the court room at the Plainsboro Township Municipal Building, 641 Plainsboro Road.
The notice announcing the review noted that the plan calls for “internal parking that is hidden from the street. Other amenities include indoor and outdoor recreational spaces for residents and a public outdoor park.”
The proposed residential development would be located between College Road West and the existing Forrestal Village office buildings, taking up space now covered by parking lots and some grassy areas. Some housing already exists across College Road West from the village, the age-restricted Windows condominiums and semi-detached single family homes.
The new housing, being proposed by an entity related to the current owners of the village, would be just a matter of steps from the retail, restaurants, and offices that make up Forrestal Village. The existing Windrows housing, in contrast, is on the other side of College Road West, requiring pedestrians to cross a four-lane loop road with a small grass median in order to get to the village.
According to the notice announcing the concept review, the “buildings will have a mix of studio, one and two-bedroom dwelling units, as well as a mix of one, two, and three bedroom affordable dwelling units. There will be 344 market rate units and 50 affordable units in the proposed conceptual community.” The housing would not be age-restricted.
The architect is Minno and Wasko of Lambertville. The applicant, formally known as IVC PFV LLC, is represented by Drinker Biddle & Reath of 105 College Road East in the Princeton Forrestal Center, across Route 1 from the planned new residences. The next step in the planning process would be an application for site plan approval.
