In West Windsor, meanwhile, it’s on to the Planning Board for the proposed Korean Community Center on Meadow Road. The township’s Site Plan Review Advisory Board recommended the application to the Planning Board at its July 11 meeting.
This was the third SPRAB meeting for the Korean Community Center Foundation. The nonprofit purchased the 6.4-acre lot on 555 Meadow Road for $580,000 in 2011 and is expected before the Planning Board in October.
A one-story, 8,065-square-foot building is planned for the site, which will be open to the public. There will be numerous amenities, including a 160-person multi-purpose hall, conference rooms and classrooms. Programming will focus on Korean culture. The center will provide educational, social and health services for adults in the morning and evenings, as well as Saturday language classes for children.
There will be at least 56 parking spaces.
The property, zoned for research, office and recreation, will require two variances: the subdivided lot is a half-acre short of the minimum lot size requirement and 65 feet shy of the 200 feet width requirement.
The Princeton Presbyterian Church, now the Princeton Meadow Church, previously purchased the land from the Maneely Princeton Partnership. When the Korean Community Center is completed, it will be adjacent to the church, with two pre-existing single-family homes sandwiched between the two sites.
Also in the development pipeline is a 443-unit luxury rental complex on Wheeler Way, near the Princeton Country Club. The 68-acre parcel is owned by Princeton Theological Seminary, and the nonprofit is partnering with a private developer. The complex, named “Woodstone,” will include amenities and be built on a 23-acre portion of the site. The applicant will present a concept plan at the Wednesday, Aug. 3 Planning Board meeting.
In other news, the town may soon add nearly a half-acre to its open space greenbelt. Council introduced an ordinance at its July 18 meeting to accept a 0.42-acre lot from Grover’s Mill Apartments LLC. The company, owned by Carl Van Dyke, is renovating the adjacent Grover’s Mill building.
The “adaptive reuse” will preserve the building and convert it into a five-apartment rental complex. The Mill is located at the intersection of Cranbury and Clarksville roads. Across the street, Van Dyke previously converted and preserved the historic barn of alien invasion fame into a three-apartment, two-office mixed-use site.
