Construction of the new student housing apartments on the Princeton Theological Seminary’s West Windsor campus is beginning shortly, township officials are saying.
Plans for the new student apartments on the Princeton Theological Seminary’s West Windsor campus were approved by the Planning Board in November.
The seminary plans to upgrade its outmoded student housing on the 54-acre site, located between Canal Pointe Boulevard and the Delaware and Raritan Canal along Emmons Drive, Loetscher Place and Farber Road. Plans include the demolishing the 25 existing 1950s-era garden apartments to make way for three new buildings with 68 units each.
The current site includes the 25 apartment buildings, along with an 8,375-square-foot daycare center and a 6,500-square-foot pool building, as well as several small maintenance buildings.
The site plan also calls for the Witherspoon building, which has 40 units, to remain on site, bringing the new total of housing units to 244 — just four units more than the original site.
The proposal also includes a new 52,000-square foot student recreation center, which would consolidate the services of the existing childcare and indoor pool facility, a 5,100-square-foot maintenance building, a grass athletic field, and a community garden. The plan also includes 377 small parking facilities.
According Sam Surtees, the township’s Division of Land Use manager, the demolition permit should be issued shortly, and the beginning of construction is scheduled shortly. “Right after the Fourth of July sometime, they should have their permits to start construction out there.”
