HOBOKEN–A proposed development in one of Hoboken’s most scrutinized redevelopment zones was slated to come before the Hoboken Zoning Board of Adjustment on Tuesday night.
Monroe Properties LLC will seek height, density, and use variances for a 39,710-square foot mixed-use development featuring two towers at 914-930 Monroe St., just east of the Shop-Rite.
The meeting will be held in the basement Conference Room of City Hall at 7 p.m.
The property in question lies within the Western Edge Redevelopment Area, for which the City Council appointed a new planner in May. At an initial public meeting in August and in an online survey, mixed-use development was emphasized as a key feature in the future of the Western Edge.
However, until a Redevelopment Plan is approved, the area will continue to be zoned for industrial use, necessitating the variances sought tonight.
The zoning board has recently been suspicious of large developments in the Western Edge. In June, they voted down a mixed-used development with two 13-story towers just south of the 14th Street Viaduct on Jefferson Street. At the time, some board members expressed apprehension about approving such a significant deviation from the area’s current zoning. They said the redevelopment process overseen by the Hoboken Planning Board was the more appropriate method for rezoning neighborhoods and green-lighting major projects.
However, in 2012, a 11-story residential tower in the Western Edge was approved by the zoning board, and is expected to be completed next year.
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