Suburban Style Buildings
​at the Edge of Trenton's Downtown

News coverage

• Times of Trenton - 1/11/18
• NJ Spotlight - 1/4/18
• The Trentonian - 1/4/18
• The New Jersey Law Journal - 1/4/18
• The Observer - NJ Politics - 1/3/18
• Editorial: The Record/northjersey.com
• The Record/northjersey.com - 12/28/17
• Trentonian - 12/22/17
• Trenton Times - 12/21/17
• US 1 Newspaper - 12/20/17
• ​NJTV - 12/20/17
• Town Topics - 12/20/17
• NJ Spotlight - 12/18/17
• The Record/northjersey.com - 12/18/17
• From NJ Spotlight: OP-ED Senator Robert Torricelli
• From the Trentonian:  Trenton residents to sue NJ
• From the Star Ledger: Christie plan advances despite residents' objections
• From the Trentonian: Christie plan ramrodded through despite no resident support
• From NJ Spotlight: Pols play musical Chairs - Trenton Project gets green light

​Planet Princeton:

• ​Controversial Christie plan to demolish three state buildings is back on the table

NJ Spotlight:

• Christie Administration's Push for New Government Offices in Trenton Stymied.

The Trentonian:

• L.A. Parker: Christie's Last Push for Flawed Trenton Redevelopment
• Christie's Plan to tear down state office buildings punted to Murphy
• Guest op-ed: Palmer and Prunetti - Trenton Needs to Follow Successful Example From Other Cities
• Guest op-ed: Iana Dikidjieva: The $135 million opportunity
• www.trentonian.com/general-news/20171113/christies-plan-to-tear-down-trenton-state-office-buildings-punted-to-murphy

The Downtowner

• A Transformational Vision for Trenton's Downtown Core
• Rachel Cogsville-Latimer: Statehouse plans not in keeping with city master plans and hopes

Times of Trenton News Article and Editorial Links:​

• ​Mix Trenton's office buildings with business, residents | Opinion
• Pictures from 1/19/2017 Meeting at the Trenton Friends Meeting House by Mike Mancuso
• -Relocating Trenton's State Buildings Will Hurt Downtown Businesses  
• Christie's Plan for State Offices would Cripple Downtown Trenton, Group Says
• Moving State Buildings Will Have a Big Impact on Trenton

​ABC New Channel 6 

• Christie's Plan Worries Trenton Business Owners

THE TIGHT TIMELINE

This was the NJEDA Planned timeline:
14 February 2017  NJEDA Board Meeting to approve architect and construction manager
Feb 2017: Phase 1 (Design) - expected to last six months
April-June 2017: BUDGET AND BONDS APPROVALS - details coming soon.
July-Sept 2017: Bonds issued
Sept 2017: Phase II (Pre-construction)
Sept 2017- Sept 2019: 
Construction
July 2019-Sept 2019: Demolition

DOCUMENTS

NJEDA Overview Presentation
21 September 2016

KSS Architects Feasibility Study
15 April 2015
Full document (lower res) 
Volume 1: includes detailed maps and plans for all the proposed buildings
Volume 2 & 3 : includes the financial analysis of the proposed developments.

Taxation Building Study
26 August 2013
Lammey & Giorgio, Architects
This document looks at the systems in the current Taxation building at State/Barrack Streets and is the basis on which the demo/build-new decision was made.

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