Middlesex planning commission approves Highpointe town houses
In what was the “high pointe” of the meeting on Wednesday night, Oct. 23, the township planning commission approved the final land development plans for the Highpointe at Middlesex Crossing Townhouse residential development.
The most recent plans for the complex call for 64 town houses across the 8.9-acre parcel of land off Adair Avenue, which is owned by NWPA Property Development.
This parcel of land was previously given master plan approval for retail use, in line with the nearby Middlesex Crossing plaza which features an American Natural, a Butler Brew Works, an Anytime Fitness and a dentist’s office. However, the developers were granted their conditional use request last month to change the approval to residential use.
Allan Beechey of KB Engineers says that the plans for the Townhouse development have been in the works for the year, and that few changes were made to the final plans before they were presented before the planning commission on Monday night.
“We answered all of the engineer’s comments, and we answered all of the people’s comments,” Beechey said.
Some of the concerns that Beechey and other representatives of the Highpointe development addressed on Monday night included the neighborhood’s stormwater drainage plan, as well as residents’ desire for screening trees.
“(Residents) didn’t want to look at the hillside from their residences,” Beechey said.
The final plans still require approval from the township’s board of supervisors, and the developers will also need to acquire other permits. Beechey estimates that construction could begin by early 2025.
“It’ll probably take us a couple of months to get the environmental permits that we need,” Beechey said. “So probably around the first of the year, they’ll start digging.”
The board of supervisors previously granted preliminary land development approval for the townhome complex at their meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 18, which is an earlier step in the process.
