Yeah same one for almost 40 years..insanityIt’s about time! The bathroom alone is a disaster
$70 million New Brunswick train station makeover beginning this fall
A nearly $70 million revitalization project for the New Brunswick train station is set to begin construction this fall.www.mycentraljersey.com
Needs a lot more than a facelift. Should be demo'ed and rebuilt from scratch.It’s about time! The bathroom alone is a disaster
$70 million New Brunswick train station makeover beginning this fall
A nearly $70 million revitalization project for the New Brunswick train station is set to begin construction this fall.www.mycentraljersey.com
Used to ride out of there in the mid 1990's, parked in that little dirt triangle lot under the railroad bridge for a great price. I liked that station. Then again, my other option was Jersey Ave, which was no station.
Rutgers needs a bigger resturant / bar on Easton that serves acceptable food.
Dariel Djabome, Rutgers linebacker and team captain, recommends 25 Burgers on Easton. Next time I'm in town I'll grab a burger there. When I walked from train to stadium for Miami (OH) last week, I checked out Easton and was nice to see Hole in the Wall and Cool Runnings still going.
I have had ideas to raise $100,000 to plant trees all the way down Easton Ave from St. Peters Hospital to the train station. I've done the calculation and I think that's what it would cost. Might run it by the mayor when I see him next.
O Bagel is the best bagel spot in the city, right next to Hole in Wall (which is awful).
Stuff Yer Face really needs a remodel and upgrades with new TVs all over, especially in the bar area.
The new building is up where Teresa's used to be. The owner built it himself to save money (eye roll) so it took him 3 years to build it. He's almost done. I renovated the apartments next door to Tacoria and then I built 5 more apartments above Mamoun's where an old salon used to be for another owner.
Most towns have tree funds. When a developer takes down trees to build new building they need to provide trees to be planted else where. Not sure if NB has this program but if they do, that would be a good place to start. I know Edison and surrounding towns have these programs.
Easton Ave Apts are no longer all/mostly undergrads and fun? Those used to be the dorms everyone wanted and the gym was much better than CAG so many would walk a lot further to use it.
Isn't there a huge student apartment building across the street
It's not the area, my guess is too many other similar options they need to walk past (Queens, Golden Rail, Scarlet Pub). If you get a place in there that kills it with marketing and experience I am sure it can do well. I don't know how Roosterspin does well tbh I have been twice but underwhelmed both times.
A student walked in our office last week (probably 20 or 21) to talk to our staff about a property management issue and she goes, ok my Mom will be joining the call via FaceTime.
I used to own 94 Guilden and rented it out to college kids back in the 80s and 90s and even then parents were who I dealt with for $$ and other issues that arose. Parents paying the bills want to be aware of what’s going on
I currently have 2 kids at Rutgers. My older daughter is a Junior and lived in the Verve last year. The place is very nice but it’s expensive and the management suck. They nickel and dime kids to death and the parents pay the bills. They are extremely difficult to deal with. I tried to have my kids handle all discussions but management doesn’t take them seriously.
Our kid at a different college in Connecticut asked us to review his lease in his junior year, and we said it looked good. All interfacing with the landlord, a realtor, was handled by him. He's an adult and can handle his own affairs.
Did your son live off campus last year or is this the first year he is interacting with a landlord? Last year my plan was the same as yours. Let her handle everything, she's an adult. Hopefully all goes well for him and he doesn't have any issues or surprise charges.
No, this was junior year, 2023-24, school year. Renewed lease on his own for 2024-25. Handled everything himself for 2025-26, but did ask us to review the lease and see if there were any red flags.
Dude have her look at our website NOW www.tvdhousing.com. The nicest and I mean nicest luxury student rentals we have get taken in the next couple of weeks (one unit got taken over the weekend for June 2026). We are building a new construction 2 family on 74 Sicard St that is priced like the Verve but its brand new, with parking, better location and you don't live with 600 people. It will be ready for June move in.
Man I hear you. A lot of those houses are complete dumps. We manage a good chunk of them for other owners and take a lot of bullets but we don't own them. I can't put a gun to an owners head and say "new kitchen". I am proud to say I have convinced several people to fully gut renovate the houses and I do it for my own houses, so we have about 25 units now that are "luxury" where we gutted everything, got rid of the knob and tub wiring, galvanized pipes, actually put insulation in the house, new siding, windows, AC etc. Those fly off the shelf when we try to rent them. Here is another one we did construction on and sold this year for a client
Interestingly enough, RU recently began an Urban Forestry program over at the College of Biological and Environmental Sciences. May be a good tie-in to the community for them?
I would also look into RWJ/St Peters. They likely have community health departments that often have a program dedicated to funding city green space initiatives. Their missions may try to serve other less well off areas of NB, but often there are mixed funding projects in these programs where you could address an area like Easton Ave paired with another underserved area of the city.
Love the Knight Club and Olde Queens. A real big sports bar in a B1G town would be nice. Hell, I’d settle for a Buffalo Wild Wings.
