Timeline of Events

 

This timeline includes links to official documents.

 

2017

 

• PTS trustees launch a campus master plan, exploring consolidation and potentially developing graduate/student housing across campus, including the TRW site. They also propose reducing enrollment to rebalance resources Change.org+13Planet Princeton+13princetonrecreation.com+13.

 

2018

 

• PTS applies to Princeton’s Mayor and Council to designate the Tennent-Roberts-Whiteley campus as an Area in Need of Redevelopment (ANR) in order to build student housing. This designation is approved unanimously.

 

2019 (Oct)

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• Citing rising cost estimates and neighborhood concerns, PTS abandons student housing plan. Instead, it commits to restoring other campus buildings. Study sessions and public forums had been conducted in 2018–2019.

 

2023

• March 18: First community roundtable hosted by municipality on future of TRW site, focusing on challenges like stormwater, historic preservation, and site planning.

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• April 15: PCRD presents alternative 100% affordable housing plan for 50 units, which the Council dismisses as too costly to taxpayers.

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• May 6: Second roundtable continues dialogue, emphasizing environmental concerns, zoning, and density. 

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• Oct 17: Third roundtable sees Herring Properties present a concept plan for 238 residential units, including 20% affordable housing. ​

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2024

• July 8: Princeton Council introduces an ordinance adopting the redevelopment plan, following a unanimous vote June 18 Planning Board endorsement.

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• July 22: Official public hearing on the redevelopment plan (4.8-acre site) is held and the plan is unanimously approved .

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• July 24: Council casts the final vote to adopt the redevelopment plan, which includes a 238-unit apartment project by Herring Properties (48 units set aside as affordable) .

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• Dec 19: Council approves a 30–35 year PILOT tax agreement, from which 95% payments will go to the Municipality town, only to 5% Mercer County, and nothing to the Princeton public schools. 

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That’s an overview of the Stockton Street situation. To better understand the details of

how and ANR gives developer's free reign and how PILOTS impact tax payers, to the impact of this development's density on history, traffic, and flooding, we encourage you to continue reading.