New Brunswick Housing Authority provides stable, quality affordable housing opportunities for low- and moderate-income families throughout the local community. Through the provision of public housing apartments and the management of Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, New Brunswick Housing Authority serves more than 1006 low-income families and individuals, while supporting healthy communities.
The New Brunswick Downtown Developmental Mixed-Use Project will transform underutilized, City-owned large lots into a thriving new affordable housing and mixed‐use community designed to improve the quality of life of its existing and future residents.
The Project will be constructed on a 21‐acre site (the Project Site) that will be redeveloped into a new mixed-use neighborhood with about 2,000 units of permanently affordable housing. The community will be centered around open space, with park space, commercial corridors, green walkways, dog parks, a farmers’ market, and large public open spaces.
The Project is conceived as a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood contained within a 10-minute walking radius, promoting an active and interactive lifestyle. Bike paths, walking paths, and active and passive recreation will benefit residents of the new development and the surrounding communities. The planning emphasis behind the 10- minute neighborhood is that it is possible to restore some of the positive aspects of traditional neighborhoods that have been weakened in the modern city. The emphasis on pedestrian scale is the key to encouraging the sort of physical proximity and social interaction that support both physical, psychological, and social well-being.
Client: New Brunswick Housing Authority
Expertise: Strategic Consulting / Master Planning
Location: New Brunswick, NJ
Status: Planning, RFP
Rental Units: 2,000
Collaborators: CSG Advisors