The developer of the landmark HELIX project in New Brunswick will mark a key milestone on Friday when it tops out the first of three buildings at the campus, hoisting the final steel beam for the 12-story, 574,000-square-foot structure downtown.
For New Brunswick Development Corp., it’s also a chance to highlight what’s still to come at a facility that will be unlike anything else in New Jersey.
The debate over how to expand affordable housing in New Jersey is far from over, even after the passage of a law to devise the next round of obligations for hundreds of towns and cities. That was clear last week during a roundtable discussion involving four candidates hoping to be the state’s next governor, who were on hand for the annual New Jersey Planning and Redevelopment Conference in New Brunswick.
