South Bound Brook, NJ changed the look and image of their small town by redeveloping the ancient GAF factory site, an old asbestos shingle manufacturing site. Having 20,000 cars/day driving by this dilapidated site created a horrible image for the entire town. Mayor Schubert and the city council worked diligently to get this eyesore turned into something they could be proud of.
It took a lot of work, but the hard work is paying off today. In the works on the site are 152 townhouses, a 25,000 sf retail shopping area and upscale apartments above the shopping area. Restoration of 1500 feet of the historical Delaware and Raritan Canal is also underway with a footpath along the canal connecting this project to the adjacent downtown area.
Today South Bound Brook is branding themselves with a canal barge and the mules that pulled the barges on it.
As Mayor Schubert said, “New Residential Townhouses $50 million; New Retail and Apartment Development $6 million; A Revitalized Downtown…..Priceless!”
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