Cranbury Open Space Plan
UMCPC, Plainsboro NJ
Master Plans
Phillips Preiss helps communities translate their vision for the future into straightforward, cohesive and compelling land use and development policies based on: strategic outreach, collaboration and negotiation; innovative planning approaches and tools; and practical considerations of economic, political and cultural realities.
Phillips Preiss worked with the Morris Township Planning Board to plan the redevelopment of the 147-acre former Honeywell International Inc. corporate campus. The work included amending the Land Use Plan Element of the Master Plan to create a new Office and Research Laboratory/Planned Unit Development (OL-40/PUD) designation. The PUD permits a mix of office, laboratory and townhouse uses subject to a series of development standards and contingent upon the submission of a general development plan.
Economic and Fiscal Impact Analysis
Phillips Preiss works with its clients to identify and seize opportunities for commercial revitalization and job creation through market analysis, policy research, consensus-building and design interventions. Phillips Preiss brings a multi-disciplinary approach to environmental impact studies (EISs) and fiscal, community and visual impact analyses. These assessments are undertaken with a view toward identifying real mitigation strategies for adverse impacts.
Phillips Preiss has provided planning services including fiscal and community impact analyses to Rockefeller Group with regard to its master planned redevelopment of a 268-acre former Exxon-Mobil corporate campus site in Florham Park known as The Green at Florham Park. The development is now home to the BASF North American Headquarters, Summit Medical Group, and The New York JETS . The Green at Florham Park is also the future home of AVE Florham Park, which provides 256 corporate suites, The Archer Hotel, a sophisticated 161-key boutique hotel, Summit Medical Group / MD Anderson Cancer Center, providing world class cancer care, and a residential community.
Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) retained Phillips Preiss to conduct a retail market analysis and planning study to help Main Street realize its potential as the true town center of Roosevelt Island. Phillips Preiss found significant potential for more retail on Main Street and recommended a series of policy and urban design interventions to revitalize the commercial district. As a result, RIOC began soliciting proposals for a master leaseholder for the Main Street retail spaces.
Phillips Preiss is providing ongoing planning services to Asbury Partners LLC, the designated Master Developer of a 50-acre redevelopment area on the waterfront within the City of Asbury Park, NJ. Phillips Preiss' work includes drafting a comprehensive amendment to the Waterfront Redevelopment Plan, in coordination with the City; preparing economic and fiscal impact analyses; and providing expert testimony in condemnation matters. A townhome development is under construction. The amended Waterfront Redevelopment Plan was adopted by the City of Asbury Park.
Sustainability
Phillips Preiss prepares Green or Sustainable Master Plans and Zoning and Design Regulations focused on improving energy efficiency and lowering the carbon footprint of communities. The firm is also able to integrate energy efficiency strategies, transit-oriented developments, walkable and bikeable communities and environmentally-friendly practices to whatever projects it is involved in, from site-specific projects to communitywide plans.
Over the course of a decade, Phillips Preiss has helped the Township of Plainsboro convert a former industrial property into a world class health care-oriented mixed-use campus. Phillips Preiss' redevelopment plan sets forth a detailed regulatory framework and design guidelines. Beyond medical offices and facilities, the redevelopment will include a day care center and age-restricted and other residential health care facilities. Walking paths, open spaces, water features, a green corridor and other common design elements will ensure that physical linkages between the various uses are provided. The plan creates an attractive and engaging outdoor environment that is beneficial to the health and well-being not just of patients, but also of doctors, employees, visitors and other members of the community.
Historic Preservation
Phillips Preiss emphasizes the importance of aesthetic and community character in all planning assignments and offers specialized historic preservation expertise to public and private sector clients. The firm has completed preservation plans for communities ranging from exurban towns to large, historically-industrial cities and developed design standards to ensure appropriate infill development in historic contexts.