About the team · South Jersey · August 13, 2026

Meet the team behind South Jersey New Construction

South Jersey New Construction is published by John and Justin Kelly of The JK Realty Group, a father-and-son brokerage team that has represented South Jersey builders, land owners and new construction buyers since 2006, brokered with OMNI Real Estate Professionals.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Approvals · Hammonton · Atlantic County · October 12, 2026

12 homes approved on First Road in Hammonton

Hammonton's Joint Land Use Board approved Total Holdings' plan to turn one lot at 397 S. First Road into 12 single-family homesites, reached by a new street off Grand Street.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Announced · Ocean Township · Ocean County · October 12, 2026

A townhome community is selling in Ocean County

D.R. Horton is selling Ocean Isle in Ocean Township, Ocean County: three story townhomes, one floor plan listed for sale, with a pool and nature trails, minutes from the local beaches.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Guide · South Jersey · October 9, 2026

How long can a town board take to decide?

New Jersey's Municipal Land Use Law sets the most time a town board can take before it answers. There are two deadlines: one to call the application complete, one to decide.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Guide · South Jersey · October 8, 2026

A builder's offer runs on a review period

Selling a lot to a builder and listing it on the market are two different shapes, and they run on different clocks. Here is what each one actually is, so you can see which fits your ground.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Approvals · Harrison Township · Gloucester County · October 6, 2026

Harrison Township approves 117 homes on farmland

Harrison Township's Joint Land Use Board approved a plan for 117 single family homes on nearly 94 acres of farmland along Richwood-Aura Road in Gloucester County.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Guide · South Jersey · October 6, 2026

Do you have to clear your land before you sell it?

A lot that is ready to build on is the easy case. Buyers also look at open acres, at land with a building on it, and at land the town has not approved homes on yet.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Announced · Monroe Township · Gloucester County · October 5, 2026

Grandview Mews townhomes are selling in Monroe

Ryan Homes says Grandview Mews in Monroe Township, Gloucester County, is open and selling two story townhomes on two floor plans. The model home is at 50 Grandview Ave in Williamstown.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Medford, NJ · photo Mr. Matté, CC BY 4.0

Announced · Medford · Burlington County · October 4, 2026

Medford plans three homes at its old library

Medford is revising its redevelopment plan for the former library at Allen Avenue and Main Street to allow three single-family homes.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Willingboro, NJ · photo Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Approvals · Willingboro · Burlington County · October 3, 2026

Willingboro approves 129 townhomes on Route 130

Willingboro's planning board approved 129 for-sale, three bedroom townhomes on 12.4 acres of the former Burlington County Times property at 4284 Route 130.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Announced · Monroe Township · Gloucester County · October 2, 2026

A plan for 338 townhomes goes before Monroe Township on Oct. 5

Traditions at Scotland Run LLC is asking the Monroe Township Planning Board for preliminary approval of a 338-townhome subdivision at Glassboro-Williamstown Road and Franklinville-Turnersville Road.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Guide · South Jersey · October 1, 2026

Is the basement in the square footage?

Not on the floor plans shown on this site. Each square footage figure counts finished living space above ground; the full unfinished basement is extra.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Announced · Hamilton Township · Atlantic County · September 28, 2026

Hamilton Township hears a plan for 71 homes Oct. 1

GurwiczGold Hamilton, LLC is asking the Hamilton Township Planning Board to approve changes to its plan for 71 single family homes on vacant land on the Black Horse Pike.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Approvals · Lakewood · Ocean County · September 26, 2026

Lakewood approves the first 116 homes at The Parke

Lakewood's planning board approved the first phase of The Parke at Lakewood on September 1. The plan creates 129 lots off Cross Street, and the first phase is 58 duplex buildings with 116 homes.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Hammonton, NJ

Announced · Hammonton · Atlantic County · September 25, 2026

12 homes planned on First Road in Hammonton

A developer wants to turn one lot at 397 S. First Road into 12 single-family homesites, reached by a new street off Grand Street.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Guide · South Jersey · September 25, 2026

What a land buyer looks at first

Before a builder or investor makes an offer on land, they look at who owns it, the zoning, the land itself, utilities, anything the town has already approved and recent land sales nearby. You do not need to gather any of it before you reach out.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Guide · South Jersey · September 24, 2026

The model home is not the base house

A model is built to show a plan at its best. Here is what is often an upgrade in one, and how to see what the base price includes.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Jackson Township, NJ · photo Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Announced · Jackson Township · Ocean County · September 23, 2026

A builder wants to finish a project stopped in the 1970s

A builder has asked Jackson Township's zoning board for permission to add 98 homes to a 17.6 acre site on South Hope Chapel Road. It was approved for 148 condominium units in the 1970s, and 28 were built.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Approvals · Vineland · Cumberland County · September 20, 2026

130 senior cottages will go up in stages

Live Well at Vineland, 130 cottages in 80 buildings for adults 65 and older off South Orchard Road, will be built in stages. Vineland's zoning board approved those stages on August 19, and ground has already been broken.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Elk Township, NJ · photo Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Approvals · Elk Township · Gloucester County · September 18, 2026

New Jersey approves a flood permit for a 204-home plan on Buck Road

New Jersey approved a flood hazard permit on August 28 for Silvergate Phase II at 240 Buck Road in Elk Township. The state's bulletin describes the project as 204 single-family detached homes.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Approvals · Gloucester Township · Camden County · September 18, 2026

119 townhomes proposed on Independence Boulevard

Oasis at Sicklerville, a plan for 119 townhomes on vacant land in Gloucester Township, got Camden County approval on August 25 that holds only if the township asks for no changes. The township planning board had it on its September 22 agenda.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Announced · North Hanover Township · Burlington County · September 18, 2026

One acre homesites are selling in North Hanover

Ryan Homes is selling single family homes on one acre and larger homesites at Province Line Estates in North Hanover Township, Burlington County.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Announced · Hammonton · Atlantic County · September 17, 2026

Townhomes are selling in downtown Hammonton

Lennar is selling West End in Hammonton, Atlantic County: three story townhomes on a single plan, within walking distance of downtown and under a mile from the train.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Ventnor City, NJ · photo Dclemens1971, CC BY 4.0

Approvals · Ventnor City · Atlantic County · September 16, 2026

The state approved 34 new units in Ventnor City

A state coastal permit issued August 14 covers 34 residential units, a park area and an access road at 6601 Ventnor Avenue in Ventnor City. The application is under the name Ventnor Cove.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Announced · Mullica Hill · Gloucester County · September 15, 2026

A 132 home community is open in Mullica Hill

JPOrleans is selling Fox Run at Mullica Hill from a sales office at 204 Bridgeton Pike, and says on the same page that it has multiple new communities planned across the town.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Announced · Lumberton Township · Burlington County · September 14, 2026

857 homes and apartments planned on Lumberton farmland

D.R. Horton filed its plans a week after Lumberton Township picked the company in August. The Land Development Board reviewed them on September 10, and the township has not posted the meeting minutes or the board's written decision.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

photo Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0

Announced · Barrington · Camden County · September 12, 2026

Mini golf proposed for a run-down Barrington building

Barrington's Planning/Zoning Board is being asked to approve a mini golf course at 60 E. Gloucester Pike. Royal Green Miniature Golf would tear down the roughly 10,000 square foot former Kids Castle building and lay out the course across the 63,000 square foot property.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Announced · Gloucester Township · Camden County · September 12, 2026

743 homes proposed on the old Freeway Golf Course

A plan before the Gloucester Township zoning board would put 743 homes on the closed Freeway Golf Course, the nation's first African American-owned 18-hole course.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Approvals · Woolwich Township · Gloucester County · September 11, 2026

72 affordable apartments get preliminary approval in Woolwich

The Woolwich Township Joint Land Use Board approved a lot split and the first-stage site plan for 72 affordable housing units on Block 16, Lot 5, after the Township Committee had passed the redevelopment plan change and the tax exemption agreement behind it.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Approvals · Franklin Township · Gloucester County · September 10, 2026

Two lots split for family in Franklin Township

The Planning Board cleared two minor subdivisions on the same night, 7 to 0 and 6 to 1. Each turns one lot into two, and each needed an exception from the board because the new lot is narrower at the street than the township's 150 feet.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Guide · South Jersey · September 10, 2026

The lot next door may not be worth the same

Two lots on the same road can price apart, and the reasons are usually not visible from the road. Here is what a buyer reads off the ground before an offer, and why a neighbor's number is a poor guide to your own.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Announced · Evesham · Burlington County · September 8, 2026

A vacated swim club could become six homes

Evesham Township's Planning Board carried two residential subdivisions to its September 17 meeting: six new homes on the old swim club site at 100 Lakeside Drive, and three new lots on Elmwood Road North.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Voorhees, NJ · photo Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0

Announced · Voorhees · Camden County · September 8, 2026

Voorhees had 120 apartments on its September 9 agenda

The Oaks at Centennial would put 120 rental apartments in two phases on the 6.6 acre L&L Redi Mix site at 600 and 602 Centennial Boulevard. It would be the developer's third community in the township.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Announced · Jackson Township · Ocean County · September 7, 2026

Jackson has three hearings on plans for 39 home lots

Three plans to split land into single family lots went on the Jackson Township Planning Board's calendar, along with affordable housing and stormwater basins.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Approvals · Washington Township · Gloucester County · September 7, 2026

82 townhomes are proposed on the Black Horse Pike

A roughly 20 acre undeveloped corner at Berlin-Cross Keys Road and the Black Horse Pike in Washington Township has been noticed for redevelopment with five commercial buildings and 103 residential units.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Mantua Township, NJ · photo Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0

Announced · Mantua Township · Gloucester County · September 5, 2026

A 46 unit site plan goes to the Mantua board

Royal Oaks LIHTC, LLC asked Mantua Township's Land Use Board to approve plans to renovate 46 residential units and add a community building and a small playground.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Guide · South Jersey · September 4, 2026

New construction or an existing home

These are the actual trade-offs between building new in South Jersey and buying a home that is already standing, rather than a case for one of them.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Ocean City, NJ · photo Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0

Announced · Ocean City · Cape May County · September 2, 2026

Ocean City's Soleil has a construction permit

Soleil, a six-story condo hotel at Ocean Avenue and 11th Street in Ocean City, has a construction permit after more than twenty years on the drawing board. A 391-space garage is built first.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Approvals · Deptford Township · Gloucester County · September 1, 2026

Two Deptford proposals total 726 residential units

Two D.R. Horton applications, Lakes at Bankbridge and Clement Oaks, were on the Deptford Township Planning Board's September 2 agenda with 726 residential units between them.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Announced · Woolwich Township · Gloucester County · September 1, 2026

Three plans in Woolwich, and nothing built yet

Ryan Homes offers three four-bedroom floor plans at Halladay Reserve in Woolwich Township, Gloucester County, and lists one home as available in February 2027.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Elk Township, NJ · photo Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Approvals · Elk Township · Gloucester County · August 31, 2026

Elk Township is reexamining its master plan

The Elk Township Planning and Zoning Board was told in July that a master plan reexamination has to be finished this year, with a public hearing on December 16 to adopt the report. The board also approved two minor subdivisions.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Marmora, NJ · photo Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0

Approvals · Upper Township · Cape May County · August 30, 2026

A Marmora site plan asks to remove two affordable units

When the Upper Township Planning Board approved 342 US Route 9 South in 2022, it required two affordable housing units there. The owner asked the board on September 3 to remove that requirement.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Pine Hill, NJ · photo Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0

Approvals · Pine Hill · Camden County · August 28, 2026

Pine Hill approves 138 age-restricted apartments and two warehouses

The borough's zoning board granted major subdivision approval and preliminary and final site plan approval at 141 Berlin-Cross Keys Road, for two four story buildings holding 138 age-restricted apartments with two warehouses behind them.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Announced · Voorhees · Camden County · August 28, 2026

Voorhees approves 60 affordable apartments

The Planning Board granted preliminary and final major site plan approval 5 to 0 for two three-story buildings, 30 apartments each, on part of the lot behind the Ritz and AMC theater.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Announced · Lower Township · Cape May County · August 27, 2026

Eight home lots approved in one vote

Lower Township's Planning Board voted 7 to 0 to approve eight lots at 225 Breakwater Road, preliminary and final in one vote: seven for single family homes and one for a duplex.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Guide · South Jersey · Gloucester County · August 27, 2026

What is in a new home price

Three things usually make up the price of a new build: the base home, the lot and the upgrades. Here is what each one covers and how they fit together.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Vineland, NJ

Announced · Vineland · Cumberland County · August 27, 2026

13 new home lots approved in Vineland

Prime Development and Construction LLC has preliminary approval to turn one lot between Walnut Road and Magnolia Road into 14, thirteen of them for single family homes. The board voted 8 to 1 on July 8.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Voorhees, NJ · photo Orest Ukrainsky, CC BY 2.0

Announced · Voorhees · Camden County · August 27, 2026

Voorhees board votes against a 77-home plan

The Planning Board found the Carriage House redevelopment plan inconsistent with the Township Master Plan. The finding is advisory, and Township Committee can still adopt the plan.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Egg Harbor Township, NJ · photo Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Announced · Egg Harbor Township · Atlantic County · August 25, 2026

55 home lots filed in Egg Harbor Township

Egg Harbor Estates, LLC asked the township Planning Board to divide three West Jersey Avenue tracts into 55 home lots, and the board heard the application Aug. 17.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Medford, NJ · photo Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0

Infrastructure · Medford · Burlington County · August 25, 2026

The Flying W airport is becoming homes

Medford and Lumberton have both designated the Flying W Airport and Resort for redevelopment as age-restricted housing, and a shared services agreement between the two towns now sets out who collects the trash, who inspects the work, and where each home's taxes go.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Little Egg Harbor, NJ · photo Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0

Approvals · Little Egg Harbor · Ocean County · August 25, 2026

96 residences near a final vote in Little Egg Harbor

Mathistown Commons would put 96 townhomes in 15 buildings, 80 market rate and 16 affordable, on a wooded Mathistown Road site. The plan holds preliminary approval and is at the final site plan step.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Land · Moorestown · Burlington County · August 25, 2026

A 24-lot subdivision is filed for Creek Road in Moorestown

A preliminary major subdivision for 451 Creek Road in Moorestown proposes 24 residential lots on 65.47 acres, conforming to the R-1 district with no variances requested. It was on the Planning Board's September 3 agenda.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Guide · South Jersey · August 25, 2026

How long a new construction home takes

On a homesite that is already approved, most new construction homes run somewhere around 5 to 8 months from signed contract to certificate of occupancy. Weather, permitting and the upgrades picked at contract all move that, and the approvals sit before the clock starts rather than inside it.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Somers Point, NJ · photo Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Announced · Somers Point · Atlantic County · August 24, 2026

100 residences filed for Bay Avenue in Somers Point

An applicant named 555 Bay Avenue Townhomes is asking the state for a coastal permit to redevelop a single Somers Point site with 100 residences, a mix of townhouses and affordable apartments. The state's August 19 bulletin listed it at the start of a 30 day public comment period.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

photo Anthony Quintano, CC BY 2.0

Approvals · Voorhees · Camden County · August 24, 2026

A court sent the Route 73 Wawa back to the board

The Voorhees Planning Board turned the plan down in September 2025 over Cooper Road traffic. After a suit and a tentative settlement adding road work, a Superior Court judge has ordered the board to hear it again.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Medford, NJ · photo Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Approvals · Medford · Burlington County · August 22, 2026

Medford is studying three parcels on Church Road

Township Council voted to send three properties near Church Road and Medford-Mount Holly Road to the Planning Board, to look at whether they should be designated an area in need of rehabilitation. No end user has been named.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Guide · South Jersey · August 22, 2026

What New Jersey asks of a builder before the first footing

New Jersey asks builders of owner-occupied new homes to sign up with the State before construction starts, and to cover each home with a warranty of one, two and ten years depending on the kind of defect.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Photo Chad Davis, CC BY 2.0

Approvals · Monroe Township · Gloucester County · August 21, 2026

Monroe is being sued over its data center ban

Hexa Builders is seeking $300 million from Monroe Township in Gloucester County after local officials reversed a 2025 ordinance that had allowed data centers. It is one of at least three New Jersey towns sued by data center developers over local bans.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Land · Cherry Hill · Camden County · August 20, 2026

Cherry Hill is leasing Holly Ravine Farm back to a farmer

The township spent $3,859,000 on the Evesham and Springdale roads property after a developer proposed to clear it, and is now taking bids on an agricultural lease for about 9.5 acres of it.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Guide · South Jersey · August 20, 2026

Your lot can usually be sold as-is

In most South Jersey land sales, the owner does not clear, demolish, survey or apply for township approvals before selling. Here is who handles that work, and when a deal works differently.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Guide · South Jersey · August 19, 2026

How a land sale runs in South Jersey

Once an offer on a lot is accepted, the buyer first checks the land (called due diligence), then the sale closes. Here is what each stretch covers, how long it tends to take, and what you do not have to do first.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Atlantic City, NJ · photo Jay Reed, CC BY-SA 2.0

Ground broken · Atlantic City · Atlantic County · August 18, 2026

Atlantic City is getting 56 lofts

A vacant 1920s building at 1 South New York Avenue is being rebuilt as 56 loft apartments, a $22.5 million historic rehabilitation with an $8 million state tax credit behind it.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Photo Harrison Keely, CC BY 4.0

Announced · Woolwich Township · Gloucester County · August 17, 2026

McDonald's and AutoZone are planned for Woolwich

Woolwich Township named McDonald's USA and AutoZone Northeast as redevelopers of two lots on Auburn Road, and each designation runs on a 60 day clock.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Approvals · Washington Township · Gloucester County · August 16, 2026

The Black Horse Pike Taco Bell is gone

After about a dozen years empty, the old Taco Bell at 5500 Route 42 in Washington Township came down, and a three-bay Take 5 Oil Change has Planning Board approval to replace it.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Photo 4300streetcar, CC BY 4.0

Announced · Ocean City · Cape May County · August 15, 2026

Ocean City's condemned Seaspray is coming down

A Conshohocken developer is gutting the condemned Seaspray complex for demolition and plans a four-story, 43-unit condo building in its place.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Approvals · Mount Laurel · Burlington County · August 14, 2026

Mount Laurel wants two hotels for housing

The township is moving to declare two aging hotels on Route 73 and Fellowship Road redevelopment areas, buy them, and pick a redeveloper for affordable housing.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

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