Glassboro approves 220 apartments
on Main Street.

Glassboro's planning board voted unanimously on Wednesday, November 4, to approve Glassworks, a six-story building with 220 apartments facing Main Street. The first floor holds 8,208 square feet of retail space, according to the plans.

The three-acre site, where Whitney Glass Works once operated, sits in the borough's central business district. It is bounded by Main, East High and Academy Streets and College Avenue. The building wraps around three sides of a parking lot, reached from a driveway on Academy Street.

The board approved how the land is divided and how the building is laid out on it, at both the early and final stages. The land is divided into lots for the new building, Angelo's Diner, the Glass Museum and the fire house, with one lot held for future development. Mixed-use buildings along East High Street and the former Glassboro Library building will be torn down. The borough council adopted a redevelopment plan for the site in May.

The developer estimates the building will be finished and occupied by 2029. No rents or start date have been reported.

Unit count and site details are as reported. Plans, permits and timing can change. Reported by 70and73.com. This is a summary in our own words; the full report is theirs.