West Windsor residents sue to stop warehouse complex

BY BiLL SANserViNO

Two West Windsor residents have filed a lawsuit against the township in an effort to stop construction of a large warehouse and distribution complex on the former American Cyanamid site.

The project, named Bridge Point 8, calls for the construction of seven warehouses totaling more than 5.5 million square feet on the 653-acre tract located at the corner of Clarksville and Quakerbridge Roads. The project was approved by the West Windsor Planning Board in July.

Also named as defendants the in the court filing were: the West Windsor Planning Board; site operator Bridge Development Partners of Itasca, Illinois, via its subsidiary the Bridge Point West Windsor LLC; and land owner Atlantic Realty Development Corp. of Woodbridge, via its subsidiary, Clarksville Center LLC. The case will be heard by state Superior Court Judge Robert T. Lougy.

In the lawsuit, residents Justino

Gonzalez and Stacey Joy are challenging the validity of an ordinance approved in November 2020 by Township Council that rezoned the tract for warehousing and all subsequent approvals by the Planning Board.

The plaintiffs are being represented by Robert F. Simon of the Warren Township-based law firm Herold Law.

The lawsuit seeks to invalidate the ordinance’s rezoning, the Planning Board’s approval and to halt See LAWSuIT, Page 2