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Princeton Pike office park set for redevelopment By BiLL SANserViNO
After an 18-month process, Lawrence Township’s planning board and town council have approved plans from Paramusbased Reynolds Asset Management to transform the Princeton Pike Office Park into CANVAS, “a mixed-use ‘live, work, play’ property that will feature 204 rental residences and 17,000 square feet of community-centric retail space.” Reynolds Asset Management
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purchased the six-building property at 3131 Princeton Pike in May, 2022, in a joint venture with Capital Solutions Inc., a Pennsylvania investment firm. Groundbreaking for the redesigned complex is set for fall 2024, with completion by early 2026, according to a press release. “The agreed-upon concept reimagines a space that had become largely vacant and functionally obsolete and crafts a plan to meet the community’s ever-changing needs for years
Celebrating the artistry of a Mercer hip hop pioneer By DAN AUBrey
Passage Theater in Trenton has been marking the 50th anniversary of the creation of hip hop by developing a new stage work based on the artistry of Mercer County’s own hip hop trio, Poor Righteous Teachers. The group featuring Wise Intelligence (aka Timothy Grimes), Culture Freedom
(Kerry Williams), and Father Shaheed (Scott Phillips) formed in 1989. The first of their socially conscious albums was the 1990 Holy Intellect, which also included one of their most noted songs, “Rock Dis Funky Joint.” They followed with three additional albums: “Pure Poverty” (1991), “Black Business”(1993), and “New World Order” (1996).
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According to Star-Ledger music critic Tris McCall, Poor Righteous Teachers was part of the early ’90s New Jersey hiphop explosion, a period when “it was possible for a parochial fan to imagine that the Garden State was becoming the center of the rap universe.” The trio toured nationally and internationally with listings up to 2009. Then, Father See BASEBALL, Page 6
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to come,” the press release continues, with the redesigned complex featuring “communitycentric dining, shopping, and experiences.” “Our team was drawn to this site due to the great sense of community Lawrence Township provides, as well as its incredible geographic location, just south of Princeton and equidistant from New York City and Philadelphia,” says Louis Reynolds, the founder and CEO of See dEVELOPMENT, Page 3
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