10B — August 28 - September 10, 2020 — Architects/Engineers — Owners, Developers & Managers — M id A tlantic Real Estate Journal
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OBOKEN, NJ — Land-use consultancy, Dresdner Robin , has Analyzes Harmony Dispensary’s new ‘satellite’ space, which has been approved to open DresdnerRobin completes land-use analysis, study for Hoboken’s 1st Medical Marijuana Dispensary H
located at 95 Hudson St. in downtown Hoboken, formerly housed an urgent and primary care facility. Approval comes in accordance with New Jersey’s Compassionate Care Act, under which marijuana restrictions have been recently revised, allowing broader access to “al- ternative medical treatment facilities” across the state. Harmony Dispensary, which has headquarters and a pri- mary retail-and-cultivation location in Secaucus applied for the retail-only Hoboken site in 2018 after new regula- tions allowed existing licensed alternative medical treatment facilities to open “satellite” locations. Final local approval for the dispensary involved a revision of Hoboken’s zoning ordinance. Dresdner Robin successfully coordinated the revised zoning requirements for the site. The process involved legislative action from Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla and city council, and the project was reexamined via virtual public Planning Board hearing amid COVID- 19-related restrictions. Charles Heydt , assistant director of planning services at Dresdner Robin, said, “This is a truly unique process. These medical marijuana treatment facilities often involve revi- sions to land use and zoning regulations in order to properly accommodate this use.” New factors that Dresdner Robin helped evaluate include parking, a restriction of onsite consumption and an enhanced security system. The Jersey City-based firm also carried out a neighborhood impact study which evaluated parking impacts, noise and odor. The evaluation also incorporated a review of architectural plans, operations and traffic genera - tion. Dresdner Robin identified appropriate strategies to miti- gate areas where impacts were anticipated. Upon approval of the new city ordinance in June 2020, Dresdner Robin analyzed new regulations to ensure com- pliance and rendered a final opinion on the impacts of the proposed use. The architect on the proj- ect is Nastasi Architects of Hoboken. The associated law firm is Scarinci Hollenbeck of Lyndhurst, NJ. Dresdner Robin was also involved with site acquisition analyses for several prospective medical marijuana retailers across the state. MAREJ
completed zoning analyses for a medical marijuana site now moving forward in Hoboken. The firm, which also conducted a neighborhood impact study for the site in late-2019, evalu- ated new regulations and pro- posed enhancements at the location, which was approved by the city’s Planning Board in July 2020. It will become the 10th dispensary in the state and the second in Hudson County. The 5,000 s/f site, acquired by Harmony Dispensary and
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