Speedwell Redevelopment

Creating a Vibrant, Modern Community on Formerly Blighted Properties

This project sought to create a vibrant, modern community on formerly blighted properties.

The LEED- inspired plan includes street patterns consistent with historic Morristown, contextual landscape design, and green streets, which will lead to a new municipal park also designed by Dewberry.

Green stormwater infrastructure minimizes the burden on Morristown’s storm sewer system, as well as the risk for non-point source water pollution.

Owner: Mill Creek Residential; Town of Morristown, NJ
Location: Morristown, NJ
Services: Geospatial, Mapping, and Survey, Engineering, Environmental

Markets: Real Estate and Commercial Development
Completed: Phase I-2014/Phase II-2018
Region: Northeast

Since the earliest days of the Speedwell Redevelopment, we partnered with the community of Morristown and its designated developer to deliver this transformative project. The redevelopment replaces 12 acres of blighted and largely paved properties with a residential community, commercial space, and park and green spaces.

We supported the town planning board in studying the properties and ultimately designating it an Area in Need of Redevelopment. Studies addressed traffic, environmental concerns, cultural resources, and impacts to infrastructure in this Revolutionary War-era city. We worked with the planning board, other consultants, and the community to craft and gain approval for a redevelopment plan.

Subsequently, we supported the designated redeveloper, Mill Creek Residential, with survey; site/civil, geotechnical, utility, and traffic engineering; landscape architectural services; and environmental services to deliver Phases I and II of the redevelopment. Phase I, known as Modera 44, includes 268 apartments and the extension of an existing roadway, open spaces, and streetscape landscaping. Phase II, known as Modera 55, includes 185 apartments, the extension of a public laneway right-of-way, open spaces, and streetscape landscaping.

acres

453

total apartments