The Trader Joe’s supermarket will comprise approximately 12,500 square feet and a flex warehouse office space at the rear of this section of the Pond Road shopping center will comprise approximately 5,400 square feet, according to the testimony. Delivery trucks will not idle while they are at the location, he said. Regarding deliveries, he said the operator will comply with a Freehold Township regulation which does not permit excessive noise prior to 6 a.m. Matthews noted the location backs up to a residential area off Pond Road. The store is expected to employ between 75 and 85 people who will work in shifts.
Matthews testified that the firm performed marketing studies which indicated a Trader Joe’s is needed in Freehold Township. Within the Monmouth-Ocean region, Trader Joe’s operates stores in Shrewsbury and in Brick Township. Matthews said Trader Joe’s operates two stores in New Jersey that sell liquor and he said that is the maximum permitted under state law. Matthews described Trader Joe’s as a “neighborhood grocery store.” He said liquor will not be sold at the Freehold Township location. Prior to Matthews’ public confirmation of what was being proposed, the possible tenant had been listed on the application as ABC Grocery. Justin Matthews, a regional vice president of operations for Trader Joe’s, identified his employer as the tenant for the former pharmacy. 20 in Town Hall, members of the Freehold Township Planning Board granted preliminary and final major site plan approval and associated variances to Pond Road Associates LLC, which will lease the space to Trader Joe’s.īoard Chairman Richard Gatto and board members Margaret Jahn, Leon Bruno Jr., Robert Kash, Robert Shortmeyer, Kevin Asadi, Jason Levy and Patrick Coburn voted “yes” on a motion to approve the plan following 70 minutes of testimony from representatives of the applicant.Īttorney Peter Wolfson, of the firm Day Pitney, represented the application before the board.
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