Heat is included in the rent.

Walk to everything including the train station.

If I do say so myself they look great. You feel like you're in a new construction apartment except the floors are hardwood and the building is around 130 years old. I'm sure the eventual tenant in the upstairs 2 BR will love the open floor plan and Cat. 5 wiring throughout.

As I've always said, these units are great for some who works in downtown Trenton or just wants to live in an urban environment.

Give John Lamb a call - 609 683 4308

This isn't a living space but I know that there are some creative / entrepreneurial people on the Trenton Lofts list for whom this may be a great opportunity.

My plan is still to email a .pdf copy of the rental application to the large number of Trenton Lofts people who have indicated an interest in receiving it.

I hope this isn't an indication of a delay, but of course it probably is.

Among the valid concerns are traffic, takeover of private buildings on the site, collateral damage to nearby buildings and parking. These are all valid because they impact the ability of neighbors to enjoy their own property.

However, the ugly side of the discussions are demands that the developer hire sub-contractors of a particular color or residence, that the developer do something about crime in the neighborhood, that they hire people from the city or provide any number of other handouts.

Full Spectrum is a business not a charity. We're a city that needs to attract cool upscale development not chase it away.

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• Broad St. Bank - is delayed getting the rental application out
• The Whitaker - got a nice note from the architect but no pictures
• Trenton Town Center - secrets out, they were sponsoring the loft research
• Commonwealth Building - They didn't make the deadline
• The Cigar Factory - Don't know what's going on here at all

Those tweaks include breaking the Mayor's power monopoly over council. His slate of candidates (Pintella, Segura, Staton and Ungrady) have yet to vote against him. This was especially disastrous on the 7-0 vote to grant Leewood development rights in South Trenton. Leewood proposed to demolish 6 square blocks of privately owned and historic homes. The city would take many of them through eminent domain and the developer would trick residents into selling the rest.

Jim Coston and Jim Carlucci were both key members of the successful opposition to that project through their involvement with the Lamberton Historic District Committee (along with Mayoral candidate Frank Weeden). Meanwhile their opponents insulted their constituents in the papers and allowed Leewood to aggressively promote and acquire property for the doomed project.

Our incumbents now disavow their support for Leewood Village in a complete flip-flop from their original positions. Coston and Carlucci don't flip flop and will get it right the first time.

Carlucci ran unsuccessfully in 2002 but maintains a heavy civic involvement and is a recognized authority on civic life in Trenton. Coston is the pastor at First Baptist Church and President of LHDC.

If you live in Trenton, I can't urge you strongly enough to consider supporting these guys. They're both bright, thoughtful and are interested in fostering appropriate development. Coston would replace John Ungrady in the South Ward, who is possibly our worst councilman. Carlucci would replace one of three at large candidates, hopefully Paul Pintella.