Mayor Melham, Belleville Officials Break Ground for “The Kelsey”
Posted December 12, 2022Kelsey rendering photo credit: Sound Development
Luxury Apartment Complex is the Latest Redevelopment Project in Town
Mayor Michael Melham and other Belleville officials dug their ceremonial shovels into the ground on Thursday, December 8, marking the construction of a six-story luxury apartment building that will be constructed at the site of a shuttered foam factory.
Deputy Mayor Thomas Graziano and Councilman Vinny Cozzarelli also attended the ceremony for The Kelsey, to feature 114 apartments and about 1,200 feet of ground-floor retail. Construction at 740-748 Washington Ave. is to be completed in 2024.
The Kelsey is part of Newark-based Sound Development LLC’s Ethos brand, which already includes a 56-unit apartment complex on Franklin Avenue in Belleville.
The building’s name pays homage to the site’s history as an assembly plant for the Kelsey Motor Co. beginning in 1920. The car company went bankrupt in 1924, after only 601 Kelseys were built.
Belleville Township Photo Credit: Sound Development's Michael Pacillo, second from left, with Mayor Michael Melham, Councilman Vinny Cozzarelli and Deputy Mayor Thomas Graziano.