Union County · New Providence Borough · #24-35673
Day care facility, New Providence Borough
New Providence Borough, NJ · 12,597 sq ft non-residential, institutional
About this project
A new institutional day care building for six or more occupants is proposed on Block 170, Lot 3.01 in New Providence Borough, about 12,597 sq ft with a reported construction cost of $2.05 million.
Official description: Institutional Adult/Child Day Care for 6+ Occupants; reported construction cost $2,050,000
- Plan type
- Building permit (new construction)
- Land use
- Institutional Adult/Child Day Care for 6+ Occupants
- Status
- Certificate
Filing history
- 2024-05-28 · #24-35673 · Building permit (new construction) · 12,597 sq ft
The full picture AI research · Nov 1, 2026
County records show a proposal for a new day care building in New Providence Borough, Union County, on Block 170, Lot 3.01. The building would be about 12,597 square feet. The reported construction cost is about $2.05 million. It is classed as institutional, and it is meant for six or more occupants, which is the size at which a child care use gets treated as a building type of its own.
The records do not say what is on the site now, who would run the day care, or how many children it would serve. Searches of news, borough meeting records and developer sites found nothing clearly about this project. No opposition, approvals or named operator could be confirmed online.
What it could mean nearby
- Day care centers usually create short, busy periods of drop-off and pick-up traffic. Nothing in the records gives a traffic study or access plan for this site.
- A new day care typically adds some local jobs, but the records give no staffing figures.
Where it stands
The latest county filing is dated 2024-05-28, and no approval or hearing outcome was found online. A project like this normally needs local land-use board review of its site plan, then building permits, before construction begins.
- May 28, 2024 Latest county planning filing for the project
Want to weigh in? The New Providence Borough planning or zoning board would normally hear an application like this, and residents can usually comment at its public hearing. Check the borough clerk's office for meeting notices.
Planning terms explained
- Institutional use
- A building type for community or care purposes, such as schools, day care centers or clinics, rather than homes or ordinary shops.
- Block and Lot
- The numbers the borough's tax map uses to identify a specific piece of land.
- Site plan review
- A local board's check of a project's layout, including parking, access, drainage and landscaping, before it can be built.
We searched the web for this project but found nothing beyond the county record, so this explanation is based on the filing alone. Researched by AI from public sources on Nov 1, 2026. It can make mistakes, so check the linked sources and the municipality before relying on it.
Scope estimate for contractors
Estimated construction value: $4.4M
- ~62 roofing squares (assumes 2 stories)
- ~31 tons of cooling (rule of thumb 400 sq ft/ton)
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