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SARA authorizes Panera building reorientation, allows planning‑board filing before formal agency site plan approval

5862286 · September 12, 2025
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SARA commissioners voted to approve a change in the Gateway service center concept plan to reorient a Panera Bread building and authorized the applicant to file with the planning board before formal agency site‑plan approval, provided the formal site‑plan documents are submitted to the agency engineer for review.

The SARA Redevelopment Agency on Monday approved a change to the Gateway service center concept plan that reorients the proposed Panera Bread building and allows the applicant to proceed to the borough planning board without waiting for formal agency site‑plan approval, subject to conditions.

Engineer Justin reported the tenant requested the building be rotated from a north‑south orientation to east‑west; the change also shifts parking and internal circulation. Justin said the building area and the number of parking spaces will not change and that the applicant sought expedited…

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