About the team · South Jersey · August 13, 2026

Meet the team behind South Jersey New Construction

South Jersey New Construction is published by John and Justin Kelly of The JK Realty Group, a father-and-son brokerage team that has represented South Jersey builders, land owners and new construction buyers since 2006, brokered with OMNI Real Estate Professionals.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

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Announced · Barrington · Camden County · September 12, 2026

Mini golf proposed for a run-down Barrington building

Barrington's Planning/Zoning Board is being asked to approve a mini golf course at 60 E. Gloucester Pike. Royal Green Miniature Golf would tear down the roughly 10,000 square foot former Kids Castle building and lay out the course across the 63,000 square foot property.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Announced · Gloucester Township · Camden County · September 12, 2026

743 homes proposed on the old Freeway Golf Course

A plan before the Gloucester Township zoning board would put 743 homes on the closed Freeway Golf Course, the nation's first African American-owned 18-hole course. The land is zoned for about one home per acre.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Approvals · Woolwich Township · Gloucester County · September 11, 2026

72 affordable apartments get preliminary approval in Woolwich

The Woolwich Township Joint Land Use Board approved a lot split and the first-stage site plan for 72 affordable housing units on Block 16, Lot 5, after the Township Committee had passed the redevelopment plan change and the tax exemption agreement behind it.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Approvals · Franklin Township · Gloucester County · September 10, 2026

Two lots split for family in Franklin Township

The Planning Board cleared two minor subdivisions on the same night, 7 to 0 and 6 to 1. Each turns one lot into two, and neither lot was the 150 feet wide at the street the township requires.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Guide · South Jersey · September 10, 2026

The lot next door may not be worth the same

Two lots on the same road can price apart, and the reasons are usually not visible from the road. Here is what a buyer reads off the ground before an offer, and why a neighbor's number is a poor guide to your own.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Announced · Evesham · Burlington County · September 8, 2026

A vacated swim club could become six homes

Evesham Township's Planning Board carried two residential subdivisions to its September 17 meeting: six new homes on the old swim club site at 100 Lakeside Drive, and three new lots on Elmwood Road North.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Voorhees, NJ · photo Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0

Announced · Voorhees · Camden County · September 8, 2026

120 apartments go before Voorhees on September 9

The Oaks at Centennial would put 120 rental apartments in two phases on the 6.6 acre L&L Redi Mix site at 600 and 602 Centennial Boulevard. It would be the developer's third community in the township.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Announced · Jackson Township · Ocean County · September 7, 2026

Jackson has 39 home lots waiting on hearings

Three major subdivisions sit on the Planning Board's calendar between September and November, together proposing 39 single family lots along with affordable housing units and stormwater basins.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Approvals · Washington Township · Gloucester County · September 7, 2026

82 townhomes are proposed on the Black Horse Pike

A roughly 20 acre undeveloped corner at Berlin-Cross Keys Road and the Black Horse Pike in Washington Township has been noticed for redevelopment with five commercial buildings and 103 residential units.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Mantua Township, NJ · photo Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0

Announced · Mantua Township · Gloucester County · September 5, 2026

A 46 unit site plan goes to the Mantua board

The application on Jackson Road asks to add a community building and a tot lot, rework the parking and renovate the interiors of all 46 units. Two pole barn variances share the night.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Guide · South Jersey · September 4, 2026

New construction or an existing home

Both answers are right for somebody. These are the actual trade offs between building and buying something already standing, rather than a case for one of them.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Ocean City, NJ · photo Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0

Announced · Ocean City · Cape May County · September 2, 2026

Ocean City's Soleil has a construction permit

Soleil, a six-story condo hotel at Ocean Avenue and 11th Street in Ocean City, has a construction permit after more than twenty years on the drawing board. A 391-space garage is built first.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Approvals · Deptford Township · Gloucester County · September 1, 2026

Two Deptford proposals total 726 residential units

Two D.R. Horton applications, Lakes at Bankbridge and Clement Oaks, go before the Deptford Township Planning Board on September 2 with 726 residential units between them. Nothing has been decided.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Announced · Woolwich Township · Gloucester County · September 1, 2026

Three plans in Woolwich, and nothing built yet

Ryan Homes has a model home at 247 Hornbean Avenue in Woolwich Township, with hours posted all week but visits by appointment, three floor plans, and nothing built at the community yet.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Elk Township, NJ · photo Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Approvals · Elk Township · Gloucester County · August 31, 2026

Elk Township is reexamining its master plan

The Elk Township Planning and Zoning Board was told in July that a master plan reexamination has to be finished this year, with a public hearing on December 16 to adopt the report. The board also approved two minor subdivisions.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Marmora, NJ · photo Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0

Approvals · Upper Township · Cape May County · August 30, 2026

A Marmora site plan asks to remove two affordable units

The Upper Township Planning Board hears an application on September 3 to amend a 2022 approval at 342 US Route 9 South, by removing the condition that required two on-site affordable housing units. Nothing has been decided.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Pine Hill, NJ · photo Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0

Approvals · Pine Hill · Camden County · August 28, 2026

Pine Hill approves 138 age-restricted apartments and two warehouses

The borough's zoning board granted major subdivision approval and preliminary and final site plan approval at 141 Berlin-Cross Keys Road, for two four story buildings holding 138 age-restricted apartments with two warehouses behind them.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Announced · Voorhees · Camden County · August 28, 2026

Voorhees approves 60 affordable apartments

The Planning Board granted preliminary and final major site plan approval 5 to 0 for two three-story buildings, 30 apartments each, on part of the lot behind the Ritz and AMC theater.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Announced · Lower Township · Cape May County · August 27, 2026

Eight home lots approved in one vote

Lower Township's Planning Board voted 7 to 0 to approve eight lots at 225 Breakwater Road, preliminary and final in one vote: seven for single family homes and one for a duplex.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Vineland, NJ

Announced · Vineland · Cumberland County · August 27, 2026

13 new home lots approved in Vineland

Prime Development and Construction LLC has preliminary approval to turn one lot between Walnut Road and Magnolia Road into 14, thirteen of them for single family homes. The board voted 8 to 1 on July 8.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Voorhees, NJ · photo Orest Ukrainsky, CC BY 2.0

Announced · Voorhees · Camden County · August 27, 2026

Voorhees board votes against a 77-home plan

The Planning Board found the Carriage House redevelopment plan inconsistent with the Township Master Plan. The finding is a recommendation, and Township Committee can still adopt the plan.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Egg Harbor Township, NJ · photo Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Announced · Egg Harbor Township · Atlantic County · August 25, 2026

55 home lots filed in Egg Harbor Township

Egg Harbor Estates, LLC asked the township Planning Board to turn three West Jersey Avenue tracts into 24 single family lots and 31 two family attached lots. The board heard it Aug. 17; the result posts with the resolution.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Medford, NJ · photo Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0

Infrastructure · Medford · Burlington County · August 25, 2026

The Flying W airport is becoming homes

Medford and Lumberton have both designated the Flying W Airport and Resort for redevelopment as age-restricted housing, and a shared services agreement between the two towns now sets out who collects the trash, who inspects the work, and where each home's taxes go.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Little Egg Harbor, NJ · photo Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0

Approvals · Little Egg Harbor · Ocean County · August 25, 2026

96 residences near a final vote in Little Egg Harbor

Mathistown Commons would put 15 townhouse buildings with 96 residences, 80 market rate and 16 affordable, on a wooded Mathistown Road site. The plan holds preliminary approval and is at the final site plan step.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Land · Moorestown · Burlington County · August 25, 2026

A 24-lot subdivision is filed for Creek Road in Moorestown

A preliminary major subdivision for 451 Creek Road in Moorestown proposes 24 residential lots on 65.47 acres, conforming to the R-1 district with no variances requested. The Planning Board hears it September 3.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Guide · South Jersey · August 25, 2026

How long a new construction home takes

On a homesite that is already approved, most new construction homes run somewhere around 5 to 8 months from signed contract to certificate of occupancy. Weather, permitting and the upgrades picked at contract all move that, and the approvals sit before the clock starts rather than inside it.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Somers Point, NJ · photo Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Announced · Somers Point · Atlantic County · August 24, 2026

100 residences filed for Bay Avenue in Somers Point

An applicant named 555 Bay Avenue Townhomes is asking the state for a coastal permit to redevelop a single Somers Point site with 100 residences: 80 market rate townhouses and 20 affordable apartments. A 30 day public comment window is open.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

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Approvals · Voorhees · Camden County · August 24, 2026

A court sent the Route 73 Wawa back to the board

The Voorhees Planning Board turned the plan down last September over Cooper Road traffic. After a suit and a tentative settlement adding road work, a Superior Court judge has ordered the board to hear it again.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Medford, NJ · photo Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Approvals · Medford · Burlington County · August 22, 2026

Medford is studying three parcels on Church Road

Township Council voted to send three properties near Church Road and Medford-Mount Holly Road to the Planning Board, to look at whether they should be designated an area in need of rehabilitation. No end user has been named.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Guide · South Jersey · August 22, 2026

What New Jersey asks of a builder before the first footing

New Jersey asks a builder of owner-occupied new homes to register with the State before construction starts, and sets the new home warranty in three tiers: one year, two years and ten years. Here is what each one covers.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

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Approvals · Monroe Township · Gloucester County · August 21, 2026

Monroe is being sued over its data center ban

Hexa Builders is seeking $300 million from Monroe Township in Gloucester County after local officials reversed a 2025 ordinance that had allowed data centers. It is one of at least three New Jersey towns sued in recent weeks.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Land · Cherry Hill · Camden County · August 20, 2026

Cherry Hill is leasing Holly Ravine Farm back to a farmer

The township spent $3,859,000 on the Evesham and Springdale roads property after a developer proposed to clear it, and is now taking bids on an agricultural lease for about 9.5 acres of it.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Guide · South Jersey · August 20, 2026

Do nothing to your lot before you sell it

Land in South Jersey is typically bought as-is: wooded, rough cleared, with a building still standing, or with approvals already in place. Here is what a landowner does not have to handle first, and the one case where that changes.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Guide · South Jersey · August 19, 2026

How a land sale runs in South Jersey

Once an offer on a lot is accepted, the sale usually runs in two periods: 30 to 45 days of due diligence, then closing within 15 days after the contingencies are met. Here is what gets checked in each, and what a landowner does not have to do first.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Atlantic City, NJ · photo Jay Reed, CC BY-SA 2.0

Ground broken · Atlantic City · Atlantic County · August 18, 2026

Atlantic City is getting 56 lofts

A vacant 1920s building at 1 South New York Avenue is being rebuilt as 56 loft apartments, a $22.5 million historic rehabilitation with an $8 million state tax credit behind it.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

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Announced · Woolwich Township · Gloucester County · August 17, 2026

McDonald's and AutoZone are planned for Woolwich

Woolwich Township named McDonald's USA and AutoZone Northeast as redevelopers of two lots on Auburn Road, and each designation runs on a 60 day clock.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Approvals · Washington Township · Gloucester County · August 16, 2026

The Black Horse Pike Taco Bell is gone

After about a dozen years empty, the old Taco Bell at 5500 Route 42 in Washington Township came down, and a three-bay Take 5 Oil Change has Planning Board approval to replace it.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

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Announced · Ocean City · Cape May County · August 15, 2026

Ocean City's condemned Seaspray is coming down

A Conshohocken developer is gutting the condemned Seaspray complex for demolition and plans a four-story, 43-unit condo building in its place.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

Approvals · Mount Laurel · Burlington County · August 14, 2026

Mount Laurel wants two hotels for housing

The township is moving to declare two aging hotels on Route 73 and Fellowship Road redevelopment areas, buy them, and pick a redeveloper for affordable housing.

Justin Kelly

NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson

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