Brick Developer to Make Updated Case for 60-Unit Housing Complex This Week

A rendering of the entrance to a 60-unit multifamily complex proposed in Brick Township. (Credit: Planning Document)

A Brick Township developer will proffer new testimony in a bid to gain approval for a 60-unit complex made up of condominiums and apartment units off Drum Point Road, just east of Brick Boulevard and across from the Brick Presbyterian Church.

First introduced last year, the proposed community would be built at 100 Drum Point Road. The parcel is currently developed with a medical building that once housed the Leonik Optometry office, as well as a single-family home. Both would be demolished in favor of 60 residential units spread between nine building. The plans, as presented, call for 48 townhouses and 12 apartments on the site.

Access to the development, planned for a 5-acre property, is proposed via two full movement driveways to and from Drum Point Road.

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According to documents submitted by the developer, the 12 apartment units would be designated as affordable housing, while the 48 townhomes would be sold at market rate. The apartments will consist of two 1-bedroom units, seven 2-bedroom units and three 3-bedroom units. The 48 townhome units would all be three bedroom living spaces.

100 Drum Point Road, Brick, N.J. (Credit: Google Earth)

The property is owned by the estate of its longtime owner, however a development firm known as 100 Drum Point LLC is the contract purchaser of the parcel and is behind the development. That firm, according to state business records, is owned by Hiren Ramani, James D’Iorio, Vijyaben Ramani, and Daksha Ramani, all of Roselle Park, N.J. All are associated with Ramani Group, the developer of apartments and multifamily complexes across the state, accounting for more than 3,000 residential units spread throughout a $1 billion real estate portfolio.

As with most projects proposed in Brick, traffic considerations drew the most scrutiny when the project was first presented to the township’s Zoning Board of Adjustment at an initial hearing last fall, and a second hearing held Feb. 5, 2025. Since then, updated traffic counts have been taken into account by a firm hired by the township itself, which found morning peak morning traffic volumes slightly lower than what had been presented by the developer, and evening traffic volumes slightly higher. The latest traffic impact study, conducted in March 25, 2025, stated the proposed development will generate 28 vehicle trips during the morning peak hour and 33 trips during the evening peak hour.

Also, since the development was initially proposed, a concrete pad has been provided between the front door of each unit and their respective driveway – a request from the township’s engineering firm. Likewise, a sidewalk design in the area of the apartment building has been revised to eliminate a conflict between parked cars and a proposed pedestrian path.

There have also been changes to the buildings themselves since first proposed. The footprint of each townhome unit is now approximately 20-by-26.3 feet, reducing the depth by 4-feet.

“These modifications allow for a 4-foot wide sidewalk to be provided along the frontage of the townhomes without altering the building setbacks,” stated a report from Dynamic Engineering Consultants, representing the developer.

A rendering of a 60-unit multifamily complex proposed in Brick Township. (Credit: Planning Document)

The plans have been revised to provide an additional 10 parking spaces, bringing the total number of spaces to 156, whereas only 126 spaces are required under the township’s zoning ordinance. Revisions also include the relocation of a sanitary sewer easement off the westerly property line with a separation of 10-feet, and a removal of stormwater basins in the front yard setback. Furthermore, the plans have been revised to provide berms between the above-ground basins and the front property line along Drum Point Road. Additional street trees have also been provided along the Drum Point Road frontage, spaced approximately 30 feet apart.

A marketing consultant hired by the developer concluded, after conducting a study, that Brick Township is ripe for multifamily development.

“The shift toward smaller-size ‘childless’ households coupled with lower levels of homeownership indicates increasing demand for multi-family housing types such as townhomes and apartments,” the report stated. It went on to observe that “multi-family housing townhomes and apartments is a viable use of the property which is well aligned with the demographic characteristics and market demand in the local submarket area,” where prices have risen about 7 percent, per year, in recent years.

In order for the project to gain approval, a supermajority of board members would be required to vote in favor of granting a use variance, since multifamily residential complexes are not normally permitted within the Village Zone, where the property is located. Another variance is required to allow multifamily units on both floors of the apartment building, and one final variance is required for a one-foot reduction of the width of the development’s parking spaces.

The board will meet to consider the application at a special session scheduled this Thursday, April 10, at 7 p.m. at the township municipal complex on Chambers Bridge Road.