Monmouth commissioners approve $27.7M land deal to save historic American Revolution site from Warehouses

115-acre site once eyed for warehouses moves toward preservation near Allentown.

Freehold, NJ – Monmouth County commissioners voted 3-1 to advance the purchase of a 115-acre tract spanning Upper Freehold and Robbinsville, a move that could halt a previously proposed warehouse development and instead expand county parkland near Crosswicks Creek.

The property, known as the Stein Property, was purchased by a Wall-based developer in 2022 for $15 million with plans to build more than 450,000 square feet of warehouse space along Old York Road, close to residential areas in...