The 110-year-old former Atlantic Products textile mill at One North Johnston Avenue in Hamilton Township is an ideal space to both consolidate Isles’
scattered locations and to create a demonstration “green,” mixed-use redevelopment project. Isles acquired one half of the mill’s 240,000 square feet, and will bring together under a single roof Isles’ three different locations in the Trenton area and another office in south Jersey. The mill’s redevelopment is expected to bring an exciting infusion of investment and revitalization to the surrounding Bromley neighborhood of Hamilton, bordering East Trenton.
The conversion of this historic mill will demonstrate the potential for green factory restoration throughout the region. It will apply cost-effective,
sustainable design, including renewable energy, expansive day lighting,
energy-efficient heating and cooling systems, green materials, water recycling, and healthy open spaces.
The redeveloped facility will house:
- Space for Isles’ expanding sustainable development activities, including new research, teaching, training, volunteer and student opportunities.
- Office space and support for nonprofit organizations in the region.
- Mixed-income, arts-themed affordable housing.
- Artist studio spaces.
- Environmental education opportunities for students and adults to learn about “green” design/buildings, the water cycle, and other natural processes.
- Warehouse and light assembly space for businesses and nonprofits selling green products.
Princeton’s Department of Engineering is rebuilding the factory’s 1895-era mechanical clock. The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department even developed a course during the fall of 2008 (CEE 477) that explored the sustainable design elements of the mill conversion.
Isles’ design team is led by Randy Croxton of Croxton Collaborative Architects in New York. CCA is a national leader in sustainable design.
Isles is in the midst of a capital campaign, called “be the change,” to underwrite the cost of this expansive facility.