New Hope Hospitality Developers Present Lambertville Plan
At 7pm on Thursday, May 8, 2025 an informal information meeting was held at the Phillip L. Pittore Justice Center in Lambertville, NJ.
The guests were Ron Gorodesky of Refined Hospitality and John Connors of Brickstone Realty. They came to present their redevelopment plans for the properties at the west end of Coryell Street.
Rumors had been circulating that they wanted to put in a 40-room hotel, wedding venue, and parking garage, which many locals do not want in the center of town.
At 7pm, the room was packed with people. Citizens spilled into the lobby where they stood looking through the doors and listening carefully to the presentation as it broadcast over the Pittore Center’s intermittent PA system.
I arrived just after Mayor Nowick introduced the speaker.
“My name is John Connors and my company is Brickstone Realty,” he began.
“We invited you here tonight to introduce ourselves, mainly. Um, and then to address some of the concerns that, um, are rightful concerns that we’ve seen in social media and the local press.”
“And this is something we do routine. This is not unusual. Um, I’d like to note that we haven’t made any submissions yet. This is informational for everybody.”
He continued, “Um, but we find that, it’s good sometimes to sort of tamp down the speculation. There are a million possible outcomes, okay? We hope we’re in the business of giving you the best possible outcome.”
He could have stopped right there, but he didn’t.
