“It’s a very desirable town to live in,” Janjua affirms. “You see open houses, and there’s a line of cars. I saw an open house where there was a wait to get inside.” Mount Laurel’s population has been increasing yearly and so it has had to work assiduously to keep up with the accelerating pace of growth. “An article I just read in Realtor.com said that Mount Laurel is running 4th for the hottest real estate market in the nation,” Giegerich notes. “You have the Gables, which is on Marne Highway, and that is 500 units between condos and townhomes, and you have Delco which developed Haddon Point and that’s close to 600 units – 120 of senior affordable housing and a mixture of apartments and townhouses, as well, in that location.” PRESERVING OPEN SPACE That being said, the town’s administrators are committed to maintaining some of its open spaces, as well.“We recently purchased 47 acres of space to separate residential and commercial areas in town,” Janjua says. “We do want to maintain the integrity will be a redesigning of a 1.5-mile stretch of SR-73 to improve traffic flow and better access to I-295 and the Turnpike. A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE And yet, with all its many commercial assets, Mount Laurel is also home to 45,000 residents, who, because of the township’s quality school system, its welcoming parks and recreation areas, its accessibility to a wide variety of consumer and entertainment locales, and its affordable housing options, enjoy a quality of life well above the average. Indeed, in 2020, Mount Laurel was ranked 16th in Money magazine’s list of the 50 best places to live in the United States. 8 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 07
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