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Nassau Street: Wall Street
Nassau Street in downtown Princeton is looking more
like Wall Street every day. Charles Schwab, the discount brokerage,
has moved from the Princeton University-owned Helm Building at 330
Alexander to a newly refurbished and much more visible building at
132 Nassau Street, owned by Jay Biggins of Coleman Co. Scott
Jensen is the branch manager. Phone and fax remain the same.
Meanwhile Nassau Partners Limited is seeking a use variance for its
property at 182 Nassau Street to permit general office use of the
entire ground floor “which may include, but not be limited to
financial or brokerage offices.” Some of that space had been used
for a retail store. A hearing will be held Thursday, October 28, before
the Princeton Borough Zoning Board.
Not counting the brokerages within commercial banks, there are three
other discount brokerages on Nassau Street: Olde Discount Brokers,
Waterhouse Securities, Quick & Reilly, and two full-service brokers,
Merrill Lynch and Tucker Anthony.
Charles Schwab, 132 Nassau Street, Princeton 08542.Scott Jensen, branch manager. 609-497-3619; fax, 609-497-3616. Homepage: https://www.schwab.com.Top Of PageNew in TownComNet Mortgage Services, 1330 Route 206, Skillman08558. Alec Rabinowitz, branch manager. 800-924-9091; fax, 609-497-9747.The mortgage division of Commonwealth Bank, ComNet Mortgage Services,has opened its second central New Jersey office. The manager of theSkillman branch, Alec Rabinowitz, has been with Commonwealth Bankfor five years. ComNet is a national discount lender that boasts noapplication fee and competitive rates.Renaissance Partners LC, 49 Dogwood Hill, Princeton08540. Matthew L. Powell, mid-Atlantic practice leader. 609-403-0926;fax, 609-430-9206. Home page: https://www.renaissancelc.com.After a career in retailing Matthew Powell has joined a managementconsulting firm with offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, Columbus, FortLauderdale, Nashville, and New York. Powell’s parents had a manufacturer’srep company to sell apparel, and he was working in a department storeat the age of 15. An alumnus of Colby College, Class of 1973, he hasworked for Jordan Marsh in Boston, Sport Mart in the midwest, SneakerStadium in New Jersey, and Modell Sporting Goods.His wife, Susan, is the grants manager in the molecular biology departmentat Princeton University, and they have two teen-aged sons. “Mykids have seen the USA the retail way, and that was one of the reasonsI wanted to do the consulting,” says Powell.His current clients include a casual sportswear retailer, Poor Simon’s,and he is doing E-commerce work for Weekend Exercise, a San Diegocompany, and Berkeley Shirt. “I know a lot about E-commerce andam a seasoned retailer especially for the manufacturers who don’thave a lot of retail background.”Top Of PageExpansionsParelec LLC, 5 Crescent Avenue, Building C-2, Box236, Rocky Hill 08553-0236. Steve Ludmerer. 609-279-0072; fax, 609-252-1288.A subsidiary of the R&D firm Partnerships Ltd., Parelec received aninjection of funding to commercialize Parmod, a trademarked additiveprocess that is used to make printed wiring boards. The company justadded four new employees to its staff and is looking for chemists,chemical engineers, and an executive assistant.Sage Consulting LLC, 29 Airpark Road, Princeton08540. Edward H. Soesman, president. 609-497-1589; fax, 609-497-1266.Home page: https://www.sage-consult.com.This computer consulting business moved from a home office at 82 HarrisRoad to a commercial office at 29 Airpark Road. It does customizedsystems — analysis, design, and programming — for mid-sizedand larger companies.Top Of PageCrosstown MovesGlenn M. Parker Associates Inc., 36 Otter CreekRoad, Skillman 08558. Glenn M. Parker, president. 609-333-0203; fax,609-333-0203. Home page: https://www.glennparker.com.The management and team building consultant has moved from a homeoffice in Lawrenceville to one in Skillman, and his phone and faxare new. Parker has had his consulting practice since 1971 and haswritten nearly a dozen books on teamwork.Alfred J. Pietrinferno Jr. CPA, 209 Wall Street,Princeton 08540. 609-924-1131; fax, 609-924-1125.The CPA firm has moved within Research Park, from 372 to 209. Thefirm was founded in 1933.State Farm Insurance, 134 Nassau Street, Princeton08540. Marie Kerlin, agent. 609-921-7059; fax, 609-497-2940.Marie Kerlin moved her office from 228 Alexander Road to 134 NassauStreet. Her father, David Kerlin, had previously been a State Farmagent on that same block of Nassau Street. Her brother, John Kerlin,also has a State Farm office, located at 13 Roszel Road.Print-It, 743 Alexander Road, Unit 6, Box 352,Princeton Junction 08550. Janna Moore, manager. 609-936-1000; fax,609-936-0701.The company moved its production facility from 51 Everett Drive.Top Of PageLeaving TownAmerican Society of Media Photographers, 150 NorthSecond Street, Philadelphia 19106. Richard Weisgrau, executive director.215-451-2767; fax, 215-451-0880.The national headquarters for the trade association moved from Manhattanto 14 Washington Road five years ago. Now it has left for an officein Center City Philadelphia and has a new phone and fax. The ASMPrepresents more than 6,000 photographers, and, as a trade group, lobbiesCongress on such issues as copyright protection.NEC Systems Laboratory Open Systems Technology Center,4 Independence Way, Princeton 08540. Ken Ogawa, director. 609-734-6000;fax, 609-734-6001.The software lab has vacated 8,000 square feet at an NEC-owned buildingat 4 Independence Way and moved to 305 Foster Street, Littleton, Massachusetts01460; 978-742-8000. With six employees it develops software for Unixand NT products. “We do system integration business, and lotsof the activity is in the Boston area,” says Ken Ogawa, the director.”Two other NEC groups, one for technology and one for systems,are also in Littleton.” Remaining at 4 Independence Way is NECUSA C&C Research.Top Of PageManagement MovesPrinceton Executive Search, 2667 Nottingham Way,Hamilton 08619-4109. Richard L. Tyson, president. 609-584-1100;fax, 609-584-1141.The executive search firm merged with Marlton-based BonifieldAssociates, which specializes in staffing in the insurance, banking,and pharmaceutical industries. Bonifield purchased the Princeton firmand holds it as a subsidiary. Both companies will keep their names andlocations.Andrew B. Barkocy, the former CEO who started the Princeton Executivesearch, will remain with the firm as President Emeritus, working on aspecial project basis. The new senior vice president is Sean K.Sweeney, who is currently the president of the Mid AtlanticAssociation of Personnel Consultants. The president and CEO ofBonifield Associates, Richard L. Tyson, is the new president of bothcompanies. Tyson, a ChFC, COU, and FLMI, holds a degree from SaintFrancis College.Top Of PageName ChangesCitiFinancial, 510 Route 130, Suite 17, EastWindsor 08520. Jim Hyland, branch manager. 609-371-2373; fax,609-371-2866.CitiFinancial, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, AmesPlaza E-4, Mercerville 08619. Chris Brinza, branch manager.609-588-8909; fax, 609-588-6862.The name of this mortgage company has changed from Commercial Creditto CitiFinancial. It had been a subsidiary of Travelers Group, whichmerged with CitiBank, producing CitiGroup. There are now 1,200CitiFinancial offices in North America.Top Of PageGone VirtualThe Eurogallery, 37 West Broad Street, Hopewell08525. Ava E. Rosen. 609-466-0732; fax, 609-466-0313. Home page:https://www.princetonkiosk.com.This retail business has gone virtual and is conducting business onlyin cyberspace.Top Of PageDeathsChristina Watlington, 57, on October 7. She worked atPrinceton Biomedix and Ellsworth’s Wine and Liquors.James E. Ward II, 45, on October 9. He was a manager forRadio Shack in Rocky Hill and Princeton.Frank G. Csaszi, 64, on October 10. He was a truck driverfor J. Vinch Construction.Elizabeth A. Lamb, 69, on October 14. She was a systemsanalyst for McGraw Hill Inc. on Princeton-Hightstown Road.Betty Jane Farrington, 74, on October 14. She had beena registered nurse at Princeton Hospital, and she and her husbandowned Farrington’s Music stores on Spring Street and Route 33.Corrections or additions?This page is published by PrincetonInfo.com— the web site for U.S. 1 Newspaper in Princeton, New Jersey.
