'Enclave' Project Scaled Back
Developer's expert witness projects six school-age kids, says the revised design is less "drastic."
Developers have scaled back a proposal to remake the Sealfons tract with 52 upscale apartment units and 28,000 square feet of retail, stretching along three fronts of the Ridgewood downtown. Appearing before the planning board on Jan. 7, John Saraceno's project is included as part of the board's decision to amend the Master Plan, likely creating an overlay zone(s) in the downtown. The board's study also incorporates three other developments – Ridgewood Station, Chestnut Village and The Dayton. Like the other new development proposals, primary issues include the possible impact of children on the school system, increases in traffic, questions of density and the amount of parking offered. Running along Maple Avenue from Franklin to East …
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11:33 pm on Monday, January 21, 2013
This article should have been titled "ENCLAVE STILL MASSIVE!" Contrary to the Patch, the entire Sealfons building will NOT remain in tact or that the new building will replace a "hodge podge" of buildings. The old Rugged Bear section of The Sealfons building (currently the dance studio) will be razed and replaced with a much taller structure. The floor-to-area ratio may have been reduced to137%, … more ›