Monday, September 17, 2012
Village Planner Blais Brancheau to present his findings of a seven-month-long study on residential housing stock in the Central Business District.
The proposed project to transform the old Brogan Cadillac dealership on Broad Street into luxury apartments steps has been scaled down, the developer's attorney said. According to attorney Tom Wells, representing developer Garden Homes, the "Dayton" has seen major revisions in the number of units as well as the size of the building. The planning board will see the new look of the Dayton on Tuesday night. Village Planner Blais Brancheau will be presenting the findings of his extended study of housing stock downtown, along with the help of a traffic engineer. Developers behind "The Dayton" and the proposed 52-unit complex on Chestnut Street, known as "Chestnut Village", applied to have their properties rezoned in the Master Plan. Another …
Thursday, July 5, 2012
A summer of 2014 construction target for two large multi-family housing projects an "optimistic" estimate, Village Planner says.
Pressed by a resident over believed lack of progress on large multi-family housing proposals in the downtown, Village Planner Blais Brancheau said bricks might be laid in spring of 2013 and finished by summer of 2014 if things go exceedingly well. Developers for a 120-unit "luxury" proposal on S. Broad St. and a 62-unit complex on Chestnut St. appealed to the planning board in 2011 to request a zone change to the Master Plan. The process funneled into a comprehensive study of housing stock and the overall approprirateness of multi-family housing downtown. But Paul Levin, of Graydon Terrace, was anxious to find out when ground could break. It would largely determine whether he stayed in Ridgewood or not, he said. "My frustration is this has…
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
"The Dayton" at the site of Brogan Cadillac would require a change to the Master Plan for approval
A developer has eyes on transforming a parking lot on South Broad Street to a "vibrant" 120-unit housing complex but will have to go through the same process that Valley is undertaking right now – changing the Ridgewood Master Plan. K&K Developers (Garden Homes), based out of Short Hills, NJ, will be requesting the village grant it a zoning change from business to residential in order to accommodate the 58-foot-tall, 42,570 square foot facility that could hold 120 units and 180 parking spaces. The project, called "The Dayton" after Samuel Dayton, will begin hearings in front of the planning board on Tuesday. According to drafts sent by the applicants to Patch, the building is the site of the current Brogan Cadillac lot (150 South Broad …
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Rob Harold
1:19 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Well, I did walk around town just in case somebody packed and moved all our stores to Route 17. But East Ridgewood Ave is well populated with stores doing business. Yes, I saw four empty storefronts. The CBD looks healthy. Unless somebody can show there is a crisis downtown, then there isnt any benefit from a high density and large housing complex that would offset the resulting hazards of … more ›