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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

'Ridgewood Station' Concept Unveiled at Ken Smith Site [Photos]

Planning board members were impressed with a European-inspired, 114-unit luxury apartment concept that would transform Franklin Avenue. What do you think?

Drawing inspiration from some of Europe's most enduring buildings, a developer envisions a "landmark" luxury apartment complex replacing the Ken Smith Ford dealership, all in a transit village setting. If constructed, "Ridgewood Station" on Franklin Avenue would offer 114 luxury apartments complete with 7,250 sq. ft. of retail space wrapping around Chestnut Street. At four stories and set beside the rail line, the property would hold a total of 166 parking spaces, 22 for retail. Proposed are 12 studios, 63 one-bedroom units, 37 two-bed apartments, and 2 three-bedroom dwellings. The conceptual plan was unveiled Wednesday night in front of the planning board, which has been working to create a special zone to accommodate three other large …

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Mark Ruckhaus

6:48 pm on Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Come on over to Glen Rock, Megan. We could use the business. Greased palms? Whatever are you talking about? :-)   more ›

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Downtown Housing Developments Could Finish by 2014

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…

Gary Rabinowitz

11:55 am on Monday, September 17, 2012

Wow. I'm gobsmacked that any Ridgewood resident would want a high density, multi-family apartment complex built in their otherwise nice downtown. Let me recap: adding 172 new units could add potentially 200 to 300 new kids into the school system (if each unit averages 1 or 2 kids), create traffic snafus, overcrowding, burden your police/fire, and further screw up your bad parking situation. And …   more ›

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