file photo by Boyd Loving
Ridgewood strip mall sought on Rte. 17
Thursday, October 17, 2013
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER
The Record
RIDGEWOOD — For 30 years, Malvern Burroughs has tried to develop a vacant plot along Route 17 south in Ridgewood, and for 30 years, the Planning Board has rejected one proposal after the other.
Burroughs, a developer and well-known racehorse owner, once pitched a mini-storage warehouse at the 2.4-acre plot he owns, sandwiched between Paramus Road and the highway, directly north of the Linwood Avenue exit — but that plan was rejected.
Similarly shot down were proposals for town house apartments and an office building. Now Burroughs wants to construct a 15,000-square-foot retail center, with room for seven commercial tenants.
Thomas Wells, Burroughs’ attorney, said that if it is approved, the new one-story strip mall would have 79 parking spaces and has one tenant, Starbucks, already lined up.
Burroughs will not seek any variances from the village, since the plans meet Ridgewood’s zoning requirements, Wells said. “We were conscious of the fact that we wanted to do something that was completely consistent with the ordinance you passed,” Wells told the board, referring to a recent rezoning.
“We ask that you approve the site plan.”
The site was rezoned two years ago to “highway commercial,” essentially allowing for the property’s development.
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Oh, GREAT!!! guys , That’s all we need in New Joisey anotha strip mall.
Hey, let’s ask for a garden instead or some kind of plantings.
I for one, hearby swear to shop as seldom as possible. I wear the same clothes until they falls apart. and hey, they never fall apart.
Excess consumerism (practically all consumerism) must be considered a sin against mother earth. Let’s teach our children well.
Diane,
I take it you bought a computer with which you wrote your post.? Sinner.
I hope the members of the PB take a ride up Linwood towards 17 between 3:30 to 5:30. They may never get there.
17 gets backed up so much already, we don’t need more malls causing more back-ups.
haha i love it. build a go,go, bar.
And if Valley gets it’s way you may never use Linwood again to get to 17…
Too much development, in a town that’s roads are already over burdened with traffic.