MAY 1, 2015 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2015, 12:31 AM
BY MARK KRULISH
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
An application to redevelop a Franklin Avenue property into a full-service bank with a drive-through facility has been brought before the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
Testimony from the developer’s professionals began on Tuesday.
Ivy Realty, LLC is proposing a modified version of what already exists on the property, located at 121 Franklin Ave. between Oak Street and North Maple Avenue, which is the former home of Atlantic Stewardship Bank. Most of the building will be demolished, except for the free-standing sign at the front of the building.
The lot is located in the B-2 zone in between two other banks – Valley National Bank and TD Bank.
The current existing structure at the site is a 450-square-foot building with three drive-through lanes for banking-related business and a fourth lane serving as a bypass to exit the property. The applicant proposes a 2,600-square-foot, one story building without a basement, featuring one banking lane and one bypass lane. There is no tenant currently lined up to inhabit the new development, and it is not being built with any architectural features specific to a certain bank.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/modified-bank-proposed-1.1323113
Just what we need, another bank.
@10.28am: Clearly someone does need it, otherwise they wouldn’t open here. Also, be grateful that something, anything, is opening, providing employment and tax revenue. It’s not like this bank is denying anyone else the chance to open a business in Ridgewood. Do you prefer the empty places?
Clearly you don’t know anything about retail distribution when it comes to banking. Just because some idiot with one if the “to big to fails” decides it’s a good idea does not make it so. Mmmm… I wonder why atlantic stewardship tanked in that location? And yes, we’re grateful for the teller jobs paying $23,000.00 a year …extremely grateful.
Agree Declan.
we need a go go bar in town.
Retail distribution my ass. We don’t get to pick a pretty selection of shops. Retail is an extremely tough business to be in these days, and it’s only going to keep declining. A $23,000 job is better than a $0 job. You appear to be of the MSNBC-watching, anti-business, all corporations are evil variety. Hey, there’s a march somewhere right now that’s missing you.
Before Satin Dolls North moves in, can we get a Dollar Tree store, please!