For now, no more redevelopment zone proposals will be heard
March 14,2015
Boyd Loving
Ridgewood NJ, In response to a taxpayer’s direct question, Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld responded on Wednesday evening that Village Council members have no plans at this time to hear any further proposals from developers in connection with the North Walnut Street Redevelopment Plan.
Only two (2) proposals have been publicly presented. One from the Kensington Senior Development, LLC for an assisted living facility/parking garage/retail complex, and the other from Langan Development Corporation, for a large parking garage/luxury apartment/retail complex.
According the Sonenfeld, both proposals are now undergoing an extensive review of “the finances.”
Stay tuned
I bet a least one council member has meet with these two developers more then once.
Council idiots didn’t read Being Mortal: Medicine and the end of life. Places like Kensington are to be avoided. It’s putting seniors into little cages with no life choice. book is best seller by Atul Gwande.
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Manager , mayor and council are pigs to even consider for one second a place like the Kensington for beloved seniors who need assisted living. .
I personally think this issue is a Fait accompli; Kensington is likely to get the nod. Here’s what The African Queen (Councilwoman Hauck) said following the Kensington presentation. Seems to me that her mind is made up, which means that Paul & Albert have likely decided as well.
“So I’ve been sitting in the meetings and I don’t have any questions. But, I thought one thing that would have been great for the presentation is a little more of a demonstration of what your ground floor retail looks like because I think that’s one of the nicer things you have to offer to the Village. So, I guess there are four different public spaces that everyone can visit. There’s the cafe, the art gallery, the hair salon, and the physical therapy. Also, can people sign up for physical therapy classes? And the lobby area and the front door is a welcoming space. It’s really a comfortable scenario. I think when people see the schematics I think they will see that it is very inviting to the public. When I look at all of these plans, when I look at the redevelopment zone parameters the goal was to increase parking for the Village of Ridgewood, which was our main objective, and to reinforce pedestrian and retail activity, and to improve the appearance of the Village. I think that you have hit everything there. We can only address certain issues in the meeting today. We will be dealing with other issues such as remediation and financial impact to the Village taxpayers, but for now I see this as an excellent presentation.”
yea ok they will move to the ken smith land or chestnut st. because we all know big aldo hates the fleet building.
what about the bolger land.
The Kensington is like a hospital. A Valley only smaller. For every resident and there will be over 90 there will have to be at least four staff members taking care of them AROUND THE CLOCK, that means TONS OF TRAFFIC coming in and out of RIDGEWOOD at all hours as shifts are changed. Remember these seniors are basically helpless. They include dementia etc patients, plus the usual cripples and super frail people.
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Read about the Kensington at White Plains. It is super expensive. There is a super large staff.