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
