Reader says How about we get someone other than a builder, developer or spokesperson for the developer to write letters
How about we get someone other than a builder, developer or spokesperson for the developer to write letters. Then I might take you half seriously.
Would the author of this piece be the same Louis J Reynolds that owns LJ Reynolds construction in Ridgewood? The website mentions they are multi family property pros. If so, no conflict of interest here folks, move along, nothing to see.
https://ljreynolds.com/
WOW! You really can’t make this stuff up. Damn Hudson County contractor (specializing in multi-family conversions) newbie living in the Heights. Those of us who have been around a while and have put kids through RHS can tell you, with certainty, that many families move into rental units in Ridgewood for a limited duration just to have their kids go through RHS. My kids friends live in a one bedroom with two parents and a sibling. How? Two kids kids share the bedroom and mom/dad sleep on the pull-out couch, that’s how. And then they move on after 4 years or so.
Mr Reynolds, why did you move to Ridgewood instead of Hoboken? Did you like our low density feel, our good schools, etc? I didn’t move here for the urban vibe.
Builders and Developers know where the sources of finance are and then become motivated to invest “their” money here on good community projects.
Oh sure, that is right. They do it to be benevolent. IT is not as if they could actually, oh I don’t know, profit mightily?
The definition of “good community project” is exactly the point here. I would argue that the ability and desire of a builder to obtain funds to over-develop a town such as Ridgewood is great for them but not so great for the residents who currently reside here.
Yes, building apartments might be a great investment for a developer. But for the rest of us, maybe not so much. I firmly believe this will drop my property value. In addition, I moved here for a small town feel and I’d like to stay a while longer but I’m moving if this goes through. I don’t want to be Hackensack or Englewood or Montclair. No thank you Mr. Developer.
If I want a town full of apartments, I’ll move to Fort Ree.
Time to move……L A T E R…….
#3 Well said. And the same could certainly be said for Valley.
Why have I felt for nearly a decade that I was living in the middle of a hostile takeover?