The problem with the town garage is that is a pollution nightmare. The property is now owned by a group of private investors who scooped it up to profit from a possible quick sale to the town as a parking garage. The investors should be on the hook for the remediation, but surely own the property in some sort of LLC with no assets. The town should take the property or start proceedings to have the current owners clean it up. the current cost of $1.2 million is an estimate and costs can surely be higher. We have let this pollution continue for too long and based on us having a ground water system need to do something NOW. we have waited wait too long. Hopefully the new council will shift into high gear and get something accomplished. That parking lot along with the town garage would make a nice parking garage. Forget about retail space.
The LLC owns at least one asset, the property in question. They stand to lose their entire investment. The town should NOT take the property. That would leave the town with the liability for cleaning up the property.
it,s a scam,in the end the town will be the winer, but at the tax payer’s money. shit will never change, just the bull shit storys.
Definition of the Chicken or the Egg bilateral argument.Spite only large non conforming development seen as those investors longer term strategy.They might have seen this early on…what other reason to buy a clean up site..??
Maybe they will build a garage
9:19 is right. As much as it is an eyesore right in the center of town until remediation is done, Ridgewood should not entertain any ideas about purchasing this parcel. Taxpayers will be stuck.
Ironic that Ben & Jerrys draws so many outdoor ice cream lovers and next door is a remediation dump site.we shoud make them secure and fix that frontage , take care of the ongoing Garbage on the lot and against the building side,Fire Hazard as well.Does nothing for the towns Image as the Towns Garage.
The real scam here is that a separate group of investors own the air rights above this building. They were sold years ago.
Imagine “investors” buying and selling assets like property in America – the horror!
that is a good place for a , c b d police station.
agin with the blue bike.
11:52 another place to Park the $ 90 0000 SUVs to TICKET more locals and ignorant visitors who dare park over a white line