March 21,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood Nj, Garden Homes the developer of the proposed South Broad Street complex at the old Brogan Cadillac site known as the Dayton .”Garden Homes Development’s principal Scott Loventhal said his 1,000- to 1,800-square-foot units, proposed for a South Broad Street complex that could feature high-end appliances, WiFi café common areas and a doorman, would go for $3 per square foot, plus utilities. Proposing a more-than-100-unit development at the old Brogan site (The Dayton) that could incorporate affordable housing”, https://www.northjersey.com/news/ridgewood-developers-detail-housing-proposals-1.1196105?page=all
Garden Homes is one of the New Jersey’s largest real-estate developers recently,” agreed to pay $225,000 in federal fines and to preserve more than 100 acres of land to compensate for its alleged failure to prevent storm water from flowing off 10 construction sites, including residential developments in Elmwood Park, River Vale and Allendale. https://www.northjersey.com/news/ridgewood-developers-detail-housing-proposals-1.1196105?page=all”
This is not the first time , “When the EPA announced Garden Homes would be preserving 108 acres in the Highlands area of northwestern New Jersey, it pointed to the deal as a win for an environmentally sensitive region that supplies much of the state’s drinking water.
But the announcement also shed more light on an allegation that the company — owned by the Wilf family, including Zygmunt “Zygi” Wilf, the principal owner of the NFL’s Minnesota Viking — had paid loose attention to construction site rules, polluting or potentially polluting water resources all over the northern half of the state.
Inspections turned up violations at three sites — mostly dealing with fencing or basins that are meant to keep stormwater from reaching nearby waterways. At another seven sites, the EPA alleges, Garden Homes failed to conduct weekly inspections meant to guarantee compliance with storm water rules. “https://www.nj.com/morris/index.ssf/2015/06/where_did_vikings_owners_company_allegedly_pollute.html
Further investigation pointed to a New Jersey Supreme Court Ruling ,The judge, after a two-year trial, declared emphatically: “They robbed their partners!” The Wilfs now have to pay those partners at least $84.5 million. , ” Aug. 5, 2013 New Jersey Superior Court Judge Deanne M. Wilson found that the Wilfs cheated their partners in a Montville apartment complex. The judge excoriated the trio in uncommonly harsh language, finding they acted with “bad faith and evil motive.”https://observer.com/2013/10/big-bad-wilf-did-zygis-stardust-take-it-all-too-far/
Maybe you care, but Aronsohn and company don’t give a damn. I’ll betcha Pucciarrelli already knows this.
They aren’t even going to in office to see the damage. They’ll be laughing.
My 3,500 square foot house has high end appliances and wifi!
this group should fit perfectly in with the NEW Ridgewood. Thanks Paul.
Based on the Valley Hospital court approved development EXPLOSION; this won’t matter.
If we ammend the master plan, can I turn my home into a skyscraper.
All you complainers should have bought a Cadillac!
Poster: send your carefully researched post and links to Ridgewood News editor and reporters? The editor is Jaime Walters: walters@northjersey.com.
Looks like Ned had some quality friends…another one who could give a crap as long as he gets paid at he end of the day.