Ridgewood to examine assisted-living development for downtown
Saturday, June 29, 2013
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER
The Record
RIDGEWOOD — The village council this week directed its legal and planning experts to pore over a three-story, 88-room assisted living development proposed at the corner of Franklin Avenue and North Walnut Street.
At its meeting Wednesday, the council discussed the proposal — first presented earlier this month by representatives of the White Plains, N.Y.-based Kensington Senior Development.
A portion of the proposed site for The Kensington of Ridgewood sits on municipally owned land, now used for parking.
If approved, the development calls for 3,000 square feet of street-level retail space and a two-level parking garage, with 100 spaces for public use.
While Mayor Paul Aronsohn said the project would “check off a lot of boxes” for Ridgewood, a more detailed analysis of the development — including its impact on neighboring properties — is needed, he said.
“The devil is in the details,” Aronsohn said.
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