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Monday, April 29, 2013

Jump in the Lake Fundraiser Continues Fight Against Waterview Development

Citizens for Health, Safety & Welfare hosted multi-town Morris County event.

A dip in Mountain Lake provided fun for attendees of a nonprofit organization's fundraising event to stop a proposed plan to develop 26.6 acres of Parsippany's Waterview tract and develop a retail-residential complex including a Whole Foods Market and a townhouse community.  The Jump in the Lake fundraiser was appropriately named: Many participants leapt into the water at a cost of $30 to raise funds for CHSW's mission to stop the project planned by developer RD Realty. The group, Citizens for Health, Safety and Welfare, which includes citizens from towns including Parsippany, Mountain Lakes and Boonton, is calling the event a great achievement, according to President David Kaplan. "The day was a tremendous success by all accounts," Kaplan…

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Anti-Waterview Plan Residents Decry Developer's 'Threat', New Name and Resolve for Don't Rezone Waterview, Whole Foods Plan Revision Still Raises Concerns, and 8 more ›

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11:02 am on Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Do we really need to spend money towards preventing development? In today's economy, shouldn't we want to put out Parsippany's welcome mat to anyone that wants to bring money into the town?   more ›

Friday, January 4, 2013

'Failed' Office Park Could Become Residences

Developer wants 'in need of rehabilitation' status to build multi-family residences; council members concerned about prospect of more rentals.

A developer wants to change the Inter Park office buildings behind the Blackthorn Irish Pub & Restaurant into a 287-unit multi-family residence development. Representing Commercial Land Development Inc., attorney Joseph O’Neill was present at the Parsippany Town Council’s Thursday agenda meeting to request that the case be referred to the Planning Board so that either allowed uses for the property are expanded or the area is designated as being “in need of rehabilitation.” Developer James Jones told the council that the site, which was readied for use in 2008, has not been leased for office use after four years of trying. “Today, the project is considered to be a failure in the marketplace,” Jones said. “We have been told by brokers that …

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Blackthorn Irish Restaurant & Pub

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