'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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Meredith Persson
1:50 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013
My thoughts exactly! more ›