Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Large, skeptical crowd—most in opposition—came to Parsippany High to address economic development plan that would bring Whole Foods Market to Parsippany.
A revised Waterview Plaza development plan was presented before a loudly skeptical audience at Monday night's Parsippany Planning Board meeting. About 200 residents turned out for the gathering, which was held at Parsippany High School. On Dec. 17, the last time the board attempted to continue hearings on the proposal at Town Hall, a fire official shut down the meeting because the crowd the discussion attracted exceeded fire standards. The hearing was rescheduled and relocated. The large numbers attest to strong public reaction against a plan to put a new Whole Foods Market, another unnamed retailer and a 72-unit upscale townhouse community on 26 now-undeveloped acres of Waterview Plaza zoned for office space. That was in evidence Monday …
Monday, January 7, 2013
Attorneys for Waterview Plaza's developer give Patch advance look at changes.
When the township Planning Board gathers at Parsippany High School Monday night to resume hearing testimony on the proposed Waterview Plaza development project—which would include a new Whole Foods Market—it will see a revised plan that may ease the minds of worried potential neighbors. Attorney Joseph O'Neill of the firm Garofalo & O'Neill, which is representing developer RD Realty, exclusively presented news of the changes to Patch. RD Realty wants to turn the now-undeveloped land, which presently is zoned only for office space, into an overlay zone, which would allow mixed business and residential use. The developer's plan is to build a Whole Foods Market on the site, along with additional commercial space for retailers and a 72-unit …
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
An ambitious plan for an upscale mixed-use development is backed by town leaders, but not by those who would live near it.
About 50 Intervale area residents greeted the Parsippany Planning Board Monday night to hear testimony on a plan to bring Whole Foods Market to town—and to speak out against it. Many in the township cheered in late July, when Whole Foods announced that it would open a new branch of the upscale, natural-foods supermarket in Parsippany . But when word came that the deal would involve putting up a new 26-acre development on Waterview Plaza on Route 46 across from the Parsippany Police headquarters, residents of the Intervale area cried foul. The developer's idea is to construct a mixed-use facility that would include the high-end supermarket, other retailers and a residential component featuring 72 upscale three-story townhouses. The land …
Erika Bongort
10:05 pm on Wednesday, April 10, 2013
I have just 1 comment for the architect and professional planner David J. Minno. Whole Foods does NOT refrigerate its waste but the company does compost large quanities of waste each year. The exact tonnage I could not tell you but in Austin ,TX where I work(former resident of Lake Hiawatha) for Whole Foods we do compost a considerable amount. I appreciate and respect all of the residents … more ›