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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

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Whole Foods Market Proposal Focus of Mt. Lakes Discussion

Parsippany's neighbor to the west took up the issue of the controversial development plan Monday.

The proposal to develop the wooded Waterview Plaza and place a Whole Foods Market and a townhome community there has sparked heated debate in Parsippany. And it appears there are concerns about the project in nearby Mountain Lakes as well. The Mountain Lakes Borough Council met Monday night in executive (closed) session to discuss a resolution concerning "possible litigation/negotiation relating to [the] development plan of [the] adjacent municipality." Borough Manager Robert Tovo told Patch that "this [was] simply a discussion," and no action was taken. Tovo would not comment further on the matter, except to say that more will be known once the discussion goes before the public. He said an open council session allowing the public to hear …

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Whole Foods Market Waterview Plan: What Do You Think?, Whole Foods Market Project Gets Chilly Reaction from Residents, and Whole Foods Raises Traffic, Other Concerns, Residents Say

Reality Checker

3:56 pm on Tuesday, December 18, 2012

I could just smell the corruption in the Town meeting that was cancelled last night due to the large crowd of the Intervale section there opposing the corrupt politicians looking to do an illegal rezoning... http://www.npgop.org/wordpress/?p=540 Not like we didn't have this corruption 10 years ago. And what did they get but a slap on the wrist? The one person involved in his 80s got parole …   more ›

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