DiVincenzo asks Cedar Grove to approve townhouses

DiVincenzo asks Cedar Grove to approve townhouses
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
VERONA-CEDAR GROVE TIMES
Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. asked the Cedar Grove Township Council Monday to approve a developer's proposal to build townhouses on the Hilltop. Doing so would pave the way for the county to move forward with building a new park.

K. Hovnanian Homes, which is suing Essex County, is seeking approval from Cedar Grove to build more than 400 townhouses in the community. In exchange for approval, the homebuilder says it will drop its lawsuit against the county.

Dropping the lawsuit would make it easier for DiVincenzo to acquire state funding to build the 65-acre park at the site of the old Essex County Hospital Center.

K. Hovnanian Homes is one of the nation's largest homebuilders.

The developer, which negotiated to purchase the old Essex County Hospital Center site along with other Hilltop properties, is suing the county for breach of contract for an earlier deal involving the center.

Read more in the Verona-Cedar Grove Times on Thursday, Aug. 12.

-Mollie Gray

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Vacant_NJ wrote:
K. Hovnanian Homes, which is suing Essex County, is seeking approval from Cedar Grove to build more than 400 townhouses in the community. In exchange for approval, the homebuilder says it will drop its lawsuit against the county.

Holy crap! Know what 400 homes would do to the surrounding area and school systems? This isn't good. Would be nice if just left alone. Give the local residents a peaceful place to hike and be out in nature. But that doesn't bring in tax revenue.

[center:2mwofuzg][size=150:2mwofuzg]Its all about the money and how much Essex County can take in.[/size][/center:2mwofuzg]