Read in the news that 800 single family and low income houses are planned for the land - maybe it's me, but what they sold off can't possibly hold that many - they've planned for expansion. So does that mean that they'll be tearing down the buildings soon and moving headquarters?.....Anyone out there who can correct my understanding of the land sale size or dispute this?
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For the non-low income units, if condos go up, they’ll start at $700K+. If rentals, a 2bd unit will probably be at least $4K/mo. Politics aside, totally agree that multi unit housing is never good for property values. They leveled the country club years ago and put up a mix of housing types. Gotta love the 5,000 sq ft McMansions squeezed on tiny lots. Can only imagine what the area will look like in another 20/30 years.
@196 the person who commented about it wasn’t a ringing endorsement for low income that’s because the developer is only offering a small percentage of it the majority of the unitsWILL NOT be low income it’s just a scheme ….
@vx this has nothing to do with voting stop your rhetoric .. every chance you get you want to bad mouth the democrats .. this country has turned to sh*t thanks to diaper boy absolute and utter disaster. Bergen county in general wasn’t meeting its quota for yeaaaaaaars and yeaaars no one wants townhomes or condos or better yet affordable housing regardless of the party.. but now it’s time to comply no more extensions no more excuses build now or the state will choose where they will be.. the only ones profiting from all this is the builder .. throws a few affordable housing units and the rest will all be premium rent .. the units going up in bd campus are rentals not for sale .. more turnover people coming and going in flks .. should be fun for the residents
@196 no it just means I am sick to death of right wing nationalist losers - no patience left for you fascists
@14x I don’t know, a good portion of the post was all about how Flks residents should sell now before their property values tank when all those low income ugly shoe boxes are built with the traffic and overcrowded schools. Didn’t look like a ringing endorsement for low income housing which proud liberals like you should fully support. And name calling means you know you already lost the argument.
@vx to be clear I am not opposed to housing being built - just curious how many could be built within the land sold and wondered if expansion meant BD was pulling up stakes. Proud liberal and can't wait to see the republicans decimated in this election cycle. As for ICE - anyone supporting their tactic hasn't a clue about our rule of law. dum--ss
@k7 People get what they voted for. Their votes make them feel good about themselves until it impacts them directly. Flks, like most other small affluent towns in Bergen county, is quite liberal. Nothing more comical than driving past a giant house with massive front doors and security cameras and signs everywhere with a lawn sign saying “ICE OUT!”. lol
@by if you think this will make Flks properly values tank you don’t know the area very well.
@OP 60 acres is a lot of property 800 townhouses can easily be built.. have you seen how small these units are that there building? Look at the Avalon in Wayne it’s a bunch of shoe boxes or the ones in Paramus park mall or garden state mall same design same size one shoe box after another they’re ugly small and squeezed together. The development on the 60 acres will be residential and commercial I suppose something like tices’s corner in montvale with apartments on the top or around. One thing is for sure propert my values in Franklin lakes will tank .. between the bd property and the express scripts old Medco that will also add I heard 400 or 500 mixed condo and town houses and another smaller development on pulis ave 45 units Franklin lakes will become a crowded no longer the luxurious suburban exclusive town it used to be. I’d sell now before low income and shoe boxes are built and get out.. schools crowded .. traffic .. oh lord it’s gonna be a disaster.. Franklin lakes fought developers for decades but now they lost and they will turn into mahwah .. anyway will bd sell the campus so far the answer is no they sold 60 acres 80 acres still left for the company..