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Alpine Luxury Home Sale: House sells in for $58M
Bergen County Sanitation: Construction of Alpine Sewer Pipe
Bergen County Real Estate Developments: Housing in Wyckoff
Bergen County Local Government: Fairview and Cliffside Park to Cooperate
Bergen County Local Government: Municipal Governments Reorganize
Alpine Luxury Home Sale: House sells in for $58M
A luxury five-bedroom home situated in 63 acres of woods and rolling meadows in Alpine, Bergen County, was sold for a huge sum of $58 million, Thursday, January 5, 2006. The luxury colonial house stretches over 7000 square feet and lies in a huge bed of meadows on Closter Dock Road, north of the Alpine Country Club golf course. However the asking price was much higher at $85 million, of which the buyers have benefited. The Bergen County real estate property purchased by Richard Kurtz, founder of Englewood Cliffs-based Kamson Corp., can accommodate several dozen luxury homes, which would sell for at least $5 million for each luxury property. The seller was Henry Clay Frick II, grandson of a steel magnate who founded the Frick Collection, one of the world’s famous museums. The deal was brokered by Prominent Properties, Sotheby’s International Realty. For those looking for luxury homes in Bergen County, another house still in the market is the 60,000-square-foot mansion for $40 million. This Bergen County home features 13 bedrooms, 23 bathrooms, a bowling alley, a movie theatre and a 15-car garage.
Bergen County Sanitation: Construction of Alpine Sewer Pipe
Seven town houses in affluent Alpine, Bergen County, located near Route 9W may soon benefit from a 4700 foot long sewer pipe. The plan, first put forth by the Three Development group, was rejected by the borough planning board in 2003 due to lack of permission for the conventional onsite septic system and non-acceptance of an offsite system. However after the developer sued the borough, the plan may soon be reinstated by a court ruling. The developer has made an offer to pay for the construction of the system which would run from the approximately one-acre tract on Closter Dock Road to Cresskill’s septic system. The maintenance charges of the pipe would be borne by the Bergen County homeowners association; while other Bergen County residents would not be able to connect to the line. The developer is also contributing $20,000 toward the borough’s affordable-housing real estate development plan and will build market-rate town homes on its property.
Bergen County Real Estate Developments: Housing in Wyckoff
Bergen County’s 12-acre real estate property, located near the Ravine Avenue in Wyckoff, Bergen County, may soon convert into a housing project if the application before the Township Planning Board is accepted. If this occurs then eleven single-family homes will come up off the Deepbrook road. The real estate property currently includes a stone house and a ravine that are few of the open places left in Wyckoff. Residents and neighbours oppose the project and have written to Tara Reid, TV star and part owner in the land, to not let the ravine go. The proposal was introduced to the Planning Board last month. The applicants are expected to continue their presentation soon.
Bergen County Local Government: Fairview and Cliffside Park to Cooperate
Bergen County’s Fairview and Cliffside Park will now come together to build a $6 million worth municipal complex in Fairview. This complex would house their Department of Public Works fleets. The construction project took over a year of negotiating with the main bone of contention being over which Bergen County town would pay for the second floor of the two storey building that would house the Fairview’s borough hall. It has now been decided however that Fairview officials would pay for the same. With the revised plan, the Bergen County municipalities have agreed to keep the 60-40 split for the cost of the rest of the building with Cliffside Park assuming 60% of the project. Both Bergen County towns are still pursuing grants to help pay for the project and construction may begin in early 2007.
Bergen County Local Government: Municipal Governments Reorganize
Municipal governments in North Jersey, including Bergen County, reorganized at the eve of the New Year on January 1, 2006. Among the main entries was Joseph Jones, the mayor’s son at Hasbrouck Heights, who was elected to a municipal judgeship. In Bergenfield, Bergen County, the Democrats exercised their new majority on the six-member council through the election of a new council president and appointment of a new attorney and municipal judge. The controversial revaluation of property tax in Bergenfield was highlighted, and the Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan, who was hired as Bergenfield borough administrator after the revaluation was retained. Lonegan stated that the borough is in the process of reviewing about 1,000 of a total of 7,500 assessments. New assessments would be sent to Bergen County homeowners towards the end of January, with an opportunity to appeal through March.
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