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Town Center Changes Now in Planning Board's Hands

MIDDLETOWN, NJ-The township committee is through tweaking the Mountain Hill Group proposal for now, putting the ball back in the planning board's court to deal with the controversial project.

By Eric Peterson | Updated on July 18, 2001

MIDDLETOWN, NJ-Before its recent “visit” to the township committee, the $150 million Town Center proposal offered by the locally based Mountain Hill Group was a 1.7 million-sf mixed-use urban village on 80 acres within an open 132-acre tract owned by Mountain Hill (see earlier stories). The good news is that the committee (the equivalent of a city council) is prepared to let the developer use 100 acres of the site.

The bad news is that the committee has reduced the project to 870,000 sf. With less building space on more acreage, the committee is aiming for less density. The remaining 32 acres, which Mountain Hill wanted to develop completely, would ostensibly remain as open space. A return to the planning board is the next step for the proposal.

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