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Town Will Unveil Four Redo Proposals

BRICK, NJ-The focus of the plan, which drew more than 100 expressions of interest, is an 11-acre site populated by a vacant grocery store.

By Eric Peterson | Updated on September 05, 2008

BRICK, NJ-A former Foodtown supermarket has sat vacant on 11 acres fronting Route 70 in this Ocean County community for several years, but that’s about to change. The township council is set to unveil this week, four proposals for redevelopment of the site. Officials have declined to disclose the specifics of the four plans, pending this week’s council meeting.

The township owns the property, having acquired it in 2003 for $6.5 million to thwart a plan by Home Depot to build a nearly 105,000-sf store on the site. That plan had raised considerable opposition from nearby residents and an adjacent church. General plans for the redevelopment that have been drawn up by township planner Michael Fowler and his land use department call for a mix of residential, retail and office space, and a hotel/conference center.

“It’s been more than five years since the Foodtown was taken off the tax rolls by the previous administration,” says Mayor Stephen Acropolis. “Getting that property back on the tax rolls, and doing it in a way that’s in the best interest of our community, has been a priority for us.”

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