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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Another Development Project on Bloomfield's Horizon?

The developer of the apartment project at the former South Junior High School on Franklin Street said he wants construction to begin as soon as possible.

  A long delayed development project of a historic Bloomfield building may be resurrected in the coming months.  Developer Lance Robbins said on Monday he wants to immediately revive the apartment project at the now vacant South Junior High School. The plan for the building at 177 Franklin St. has sat on the shelf for about four years.  Robbins, the owner of Urban Smart Grown and the building, said the project came to a halt in 2008 when the stock market collapsed and he couldn’t secure financing.  “Everything went on hold” after 2008, said Robbins.  But the times are changing, he added. “People want to build apartment buildings again, and so do we," he said. "We are trying to pull the numbers together and pull the team back together to …

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DON

7:08 am on Saturday, April 20, 2013

i agree with Jon's comments,if a home owner owed that much money in back taxes your home would be the property of bloomfield township.stop electing the same town council that continues to make this town a third rate town.   more ›

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