“We think it’s very important to create the density to support these restaurants,” he stresses. “We also have 96 top bottom duplexes that are being built with rooftop decks. We’re working on attracting both the businesses and the consumer as well, to come in and support them at the same time.” DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING GROWTH Malandro outlines the borough’s approach to streamlining development processes while maintaining high standards.“When we say streamline, we don’t cut any corners,” he notes. “To give you an example, the developer we’re working with right now for the 96 units, we meet with them every other Thursday and we go over their plans. They’re sitting with our engineer, with our head of code, with myself, the administrator, with our solicitor, and with our redevelopment attorney. It eliminates a lot of stuff going back and forth when you have all those people on one call.” Mayor Wallace expands on this, sharing that 137 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 01 GLASSBORO, NJ
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