Business View Magazine | August 2019

294 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE AUGUST 2019 In 1891, a three-story cottage belonging to Eliza Sheridan was purchased by Margaret Jane Merewether Power and friends to begin her mission of “caring for, curing, and nurturing the sick and injured.” Over the years, the Mountainside Hospital, as it became known, turned into the town’s main employer for generations. In 2007, on the verge of its shutting down, a private company purchased it and, according to Borough Administrator, Michael Rohal, “turned it around.” Renamed the Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center, it has become Glen Ridge’s largest taxpayer, while continuing its role of serving the healthcare needs of the Borough and surrounding communities. Recently, the hospital grounds have become the site a major redevelopment project, plans of which include a 45,000-sq.-ft. medical office building and the razing of an obsolete school of nursing. “One of the surveys that the hospital performed showed there was a lack of family practitioners and internists in the area,” Rohal explains. “The hospital will employ approximately 20 internists/family practitioners to work in the facility.” Construction has begun with a project completion date of this coming November. A second ongoing development project on the town’s agenda is a new apartment complex now under construction by JMF Properties. Located on Baldwin Avenue, just a short walk from downtown Montclair and steps from NJ TRANSIT’s Bay Street train station, Clarus Glen Ridge will deliver 110 modern rental residences and upscale amenities to the local market. The community is designed to offer an ultra-luxury lifestyle experience that incorporates the benefits of both urban and