Despite objections from residents, the Cherry Hill zoning board granted approval late Thursday night for a use variance that permits a car dealer to demolish two houses in a residential zone and replace them with a parking lot. The vacant houses on Park Boulevard, situated between South Delaware and South Cornell avenues, are slated to… Read more »
A resolution approving the $3,859,000 purchase of the former Holly Ravine farm for open space was approved Tuesday night by the Cherry Hill Township Council. “This is a huge victory for the town,” Council President David Fleisher told Council members at the caucus before the meeting. “This is a significant milestone in the history of Cherry Hill… Read more »
A North Jersey developer will go before the Cherry Hill Planning Board on Monday for approval to demolish three buildings off Church Road near Route 38 and build a daycare center. The L-shaped, 1.46-acre property that includes the former Toy Train Emporium and a former home would have parking lot on Coles Avenue for the… Read more »
A dispute between Cherry Hill Dodge and Cherry Hill Township, the subject of a federal lawsuit filed by the owner of the car dealership, will be considered by the zoning board on Thursday as the judge separately pushes for a settlement. The controversy, which has pitted the Township and neighbors of the Route 70 car dealer… Read more »
Residents ordinarily show up at local planning or zoning meetings to offer a litany of reasons why a development should be blocked. But Cherry Hill neighbors testifying at Monday night’s meeting of the Planning Board turned it into a bit of a lovefest — with compliments and support for Cherry Hill Subaru’s application to build a… Read more »
The 14-acre stretch of now-vacant land on Route 70 in Cherry Hill, bounded in the south by Park Boulevard, has a storied history. From 1960 to 1978, the land held the Latin Casino, a 1,500-seat dinner club that hosted superstars from Frank Sinatra to the Jackson 5. Rhythm and blues singer Jackie Wilson in 1975… Read more »
The lawyer for Cherry Hill has called for a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Cherry Hill Dodge that challenges the Township’s right to rescind permission to expand a parking lot at the Route 70 dealership. The car dealer, long at odds with homeowners in the Locustwood neighborhood, in 2020 was granted permission by the… Read more »
Subaru of Cherry Hill Auto Dealership is planning to develop a new 67,000 square foot auto dealership and service building on Route 70 in Cherry Hill, on the property which previously was home to Subaru of America’s Headquarters. This large building will encompass all aspects of the Subaru of Cherry Hill dealership’s capabilities; from sales… Read more »
Enduring a meeting that lasted more than six hours, the Cherry Hill zoning board early Thursday morning unanimously rejected a developer’s plan to build a 175-unit senior-living complex on Holly Ravine farmland. Board members, who were considering a non-permitted use in a zone for single-family homes, said they were concerned with overstepping the Township Master… Read more »
Beginning in the 1920s, a dairy farm operated at Springdale and Evesham roads in Cherry Hill, later adding the iconic Holly Ravine Farm Cowtail Bar where generations of new suburbanites licked ice cream cones. Now a developer proposes to turn the 23-acre property into 175 independent- and assisted-living apartments for seniors. *Article courtesy of 70and73… Read more »
