Berkeley Heights Township : Berkeley Plaza Property Will Become 'Gateway' Into Berkeley Heights

Press release from the Berkeley Heights Township:

October 29, 2021

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Passaic River Parkway in Berkeley Heights grew some this week, when the Union County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution to acquire the Berkeley Plaza property. The Memorandum of Understanding with the property’s owner was signed today, Friday, Oct. 29, said Mayor Angie Devanney during an interview this afternoon.

The property, at 735-737 Springfield Avenue, Berkeley Heights, by the bridge over the NJ Transit tracks, will become a “Gateway into Union County and Berkeley Heights from Morris County, with beautiful green trails” and other areas for passive recreation, she said.

The property covers about 1.5 acres of land adjacent to the Passaic River in Berkeley Heights, on one side, two other sides are bordered by the Passaic River Parkway, a county-owed, preserved open space that includes sections in New Providence, Summit and Berkeley Heights. One day, people may be able to walk through the parkland from Berkeley Heights into Summit, she said.

Devanney said, “Today is a great day for Berkeley Heights. We began this journey in early 2019 when I approached the County Commissioners Open Space committee about the acquisition of vacant land as green space after the closure of Berkeley Caterers. Open space has always been, and continues to be, a priority of my administration."

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