The Shulton factory on Colfax Avenue in Clifton, New Jersey was bulldozed twenty or so years ago. A copy/paste from of a new release with a update
AN industrial ghost town for the last decade, the 42-acre former Shulton Industries site in Clifton, where Old Spice cologne and Breck shampoo were once produced, is being resurrected as an upscale gated residential enclave. Earlier this month after three years of planning and negotiations, a North Jersey development company closed on its purchase of the parcel and started demolishing the huddle of buildings that have occupied the property since the 1940's. They will be replaced by 637 condominium apartments and town houses, 35 percent of them for people age 55 and over, contained in three neighborhoods carved from the site, which the city has rezoned for housing. The project, Cambridge Crossings, will also include a 5,000-square-foot clubhouse, a pool and a walking path along Weasel Brook, which bisects the property. Located at the intersection of Route 46 and Exit 154 of the Garden State Parkway, at Colfax Avenue, the site is one of the most visible reminders of the flight of industry from this 12-square-mile Passaic County city. Cambridge Crossings is being developed by Town and Country Developers at Clifton North Inc., of Woodcliff Lake, an affiliate of Whiteweld, Barrister & Brown, a Manhattan-based real estate investment firm. The project will cost more than $60 million, including the price of the land, and take two to three years to build, said Joseph L. DiBernardo, an executive vice president at Town and Country. Across New Jersey, vacant commercial buildings or their sites are being put to new uses as developers respond to the demand for residential and commercial space and the dwindling supply of land to develop. At the same time, towns are trying to ensure that the redevelopment does not overburden municipal services. Sites like the Shulton tract that are large and near highways and job centers -- Manhattan is 15 minutes away -- are prime candidates for reuse, particularly in almost fully developed northern New Jersey, said Peter D. Blanchard. He is senior vice president of the Garibaldi Group, the Chatham-based brokerage firm that marketed the Shulton site. The owner was American Home Products of Madison, a manufacturer of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment, which inherited the site as part of its acquisition of American Cyanamid in 1995.
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