Planning Board to Consider 'Completeness' of Tucker’s West Parcel Plan

The Fort Lee Planning Board meets Monday at 6 p.m. at the for the fifth in a series of at least seven public hearings on the major site plans for Redevelopment Area 5.

To date, the meetings have focused on Fort Lee Redevelopment Associates (FLRA)’s plans for the East parcel, including two 47-story residential towers, but included on Monday’s agenda is the “acceptance/completeness” of Tucker Redevelopment Corporation’s preliminary and final major site plan for the West parcel.

Borough officials are calling Tucker’s plans “mixed use,” which includes some residential development, but also office, retail and hotel space.

“We anticipate hearing and considering the completeness of the application related to the West parcel, which is the mixed use parcel with the retail and the residential,” said Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich of Monday’s meeting. “The Tucker development, or the West development, has recently been filed.”

The planning board will also continue its hearings on FLRA’s application for the East parcel; to view the FLRA "Towers at Fort Lee" site plan application, click here, or visit the borough’s website.

The board has been reviewing the FLRA proposal for the East parcel since its . The FLRA application is primarily residential and includes the two 47-story towers that will house a total of 902 units, some of which will feature dramatic views of the iconic George Washington Bridge, the Palisades and the Hudson River.

FLRA is also donating a movie theater and a museum to honor the borough’s Revolutionary War and pre-Hollywood history.

A high-end, 7,000-square-foot restaurant, which is expected to be a major attraction of the East parcel, is also being constructed for a private entity. 

“Everyone is encouraged to come, to attend, to voice your opinion, cross-examine the experts and make known what is on your mind with regard to this application,” Sokolich said. “I believe it to be the most significant event that … will potentially occur since the opening of the George Washington Bridge. That’s how important I believe this development to be, and it would be incumbent on all the residents here to make sure that they participate.”

The agenda for the Monday (March 12) meeting of the Fort Lee Planning Board can be downloaded from the borough's website or by clicking here.

Meetings are also scheduled for March 26 and April 2—both starting at 6 p.m. at the community center.