He cited both the neighboring developments and the building's amenities, which include a roof deck with a panoramic view, a large athletic facility and a ground-floor nightclub.
To look at the development today, 11 months after the first residents moved in, a visitor would have a hard time distinguishing this complex of neat homes with trimmed yards from some of the neighboring developments along Moorestown-Mount Laurel Road that e cost from $200,000 to $400,000.
The last ranch to sell, a block away, went for $852,500 in 2006; a similar three-bedroom ranch sold in the neighboring development of Woodbury Knolls in June 2007 for $800,000.
"The EIR's project definition properly excluded the neighboring development, which is not a reasonably foreseeable consequence of the park," the panel opined.
But under the terms of the new zoning, the Edge, like neighboring developments, must also provide parkland for nonresidents, and so 21,000 square feet of the property, mostly on two piers, will be open to the public, Mr. Levine said.
Reese Berman, a Democratic councilwoman, was on the town board when it voted to allow 27 units to go on the property, a higher density than in neighboring developments, she said.
The multipronged and speedy reaction of the neighboring communities continues to serve as a model for how to have a voice in neighboring developments.
The drive was partly inspired by the success of Camp Mariah, the neighboring career development camp named for the singer Mariah Carey, who is a fund supporter.
She questioned staff about why the same study was used when its conclusion that archeological remains were unlikely to be found was proved incorrect on the neighboring Brightwater development, which is also owned by Hearthside Homes.
The reason is that during the 22-month conflict, a neighboring development called Gilo, also built on 1967 land and part of the same strategic chain, has repeatedly come under fire from the adjacent West Bank town of Beit Jala.
The land was purchased from CDC Houston, a subsidiary of the Coventry Development Corporation, which began construction on its own neighboring development, Springwoods Village, shortly thereafter.
