Town receives single bid for 2-acre parcel

JACKSON - Municipal officials received one bid for the purchase of a 2.5- acre parcel at the corner of West Veterans Highway and Don Connor Boulevard.

According to information provided by the township clerk's office, one bid of $2,010,000 was received for the land by the Aug. 16 deadline.

The bid was submitted by Feinberg and McBurney Realty Development, Cherry Hill, for CVS pharmacy. The bid was the minimum set by the township to purchase the tract.

Action on the bid was expected to have been taken at the Aug. 28 meeting of the Township Council.

The 2.5-acre parcel to be sold is part of a 6.2-acre property that is owned by the township in the PVC-2 zone (Pinelands Village Commercial) near the Jackson public works complex.

Mayor Mark Seda previously noted that the former Township Committee had struck a deal with CVS for the same piece of property for $1 million. That deal never came to fruition.

Seda said the sale of the property would be good for Jackson.

"It's $2 million for the township as well as a commercial ratable on that corner," he said. "It makes sense for that side of town. It's a good ratable. I'm all for it and I hope that [a bidder] decides to close the deal."

Jackson zoning officer Richard C. Megill Sr. said there are many types of uses that can be built in the PVC-2 zone, including retail stores, drug stores, hardware stores, liquor stores, tobacco and newspaper stores, barber and beauty shops, tailors, offices, banks, fiduciary institutions, business or commercial offices, bars or cocktail lounges, department stores, furniture stores, bakeries, funeral homes, restaurants, jewelry stores, repair businesses and a few others. A dry cleaning store would be a permitted use provided public sewer is available, he said.

"Obviously, a drugstore or a hardware store doesn't use all that much water," he said. "They can stay under the 1,280-gallon a-day [limit] and not have a problem."