The former Bellin’s Swim Club on Main Ave. and the adjacent, now vacant Teddy’s restaurant at the front of its property is still being considered by Wayne-based developer Peter Evgenikos for a three-story retail and residential complex. Bellin’s Swim Club closed out its last season on Labor Day 2006. “I am told that the original plan—retail on the first floor and senior housing on the second and third—is still in place,” said Economic Developer Harry Swanson. “Engineer and architectural studies are underway and we are progressing for a final review on Sept. 17.” Evgenikos is also the owner of the Grand Chalet Banquet Center and Restaurant in Wayne.
He said he hopes the Jersey City-based 170-year-old banking institution will be the engine and prototype for other projects in the Lexington/Lakeview/Botany corridor. “The investment they made there was significant and it’s a showcase for the bank and our city,” said Swanson. While Provident’s next door neighbor, the former Capo D’Anno restaurant on Lexington Ave., remains vacant, the owner has been motivated to clean up the building and property The proposed real estate, law and financial building project has been terminated, said Swanson and no new plans are on the table.
The former Lee’s Hawaiian Islander Restaurant, now a vacant lot at the corners of Lexington and Piaget Aves., may still become a restaurant or banquet facility. Attorney Bill Sala said that new plans have been drawn up—sans the controversial parking deck that doomed the last proposal—and he appeared before the Planning Board on Aug. 28. The design plans are much smaller than the original, which drew the ire of neighbors. “We’re just trying to get approvals first,” said Sala. “As far as the business decisions, we haven’t come to a final conclusion yet.” Provident Band has opened its first Passaic County Branch on Lexington Ave. and has provided a much needed economic boost to the area, said Swanson.
The now vacant restaurant next to the former Bellin’s Swim Club on Main Ave., near the Passaic border
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