The developer of the Crystal Lake Condominium project that would have been located on a 7.18-acre parcel adjacent to Rockland Lake State Park on Route 9W in Valley Cottage has gone before the Town of Clarkstown Planning Board with a revised site plan for the complex. 9W Valley Cottage LLC had received approval to build 35 condo units conditioned on it being able to acquire all of the lots needed for the project as originally planned. However, the developer was unable to acquire two of the lots and is looking for town approval of a slightly scaled back site plan.
The revised site plan reduces the 35 residential units to 30 units and reduces the property size to 6.32 acres. The layout of the project also has been adjusted with two roadways, Crystal Lake Road and Crystal Lake Drive being removed from the project.
A parking area was removed and the community building for recreational use by residents was relocated and reduced in size. The developer says that the site will contain 12 buildings. All of the condominium units will have a two-car garage, which are accessed from the street. The main level of each unit will have a living room, dining room, study, kitchen, master bedroom and bathroom. The second level will have a second bedroom, loft, and bathroom.
The developer said it believes that a large segment of the buyers will be seniors and others looking to downsize from their current homes. The developer said that by moving the garages from the rear to the front of the units, they were able to reduce the amount of development coverage used by the project and increase the amount of open space between the buildings.
It was pointed out that the site is located on a public bus route, which has a stop 621 feet from the planned entrance to the development. It would give residents public transportation to retail shopping, places of worship and health care located on or near Route 9W and in the Village of Nyack, which is 3 miles away. The site is 0.1 mile from Rockland Lake State Park, 0.1 mile from Executive Golf Course, 2.4 miles from Nyack Hospital, 2.8 miles from a Walgreen Pharmacy, 3.8 miles from the Palisades Center Mall, and close to houses of worship of various denominations.
