The Bergen County Planning Board recently approved a site plan application for a new seven-story building at the corner of East Palisade and Grand Avenues in downtown Englewood. The county board’s approval comes four months after the city approved the site plan, which includes 170 apartments, retail space across two stories, and a parking garage for more than 200 vehicles.
Officials confirmed with Jersey Digs that the county board voted to approve the final site plan for the project at 9-19 Grand Avenue at its regular meeting on November 10. Approval from the county planning board was required because the property fronts Grand Avenue, a county road.
Application materials made public by Englewood state that the proposal calls for redeveloping 1.13 acres, including a two-story brick building, detached garage, and surface parking lot. The new building will consist of 78 one-bedroom, 76 two-bedroom, and 16 three-bedroom apartments, over 8,000 square feet of retail space, and a subterranean parking garage for up to 202 vehicles. The applicant, The Grand Palisade LLC, has set aside 34 units for affordable housing and has been seeking city approvals since September 2025.
Because the site grades from East Palisade Avenue down to Grand Avenue, the building’s retail and parking garage will be spread across the cellar, ground floor, and second story. Both retail pads will be located at the intersection of East Palisade and Grand Avenues. The largest of the two will be located in the cellar and on the ground level and will span 6,025 square feet, while a second retail pad spanning over 2,000 square feet will be located on the building’s second story.
The 202-car parking garage spans the cellar and ground-floor levels of the building and is accessible from Grand Avenue, while the next story above will include a 4,130-square-foot residential lobby with a club room, lounge, and coworking space off East Palisade Avenue.
The residential portion of the building is built around a central courtyard with private terraces, but the building will also include a 5,775-square-foot fitness center and spa with a sports court on the southeastern portion of the site. The approved plan also calls for a rooftop amenity deck along Grand Avenue.
Minutes from the city’s planning board meeting held on July 20 state that the board voted to approve the proposal on the condition that all off-street parking be set aside for residents and not be used by retail owners or employees; that the signage matches that of 20 Grand Street, which is located across the street; that the project includes benches and improvements along the frontage of the building; and that the building includes a police repeater.
Records from the Bergen County Board of Taxation state that the applicant, The Grand Palisade LLC, purchased the parcel at 9-19 Grand Avenue in November 2025 for $16.1 million. The firm shares an address with Teaneck-based real estate developer Treetop Companies. Jersey Digs reported in November 2021 that another LLC linked to Treetop was working to redevelop a former industrial site along New Jersey Route 27 in Elizabeth into a complex with over 600 apartments, office space, and off-street parking for over 1,200 vehicles.
