Midland Park October 10, 2012 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 3 Baseline Associates presented its proposal for a commercial/residential complex on Franklin Avenue at a special meeting of the Midland Park Board of Adjustment last week. The nearly one-acre property is zoned for business use and abuts a residential zone. Ridgewood developer Mark Infante, who also owns the professional building at 600 Godwin Ave., proposes to build two nearly identical commercial buildings with apartments on the second floor at 199-207 Franklin Ave. The two existing lots would be merged into one, and the previous bank building still on the property would be demolished. The existing beauty salon, which was probably built in the late 1800s Board hears proposal for Franklin Avenue building and is only 2.6 ft. off the sidewalk, would be renovated to match the new construction, including a pitched roof and wood shakes. The new buildings have been designed in the Nantucket style by a Vermont architect, “with peaks, and eaves and dormers to give a colonial feel and detail and be aesthetically pleasing,” Infante said. The proposal calls for two, two-and-a-half story buildings separated by a driveway. One of the buildings would be set back about 25 ft. from the front property line with parking at the rear; the other would be set back about 120 ft. and would have parking in the front yard. The first floor of each building would have three commercial units and garage (continued on page 31) An architect’s rendering of the proposed building on Franklin Avenue.