Planner Predicts No More Big Housing Developments In Mahwah

Mahwah won’t likely see any major housing developments or spurts in population, planner Joe Burgis predicted .

The document, which sets forth planning goals for the future of the township, does not contain many suggested changes to the current residential make-up of Mahwah, he said.

“In terms of residential planning, we’re not making many changes at all,” Burgis said.

In response to a question from a resident at the public hearing presentation, Burgis said he doesn’t anticipate anymore “dramatic changes” in residential development in Mahwah. The days of adding multi-family units like the condo complexes off of Ridge Road and Franklin Turnpike are likely “in the past,” he said.

“If you look at the increases in population [over the past few decades], you’ll see Mahwah is seeing nothing significant in terms of population growth. It really has slowed.”

Census data from Bergen County shows the large growth spurts in population seen between 1980 and 1990 and between 1990 and 2000 slowed significantly between 2010 and 2000.

Year

Total Population

Change from previous census

2010

25,890

+1,828 (7.6%)

2000

24,062

+6,157 (34.4%)

1990

17 905

+5,778 (47.6%)

1980

12,127

+1,327 (12.3%)

1970

10,800

+ 3,424 (46.4%)

1960

7,376

+ 2,496 (51.1%)

1950

4,880

N/A

Burgis called the community “close to full build out” in terms of the number of residents.

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