A housing development slated for the former Our Lady of Grace orphanage site on East Chestnut Hill Road is still drawing heat from neighbors even after developers scaled back their proposal for the second time.
Joe Setting and Greg Lingo of Montchanin-based Setting Properties Inc., want to build 265 homes and low-income apartments in the northwest corner of a 181-acre parcel of land east of Newark at 487 E. Chestnut Hill Road, which is owned by The Felician Sisters of North America Real Estate Holding Corporation.
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How long will it take to build these houses .Will it be years before there up for sale.I know many family looking for somewhere beautiful to live.
Let keep American beautiful where we live , love and enjoy life.Let's make De a better place to live.Looks like there building a new super market near buy also.I think this is so wounderful.Keep building and keep making American the beautiful land where we live.
To whom it may concern. I would. love to own brand new home in Newark De.On route 4 what a lovely area to be. We have every thing available.Hospital ,schools entertainment,.There is still pleant space available . For a beautiful small park.And other things like a small mall with a little ice cream store, and different little stores.Let keep making American beautiful.
I live in the area and I don't trust Councilwoman Diller as far as I can spit. She is the WORST lawmaker in the state. She is far too friendly with the developers. Time for her to be replaced! She does not want to do the "dirty" work, she just wants to push this thru and to heck with the area residents. See below- this was AFTER she promised that there were to be NO connector roads or cut-thru roads thru existing communities. She just shrugs her shoulders and that's that. Vote against her next election!!
"County Councilwoman Lisa Diller sent a letter alerting constituents that the Delaware Department of Transportation is requiring a road connecting the new neighborhood to Breezewood. She said there is currently no left turn out of the proposed community onto Route 4 and that a cut through would allow the new residents to come out to Gender Road and make a left turn onto Route 4."
She does not care about her constituents. She cares about being cozy-cozy with the developers and furthering her political career.
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