BUILDING UP, BUILDING OUT...The Parkside at Westfield, one of the town’s newest residential development projects, is nearing completion at the former site of the Williams Nursery. The complex will ultimately consist of 130 market-rate apartments and 30 affordable units. Katie Moen
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Westfield Hires Firm to Help With New Mandates
WESTFIELD — Next month, the state of New Jersey will unveil a new list of affordable-housing mandates which will force municipalities to shoulder increased obligations and host higher-density developments. In anticipation of the upcoming changes, the Westfield Town Council voted Tuesday to issue an award of contract to an outside planning and development firm, Topology, that Town Administrator James Gildea said will help to streamline the process and avoid potential complications for the commu...