A 54-unit townhome development was unanimously approved by the Saddle River Planning Board Tuesday night for a property that was once owned by actress, comedian and talk show host Rosie O’Donnell.
From 2013 until 2021, she O’Donnell owned a 9,000-square-foot home built in 1928 with six bedrooms, seven full bathrooms and two half bathrooms.
After she sold it, the property sat on the market for five years before Saddle River Investors purchased it for $5.3 million. However, the company’s development proposal was rejected by the town, largely over concerns about snow removal.
Toll Brothers later acquired the property along with adjacent land. The development, known as the East Allendale Road project, was approved Tuesday and will include 46 market-rate townhomes and eight affordable units
Of the 10.25-acre site being developed, O’Donnell once owned about 5 acres of it.
All of the market-rate units will have three bedrooms. Three of the affordable units will have two bedrooms and five will have three bedrooms. The townhomes will be spread across 14 buildings with three to six units per building.
Mayor Albert Kurpis, who serves on the Planning Board, and representatives for Toll Brothers did not immediately return requests for comment.
The East Allendale Road project is one of several in Saddle River that will help the borough satisfy its affordable housing requirements.
Another development, the Residences at Choctaw, is a 112-unit apartment building composed entirely of affordable housing. It began accepting applications earlier this year. It is also located on East Allendale Road, about a mile from the Toll Brothers project site.
The Saddle River Council last month voted to approve a developer’s agreement with Avalon Bay Communities to build a four-story, 274-unit apartment building that will have 242 market-rate units and 33 affordable units on Route 17 South.
Toll Brothers has a separate proposal before the Saddle River Planning Board to build 36 market rate and 12 affordable townhome units on West Saddle River Road and Algonquin Trail.
That application is still under review and will be back before the Saddle River Planning Board on January 5, 2026.
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