{"id":23898,"date":"2023-06-06T18:16:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/?p=23898"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:16:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:16:36","slug":"fire-destroys-woodbury-heights-former-bank-building-dispensary-was-denied-there-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/news\/fire-destroys-woodbury-heights-former-bank-building-dispensary-was-denied-there-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Destroys Woodbury Heights Former Bank Building.  Dispensary Was Denied There in March"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>img#mv-trellis-img-1::before{padding-top:75%; }img#mv-trellis-img-1{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-2::before{padding-top:75%; }img#mv-trellis-img-2{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-3::before{padding-top:75%; }img#mv-trellis-img-3{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-4::before{padding-top:75%; }img#mv-trellis-img-4{display:block;}<\/style><span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\n<p>A late morning fire today in Woodbury Heights NJ, devastated a commercial building which most recently operated as a Nova Bank branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The building sits behind the popular Hollywood Caf&eacute; restaurant on Elm Ave, close to the Route 45 intersection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More recently the building was planned to become a cannabis dispensary, but the Woodbury Heights Zoning Board denied those plans back in March of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-mv_trellis_4x3\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire03a-728x546.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire03a-728x546.jpg 728w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire03a-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire03a-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire03a-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire03a-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire03a-1080x810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire03a-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20728%20546'%3E%3Crect%20width='728'%20height='546'%20style='fill:%23e3e3e3'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23905 eager-load\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire03a.jpg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire03a-728x546.jpg.webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire03a-728x546.jpg.webp 728w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire03a-300x225.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire03a-480x360.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire03a-320x240.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire03a-960x720.jpg.webp 960w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire03a-1080x810.jpg.webp 1080w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire03a-1200x900.jpg.webp 1200w\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A devastating fire consumes a former bank building in Woodbury Heights.<em> (Image: Woodbury Heights Facebook)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fire Marshalls on the Scene<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When I visited the site at 4:00 PM today, it appeared that core firefighting efforts were completed, with just a small tuft of smoke coming out of one area.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fire personnel including the County Fire Marshall and a State Fire Marshall Investigation Unit were conversing a few yards away from the building, presumably discussing the details of the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To my untrained eye the building appears to be a total loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vertical brick walls are still standing from the one story building, but basically all other aspects of the long abandoned building are completely gone. The roof and all interior aspects are ashes.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-mv_trellis_4x3\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire02a-728x546.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire02a-728x546.jpg 728w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire02a-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire02a-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire02a-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire02a-960x719.jpg 960w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire02a-1080x809.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire02a-1200x899.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire02a-728x546.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23908 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire02a-728x546.jpg.webp 728w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire02a-300x225.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire02a-480x360.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire02a-320x240.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire02a-960x719.jpg.webp 960w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire02a-1080x809.jpg.webp 1080w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire02a-1200x899.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire02a.jpg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-2\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">While the brick exterior walls still stand after a fire at a former Woodbury Heights bank building, you can see through the entire building to the exposed brick on the other side.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Photos I took at the scene (from a distance) show that through the windows closest to me, I can see across the empty interior to the other far brick wall&hellip; meaning any sort of interior wall construction and drywall was just completely gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still remaining on the front exterior brick was a small Nova Bank sign listing its operating hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to published reports the Nova Bank shut down back in 2012.&nbsp; So considering that the sign was never removed, it would seem that the building has been abandoned for 11 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bluelight-cannabis-woodbury-heights\">Bluelight Cannabis &ndash; Woodbury Heights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent months though the former bank building had seen new activity, as a Pennsylvania firm has plans to convert the building into a dispensary.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/news\/route-45-dispensaries-proposed-in-woodbury-heights-woodbury-facility-looks-for-general-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">42Freeway wrote about the plans <\/a>for the dispensary back in February of this year, ahead of a scheduled Zoning Board meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For several months crews were on site cleaning out the building, and doing other construction activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But as mentioned, back in March of this year they were denied their application to operate the property into a cannabis retail store.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-mv_trellis_4x3\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01-728x546.jpg\" alt=\"Dispensary Proposed for Woodbury Heights\" class=\"wp-image-21065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01-728x546.jpg 728w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01-1080x810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01-728x546.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Dispensary Proposed for Woodbury Heights\" class=\"wp-image-21065 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01-728x546.jpg.webp 728w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01-768x576.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01-2048x1536.jpg.webp 2048w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01-480x360.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01-320x240.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01-960x720.jpg.webp 960w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01-1080x810.jpg.webp 1080w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01-1200x900.jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01-150x113.jpg.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WoodburyHeightsDispensary01.jpg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-3\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image from earlier in 2023 shows the Nova Bank building in Woodbury Heights.  Today the building was destroyed by fire.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>According to a Courier-Post article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courierpostonline.com\/story\/news\/local\/2023\/06\/01\/cannabis-retailer-blulight-state-court-lawsuit-woodbury-heights-zoning-board-vote-use-variance\/70271055007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published just five days ago<\/a>, the Woodbury Heights Zoning Board rejected the application for the dispensary because it was 45 feet short of the 1000 foot buffer required from a school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That article goes on to say the dispensary operators had filed a lawsuit on May 12th regarding the Zoning Board&rsquo;s denial of their application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Courier-Post article goes on to say that the business states the actual travel distance is greater than 1,000 feet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another key concern is that the Woodbury Heights ordinances only allow for one dispensary in the highway district, and another dispensary operator is looking to convert a different bank location on Route 45 into a dispensary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That Woodbury Heights meeting was scheduled for last night, although I do not know the outcome of that dispensary application at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-mv_trellis_4x3\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire00a-728x546.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire00a-728x546.jpg 728w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire00a-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire00a-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire00a-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire00a-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire00a-1080x810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire00a-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire00a-728x546.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23906 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire00a-728x546.jpg.webp 728w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire00a-300x225.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire00a-480x360.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire00a-320x240.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire00a-960x720.jpg.webp 960w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire00a-1080x810.jpg.webp 1080w, https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire00a-1200x900.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/42freeway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WoodburyHeightsNovaFire00a.jpg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-4\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fire consumed the former Nova Bank building in Woodbury Heights.  I Pennsylvania company was looking to open a dispensary at the site.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links and Locations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Commercial Building Fire &ndash; Former Nova Bank<br><\/strong>30 Elm Ave<br>Woodbury Heights, NJ<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A late morning fire today in Woodbury Heights NJ, devastated a commercial building which most recently operated as a Nova Bank branch.  More recently a dispensary was planned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":803,"disable-in-feed":false,"article-schema-type":"","disable-critical-css":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[596],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fire Destroys Woodbury Heights Former Bank Building. Dispensary Was Denied There in March - 42 Freeway<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Woodbury Heights NJ, devastated a commercial building which most recently was as a Nova Bank branch. 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