Proposal for 60,000-square-foot NJ megamansion spooks neighbors: 'It's a monstrosity'
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}This place is going to make the White House look like a shack.
A 60,000-square-foot megamansion bigger than the place where President Trump lives — and about the same size as his vacation home at Mar-a-Lago — is in the process of being built in New Jersey.
The massive digs, in the town of Montclair, will feature breathtaking Manhattan views, a bowling alley, a billiard room, two elevators and a movie theater, according to a proposal for the project cited by NorthJersey.com.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The massive digs, in the town of Montclair, will feature breathtaking Manhattan views, a bowling alley, a billiard room, two elevators and a movie theater, according to a proposal for the project. (City of Montclair)
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It will also feature an 11-car underground garage and a gym, pools and a spa.
The owner has made a deal with the realtors to stay anonymous, but the name of cybersecurity billionaire Melih Abdulhayoglu appears on a document connected to the project filed with the town, according to the news site.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Forbes reports that Abdulhayoglu originally hails from Turkey and is worth $1.6 billion thanks to his Comodo Group. His reps did not return requests for comment.
He may be trying to keep the project under wraps — as it’s not turning out to be very popular among his neighbors.
“It’s a monstrosity,” Gail Shepard, who works in real estate and lives nearby, fumed to NorthJersey.com.
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She fears loss of trees and possible flooding will be a headache to neighbors living downhill from the mansion, according to the site.
Other neighbors are outraged because to make way for the new project, two historic homes were torn down.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}It’s not clear how much the home at Undercliff and Lloyd roads will cost, but the two homes that were cleared away sold recently for a combined $7.3 million.
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“[The home] appears to be out of scale and out of character with the other resources in the area,” Montclair Historic Preservation Committee consultant Thomas Connolly said at a recent community meeting.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The megaproject still requires some permits before it can be finalized — partly because the owner is asking for a variance to build closer to a nature preserve than zoning laws allow.