07-30-09 APPLICATION FOR PROJECT AUTHORIZATION UNDER THE NEW
JERSEY REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ACT, SEARS, ROEBUCK
AND CO. RETAIL DEPARTMENT STORE, GATEWAY OFFICE PARK
PROJECT, CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
A-6494-06T1
The Camden Redevelopment Agency (CRA) submitted to the
Historic Preservation Office of the Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP) an Application for Project Authorization Under
the New Jersey Register of Historic Places Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1B-
15.128 to -15.132, to acquire and demolish the Sears, Roebuck
and Company Retail Department Store, a building that had been
placed on the National and New Jersey Register of Historic
Places. We held that the CRA had standing to apply for and
receive the authorization pursuant to N.J.S.A. 13:1B-15.131. We
also held that the DEP did not act arbitrarily, capriciously or
unreasonably in granting the application.
Chase Smith assistant editor