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

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