and finally tonight the former iconic Nabisco Factory has a new fate the 65 year old plant in Fair Lawn that once filled the air with sweet smells will get taken down that's not changing but not by explosives after intense backlash from the community the property owner says the plans to implode the building are scrapped instead the tower will be demolished piece by piece crumb by crumb Ted Goldberg reports we're happy we're relieved I mean all those things we're very supportive we're very thankful all of those little attributes there it's been a long fight John Mulholland was thrilled when he heard the old Nabisco plant in Fairlawn would not be destroyed by an implosion he's lived an Irish Circle for seven years just a stone's throw away from the site they're going to avoid what potentially could have been a high-risk situation God forbid someone got sick this could have been on forever so this is they're avoiding uh potential consequences there are a number of concerns that we heard so we're happy that you know the process worked Fair Lawn mayor Kurt paluso says this is just a stay of execution for the 65 year old building Greek development owns the Fair Lawn may stay and has stripped most of the plant down to its bolts but one looming section remains it's still going to come down it's uh for us it's also a safety concern uh God forbid there was a fire uh that would have been extremely dangerous the plant is located in Fair Lawn but part of its footprint extends into Glen Rock and many Glen Rock residents could have been affected by an implosion mayor Christine Mariko says sustained pressure from residents and politicians convinced Greek development to find another way to tear down the Plant the time lapse for getting the permitting in order and then coupled with the residents that were showing their concerns and we had constituent reach outs from Josh gottheimer's office I think all of those factors combined made them come to realization that you know what in the best interest of everyone and to move forward in a productive way they decided to go ahead and cancel the implosion the method of demolition is different but the future for this site Remains the Same Greek development is planning on turning this former cookie factory into a warehousing complex Mulholland says that brings a unique set of challenges for residents who live nearby but he also says the circumstances are not as dire as when residents were faced with the threat of an implosion there's a lot of things that are happening where there is that transparency which wasn't there before when they were planning to knock down the building I think what's happening now is they're following the right processes and controls so that it's they'll be a better neighbor is it going to be a 24x7 operation is it is there going to be lighting that's going to be higher my main concern is the traffic impact on our local roads that will create a logistics burden on our main thoroughfares to our town and we already have a traffic problem we do encourage any residents that want to be heard to do the same thing uh to go to our planning board meetings and make sure you share uh your feelings on it according to the minutes from those planning board meetings a spokesman for great development says it's unlikely that a warehouse there would operate 24 7. but they've learned their lesson with the resistance to the implosion so they'll host regular meetings with people who live nearby to hear concerns they might have in Glenrock I'm Ted Goldberg NJ Spotlight news