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Byline: Peter J. Sampson
Apr. 22--A handful of businesses are hoping to persuade a Hudson County judge Friday to quash North Bergen's bid to condemn the last 10.6 acres of a redevelopment tract in a move that would replace their stores with a Home Depot.
The tenants of the Kmart Shopping Plaza on Tonnelle Avenue contend the site is no longer in need of redevelopment because the adjacent properties have been developed with a Lowe's home improvement center and a soon-to-open Target department store.
They say no public interest is served by replacing their stores with another home improvement outlet.
"It no longer meets the definition of an area in need of redevelopment," said Thom Ammirato, a spokesman for Tonnelle Liquors and a check-cashing firm on 75th Street.