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28 MAY 2026
WoodBrook at Randolph, a new 199-unit luxury rental community by Woodmont Properties and
Canoe Brook Development, is now open at 8000 Crescent Circle in Randolph.
Courtesy: Woodmont / Canoe Brook
MUTUAL SUPPORT
Randolph rental project opens to great demand as developers,
officials tout partnership that brought plan to fruition
I t may well be a no-brainer to Steve
Santola and his team at Woodmont
Properties.
To Randolph Mayor Mark H.
Forstenhausler, however, it’s not
something to be taken for granted.
That was clear in early April as he
thanked Woodmont and its partner,
Canoe Brook Development, for
welcoming first responders on
multiple occasions as their sprawling
new rental community off Route 10
was under construction.
“Woodbrook has been extremely
generous with their time and
allowed the fire department to have
several tours of the buildings,” said
Forstenhausler, a volunteer firefighter
for more than three decades. “So
we’re able to see exactly how
the layout is and do our-pre plan
operations so that, if we do have an
issue, if we do have to come here for
something to help out, our firemen
will know what to do and where to
go.
By Joshua Burd
“Not everyone is as generous with
their time and allowing us into the
building, so that was a big plus for
us.”
It was just one example of the
partnership that helped bring
WoodBrook at Randolph to fruition,
according to both the mayor and
the development team, providing
the township with a much-needed
infusion of housing. That demand was
evident during a recent ribbon-cutting
ceremony for the 199-unit project,
which was already nearly 80 percent
leased at the time after hitting the
market last summer, following a
multiyear development just west of
Dover Chester Road.
Santola, executive vice president and
general counsel at Woodmont, said
that cooperation helped “make a little
dent” in the country’s estimated 4
million-unit housing deficit.
“Towns can treat you in different
ways,” Santola told the public