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Development
By MATT KADOSH
April 20, 2024
NEWARK — A developer has received approval from the city’s historic preservation board to build a 28-story apartment building on Market Street under a plan that calls for the iconic Paramount Theatre marquee boasting “Newark” to be restored. The application by RBH Newark OZ Paramount Project LLC ...
NEWARK — A 41-story tower slated for the heart of the downtown cleared a key government hurdle when the Zoning Board of Adjustment approved plans for the 514-unit building on Thursday, March 28. The board’s 5-2 vote in favor of KS Group’s “Newark Summit Tower” at 200-204, 206-208 Market St., and ...
NEWARK — There was no decision Thursday, March 21, on city approvals for a planned high rise in the downtown as an attorney for the developer presented a project reduced in scope from its original plans. Initially proposed to rise 46 stories at 200-204, 206-208 Market St., attorney Calvin Souder ...
The groundbreaking on Monday, March 4, for the first phase of the Millard E. Terrell Homes redevelopment in Newark's East Ward was bitter-sweet for Newark native Rosemary Horsley. The 75-year-old raised in the since-closed Terrell Homes low-income housing development had been one of the last to ...
NEWARK, NJ — Government OKs of a proposed 46-story apartment building in downtown Newark were not decided on Thursday, Feb. 22, amid questions over historic preservation approvals and public notice requirements. The Zoning Board of Adjustment adjourned the application for “Newark Summit Tower” ...
NEWARK — The developer of 335 apartments and 15 townhomes at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center will receive a reduction in its taxes over the next 30 years as an incentive to build the units — something some residents object to because of the developer’s record on another project. The City ...
NEWARK, NJ — A proposed 46-story building with apartments and retail space could replace vacant commercial buildings in an historic part of downtown Newark close to Prudential Center. The proposal for "Newark Summit Tower," a mixed-use building with 579 residential units would come to 200-204, ...
NEWARK, NJ — A proposed 67,467-square-foot cannabis cultivation facility could bring some green to an industrial area of the city’s East Ward. But first, Canna P Farms LLC will need a green light from the Central Planning Board, which earlier this week granted the grower an extension, so the new ...
NEWARK, NJ — A developer will get a reduction in taxes as an incentive to develop a five-story commercial building into a 10-story mixed-use building. The City Council approved the 25-year tax abatement for the property at 303-309 Washington St. on Wednesday, Jan. 24, according to the resolution ...
NEWARK, NJ — Conversations on cannabis disposal are not what one would typically expect at a meeting of the Newark Zoning Board of Adjustment. But talks about marijuana, including its disposal, have become increasingly frequent at the land use board following New Jersey’s 2020 referendum ...
NEWARK, NJ — A series of approvals for major development projects came over the past year as Newark sees a boom in development, a large portion of which is for new housing. The backlog of development applications is so significant the City Council created an additional Zoning Board of Adjustment ...
NEWARK, NJ — A plan to build a five-story, 63-unit apartment building in the South Ward — 100% of which will be affordable units — easily gained Zoning Board approval on Thursday, Dec. 15. There was one provision in the plans, however, that did not meet with the board’s satisfaction: a proposal ...
NEWARK, NJ — Plans for a 124-unit apartment building in the North Ward got government approval on Thursday, Dec. 14. The Zoning Board of Adjustment approved the plans, which call for the demolition of an existing one-story industrial building at 684-690 and 692-700 4th St. and the construction ...
NEWARK, NJ — A prominent real estate developer who had an outsized influence on the community is remembered for his work in business and philanthropy. Marc E. Berson died on Dec. 2, according to this obituary. He was 79. The real estate developer had been instrumental in a range of projects in ...
NEWARK, NJ — A daylong conference on economic and real estate development that drew hundreds of entrepreneurs and professionals to the Mars Wrigley building on Monday, Dec. 4, touched on a key topic for the city: affordable housing and gentrification. During a question-and-answer session with ...
NEWARK, NJ — After almost seeing its application voted down at a prior meeting, the operator of a cannabis shop has gotten a green light to sell the product in a small building that once housed a bar. The Central Planning Board on Nov. 20 approved City Leaf Corporation’s application to use the ...
NEWARK, NJ — Developers seeking exceptions to the city’s zoning laws may get their applications approved or denied more quickly following the creation of an additional zoning board of adjustment. The City Council on Tuesday, Nov. 21, approved the creation of a supplemental zoning board, a ...
NEWARK, NJ — The deteriorating mansion next to an auto body shop on Clinton Avenue took its final blow when it burned down on Oct. 28 in what was the second major fire to happen there in four years. Now a former owner of the Kastner Mansion is holding out hope that she might reclaim and ...
Change is indeed inevitable. A proposed multi-million dollar project could dramatically re-stitch the fabric of Newark's close-knit Ironbound neighborhood. Therefore, it was equally inevitable that a mix of local residents, real estate developers, legal eagles, and community activists descended on ...
New Jersey Performing Arts Center has secured government approvals for a significant expansion that includes a new community center in downtown Newark. What’s New? The Central Planning Board on Oct. 30 approved New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation’s site plan application for the ...
UPDATE: Large-Scale Project To Replace Ironbound Restaurant Stirs Close-Knit Neighborhood A major redevelopment project is slated to come to the approximately five acres in Newark’s Ironbound once occupied by Iberia Tavern & Restaurant, which closed earlier this year. The project is to be ...
NEWARK, NJ — The developer of four new 40-story buildings who is also converting an office building on Broad Street has received approvals from the Central Planning Board, overcoming criticisms that the project would create an insular “superblock.” The Central Planning Board on Monday, Nov. 6, ...
Newark Penn Station will receive $59 million for improving passenger circulation — one part of a $4.5 billion package of federal funding that officials described as a historic investment in public transportation for New Jersey and the region. U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, with state and local officials ...
NEWARK, NJ — All that was left of the 32-room Victorian mansion on Clinton Avenue Monday morning was a large pile of rubble — red bricks, slate, timber — and a still-standing rear wall. Already a vacant, dilapidated structure following a fire in 2019, the blaze that ripped through the ...
NEWARK, NJ — A controversial update to the city’s rules for using and developing land will not be voted on by the City Council on Wednesday night, Oct. 18, as was initially anticipated. City Clerk Kecia Daniels said the formal public hearing and final vote would instead be held at the council’s ...
NEWARK, NJ — The Zoning Board of Adjustment on Thursday, Oct. 12, decided not to hear plans for a proposed 12-story building in the Central Ward. Board members decided by 5-2 vote that the application for 250-252 Orange St. / 50-54 Nesbitt St. was not substantially different from a prior ...
NEWARK, NJ — Two homes are planned for a spot where one once stood in the Forest Hill Historic District — a move that a local community group argued this week is contrary to a state entity’s decision. The designs approved by Newark’s Landmarks & Historic Preservation Commission on Wednesday, ...
NEWARK, NJ — A measure that would replace the existing rules for using and developing land, allowing higher density, received the City Council’s initial approval as community members registered their opposition. The City Council on Wednesday, Oct. 4, introduced the measure 5-2. Council ...
NEWARK, NJ — Approvals for a significant development encompassing the former IDT Corporation building on Broad Street and four proposed new high-rises on an adjacent triangular lot have again been pushed back. What’s New? At the developer's request, the Central Planning Board on Monday, Sept.
NEWARK, NJ — A 234-unit, 14-story apartment building planned for the site of a used car dealership in University Heights received government approvals on Thursday, Sept. 21. The building to be built at the corner of Central Avenue and Norfolk Street is set to rise 150 feet with an entrance at ...
