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Four-Story, 60-Unit Affordable Residential Project Nears Completion at 359 Halsey Street, Newark

6:30 am on January 26, 2017 By Reid Wilson

Construction is wrapping on the four-story, 60-unit residential project under development at 359 Halsey Street, located on the southern end of downtown Newark, N.J. The 63,030-square-foot building is dubbed The Residences at Symphony Hall and will contain a mix of one- and two-bedroom rental apartments, Jersey Digs reported. All of the apartments will be affordable, and 25 percent of them, or 15 units, will be designated to individuals with mental illness, homelessness or disability.

Seven-Story, 79-Unit Residential Project Proposed at 22 New York Avenue, Newark, N.J.

6:00 am on January 24, 2017 By Reid Wilson

Newark-based New York Garden Associates is proposing a seven-story, 79-unit residential building at 18-26 New York Avenue, in Newark’s Ironbound district. The project would also include a parking garage on the ground floor, Jersey Digs reported. The developer is seeking multiple variances for the project, which must be approved by the city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment. The board heard the proposal earlier this month. The block-thru development site, which consists of seven lots, is vacant.

Seven-Story, 456,000-Square-Foot Commercial Redevelopment Proposed at 98 Edison Place, Newark

6:30 am on January 10, 2017 By Reid Wilson

Edison Properties is proposing to redevelop the existing, largely vacant six-story Newark Warehouse Company Building at 98 Edison Place, located on the corner of McCarter Highway in Downtown Newark. The expanded building will rise seven stories and measure 456,059 square feet, Jersey Digs reported. It would contain commercial space for offices and retail and a landscaped rooftop terrace. Parsippany, N.J.-based Langan Engineering & Environmental Services is the architect of record. Pending the required approvals and variances, occupancy is expected in early 2018.

Four-Story, 15-Unit Residential Redevelopment Planned at 40 East Park Street, Newark

1:00 pm on January 6, 2017 By Reid Wilson

An anonymous Passaic, N.J.-based LLC is planning to redevelop the vacant three-story townhouse at 40 East Park Street, located on the corner of Mulberry Street in Downtown Newark. The existing structure will be converted from office space and expanded horizontally along Mulberry street. The final product will rise four stories at its tallest point and contain 15 market-rate residential units. The apartments, including studios and one-bedrooms, should average 750 square feet apiece, Jersey Digs reported. Newark-based Comito Associates is the architect. The project is expected to be complete in late 2018.

2.3-Million-Square-Foot Mixed-Use Development Planned at 450 Broad Street, Newark

6:30 am on November 14, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Last week, the city of Newark announced that a 7.5-acre, 2.3-million-square-foot mixed-use development is in the works at 450 Broad Street. That’s downtown, on the current site of the Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium. The project will include residential units, office space, retail, and cultural space, Jersey Digs reported. The number of units wasn’t disclosed, but the site could easily accommodate over 1,000 of them. Lotus Equity Group is the developer and Practice for Architecture Urbanism is designing the project’s master plan. The 6,200-seat baseball stadium will be demolished. The four-story parking garage just south of it isn’t part of the site.

18-Unit Residential Building Proposed At 73 Fourth Avenue, Newark

10:00 am on November 10, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Hoboken, N.J.-based NJ Equity Investors has proposed to build an 18-unit residential building at 73-87 Fourth Avenue, in Newark’s North Ward. The apartments will be condominiums, although it’s unclear how large or tall the building will be, Jersey Digs reported. The site, acquired for just $440,000 in 2015, consists of a small, vacant single-story commercial building. The Newark Zoning Board of Adjustments will be presented the proposal today. A construction timeline has not been disclosed.

48-Unit Residential And Retail Conversion Planned At Five-Story Office Building, 579 Broad Street, Newark

6:00 am on November 9, 2016 By Reid Wilson

New Orleans-based Redmellon Restoration and Development is planning to convert the five-story office building at 579 Broad Street, located on the corner of Central Avenue in downtown Newark, into a mixed-use building with 48 residential units. The ground floor will contain 5,591 square feet of retail space on the ground floor. The residential units throughout the rest of the building will be rental apartments, Jersey Digs reported. Eminent Investment Group is the current property owner, as Redmellon has not closed on the sale of the property at this time. A construction timeline has not been disclosed.

Seven-Story, 90-Unit Residential Building Proposed At 161 Bellair Place, Newark

1:00 pm on November 4, 2016 By Reid Wilson

New Jersey-based developer Rose Agency has proposed building a seven-story, 90-unit residential building at 161 Bellair Place, on the corner of Montclair Avenue in Newark’s Forest Hill section, a neighborhood located in the city’s North Ward. The project would include a parking garage on the first two floors, Jersey Digs reported. The property is currently occupied by a single-story storage facility and a commercial building. The Branch Brook Park station on the Newark Light Rail is three blocks away. The Newark Zoning Board of Adjustment, which must approve to the project for it to move forward, will be presented plans on November 10.

216-Unit Redevelopment Proposed For Abandoned 25-Story Building At 440 Elizabeth Avenue, Newark

11:00 am on October 21, 2016 By Reid Wilson

The Ishay Group is proposing to redevelop the long-vacant, 25-story, 246,600-square-foot Carmel Towers building at 440 Elizabeth Avenue, also known as 203-221 Meeker Avenue, in Newark’s South Ward. The dilapidated tower would contain 216 residential units ranging from one- to three-bedrooms, Jersey Digs reported. Amenities would include a lounge, entertainment room, pool, fitness center, roof deck, and community garden. Mancini Duffy Architecture is behind the renovation’s design. The project must first be approved by the Newark Central Planning Board, which is scheduled to hold a meeting on October 24.

Reveal For Two-Story, 24-Unit Supportive Housing Project At 93-101 14th Avenue, Newark

7:00 am on October 5, 2016 By Reid Wilson

A rendering has been revealed of the New Community Corporation’s planned two-story, 24-unit supportive housing project at 93-101 14th Avenue, located in Newark’s Central Ward. All of the project’s apartments will be studios housing homeless individuals suffering from mental illness, Jersey Digs reported. The building, called A Better Life, is receiving financing from various local, state and federal agencies and organizations. Jersey City-based LWDMR Architects is behind the architecture. A groundbreaking ceremony was recently held at the site, which has long been vacant, and completion is expected next year.

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