Can Shipping Containers Help Revitalize Newark’s Distressed Communities?
Newark may be getting a new residential project that’s built entirely out of shipping containers. Spearheaded by development partners Cor10 Concepts and Community Asset Preservation Corporation as well as C+C Architecture, the new project hopes to promote home ownership and rebuild distressed communities.
Newark Walks: This Self-Guided Walking Tour Explores Over 80 Historical Sites
Several of New Jersey’s most historic sites are located within a few miles of each other in Newark. A newly-launched self-guided walking tour allows residents and visitors to see nearly all of them.
Eataly Inspired Italian Marketplace Planned For Newark’s Teachers Village
An "Eataly-inspired" Italian market and restaurant is in the works for Downtown Newark. The concept, which is taking 10,000 square feet in the Teacher's Village development, hopes to open later this year.
Wawa Plans to Open on McCarter Highway in Newark
The store, planned for two currently vacant lots along a largely commercial and industrial corridor, would be Wawa’s second location in Essex County, New Jersey.
Grabbagreen Closes, Leaving Another Empty Storefront at ‘Shoppes on Broad’
While several major brands have opened locations in the Downtown Newark complex, multiple spaces remain empty.
Residential Conversion in the Works for Newark’s Maple Avenue School
Developers are planning to convert a former Newark elementary school into a residential building.
Newark Looks to Sell Waterfront Properties to Boraie for Mixed-Use Project
The City of Newark is looking to sell two lots near the Passaic River to the same politically connected company that is responsible for the upcoming "Shaq Tower."
Newark’s ‘Goldsmith Lofts’ Project Pushed to Next Year
New renderings have been revealed for a project that would revitalize an abandoned warehouse, but the proposal won’t be heard by the city’s zoning board until early 2019.
Rock Climbing Gym Reportedly Planned for Newark’s Walker House
A rock climbing gym is apparently coming to the former New Jersey Bell Headquarters Building in Newark, which is being turned into the Walker House development.
Gomes Group Plans Over 100 Units in Newark’s Central Ward
A plan to bring 105 apartments and retail space not far from the Newark Broad Street Station could soon be approved.