Newark

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A Newark-based insurance company bought a plaza in Downtown Newark from the state’s largest utility.

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.

A building at the corner of Halsey Street and Central Avenue in Downtown Newark that previously contained the 31 Central art studios is expected to be replaced with a 10-story development. Now, new information about the proposed project involving L+M Development Partners and Prudential Financial has been released.

Last year, a mysterious Newark developer submitted unconventional plans to construct five high-rise buildings in the city’s outer wards. Now, one of those proposed developments could be far smaller than initially expected.

Seeing an "opportunity and obligation to fulfill on the potential is here," Onyx Equities is relocating a portion of its workforce to One Gateway Center in Newark.

Bare walls of granite, concrete, and opaque glass shout “nothing to see”. These buildings insult our city’s inhabitants but are a comfort to commuters. They are fortresses to suburbia’s denial that the route of their wealth was built on sidewalks that are now lifeless.

The placement of the monument seems to embody a spirit of revenge, rather than reparation.

The celebrity chef will be opening Marcus B&P in Newark, a new concept that will bring some signature dishes from Samuelsson's other restaurants.

Ahavas Sholom is Newark's longest operating synagogue. But the pandemic nearly robbed them of that honor.