Newark

The Morris County-based foundation has applied to build a new preschool with 16 classrooms between Hawthorne and Nye Avenues in Newark’s South Ward. The property was previously expected to contain a new campus for University High School.

A producer of Polish foods has received approval to open a warehouse and food manufacturing operation in Newark’s Lower Broadway neighborhood.

Big changes are expected for the Terrace Heights complex in Newark’s Clinton Hill neighborhood.

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.

Bada Bean Cawfee, a growing chain from the Jersey Shore, is going to be opening a location across from Washington Park in Downtown Newark.

The same mysterious company from Bergen County that we profiled last week is now looking for approvals in connection with what could be the tallest building in the city: a 51-story high-rise with over 500 apartments.

Over the last two years, firms registered out of an office in Ramsey have spent millions buying up a massive portfolio of parcels in nearly every corner of the city, quickly making them one Newark’s largest private property owners.

The Coe Mansion, located on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Newark, currently sits vacant. Now, the historic home, which was once home to Senator Cory Booker, could be converted into 15 apartments.

This fall, the Japanese chain Go! Go! Curry will open its first New Jersey location.

The Port Authority announced that improvements set for the system will increase capacity by 40% on the Newark-World Trade Center trains and add 20% capacity to other lines by 2022.