Newark

The sites of upcoming 200-unit and 370-unit developments in Downtown Newark could be designated as areas in need of development, including the property that could contain the second “Shaq Tower.”

Rent.com gave the Brick City low marks in several metrics including median income, unemployment rate, and cost of living.

A proposed ordinance calls for giving a 30-year tax exemption to a Somerset County company in order to facilitate a complex with hundreds of residential units, restaurants, and parking in Downtown Newark.

A building in Downtown Newark is being transformed into the region’s next Urby development.

New renderings illustrate some of the murals and other art installations that are planned around Newark’s downtown.

The multi-family building would be located near the upcoming Makerhoods project in Newark’s Central Ward.

The second-largest hospital in Newark, and the only state-run hospital in New Jersey, is chronically over capacity. However, a new facility is in the works that would ease the strain.

A plan to convert a historic hotel in Newark’s Lower Clinton Hill neighborhood into apartments was denied by the zoning board last week.

The Newark planning board greenlit the 344-unit high-rise Arc Tower development on Broad Street, a move the project’s architect says overrides a previous denial from Newark’s Landmarks & Historic Preservation Commission.

A modern infrastructure project that hopes to better connect Newark’s Downtown to a major entertainment venue and green space is officially underway.