Orange

Hoboken-based Prime City has started work on two projects that will create affordable housing including townhomes in Orange.

Jersey Digs has learned that a former official with the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency and the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation has pleaded guilty in connection with an alleged conspiracy involving the Orange Public Library. In part, Franklyn Ore allegedly used money that was supposed to serve low-income families on “entertainment and restaurants.”

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is reviewing plans that call for converting two nearby industrial buildings in Orange’s Valley neighborhood into residential developments.

Four City Brewing Company is under construction near the main train station in the Essex County city of Orange.

An industrial turned artist community and a historic residential district sit side by side in Essex County.

A developer wants to bring a complex with 87 apartments to Scotland Road in Orange.

An old police station on Lincoln Avenue in Orange was expected to be sold for $1.2 million to a developer so that a project with 60 condominiums could be constructed. Now, the Orange Municipal Council is seeking to revoke the contract of sale and more.

A century-old collection of freemason artifacts was lost when the historic Masonic Temple in Orange burned down two months ago.

Once a hub of industry in Central Essex County, the City of Orange is beginning to see more redevelopment. Earlier this year, two new projects opened up and now the former F. Berg & Company Hat Factory is being converted into lofts-style condos.

Another project could be coming to the Valley, a neighborhood located in both Orange and West Orange near the Highland Avenue train station.