LMC Reportedly Cancels 800-Unit Tower with School, Jersey City
The company announced in an email to property owners that they are no long pursuing a 50-story redevelopment that would have added a 300-student school to a Downtown Jersey City neighborhood.
Newark Plans to Launch Homelessness Commission
The proposed task force in New Jersey’s largest city would be among the first of its kind in a state where homelessness remains a crisis.
Report Calls for Newark to Establish Land Bank to Sell Off City Owned Properties
New Jersey’s largest city should create a land bank like Detroit's in order to sell public property, according to the new Newark Forward report.
Exchange Physical Therapy Opens Hoboken Office, Plans to Expand Further
Exchange Physical Therapy – a Jersey City-based chain of physical therapy offices owned by Jaclyn Fulop (wife of Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop) – recently expanded to a new location in Hoboken.
Newark Renews Contract With Law Firm Where Former Deputy Mayor Now Works
Last year, Newark Deputy Mayor Baye Adofo-Wilson, who oversaw development in New Jersey’s largest city, resigned and took a job with a Central Jersey law firm. Now, that law firm will continue to be paid by the City of Newark to provide legal services related to development.
Monopoly Madness!
Over the past week, the story on how a Monopoly-themed mural at the tip of the Newark Avenue Pedestrian Plaza wound up officially painted over, has materialized into a public discussion. Commission, censorship, hypersensitivity, freedom of expression in art, and corporate sponsorship are now the charged pieces at the center of the game board.
EXCLUSIVE: Former Public Official Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges Involving Orange Conspiracy
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.”
Weehawken Plans to Issue Liquor Licenses to New Hotels
Almost all the properties eligible for the liquor licenses happen to be owned by Mack-Cali.
EXCLUSIVE: Garcia Replaces Adofo-Wilson as Newark’s Deputy Mayor for Economic and Housing Development
Carmelo Garcia, previously of the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation and the Hoboken Housing Authority, is taking Baye Adofo-Wilson’s position at Newark City Hall.
Is Mayor Fulop’s Affordable Housing Plan Working?
The Atlantic’s Citylab recently published an article outlining Jersey City’s strategic development plan and its potential for success. They were optimistic.
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