Schools

A privately owned property located next to the William Paterson University campus and St. Joseph’s Wayne Hospital could become home to a student housing complex with 242 bedrooms.

The massive complex in New Brunswick’s downtown will include two theaters, over 200 apartments, Rutgers classrooms, and office space.

Set to become one of the Garden State’s tallest buildings, the high-rise will add 750 apartments, retail space, a plaza, and a school to a block of Columbus Drive.

A six-story building with a daycare center and 10 apartments could be built across the street from Weequahic Park.

A four-building plan that would create over 2,000 new student seats within a “park-like” campus has emerged at a large vacant lot in Jersey City.

The Hudson County Schools of Technology recently opened a 350,000-square-foot technical high school in Laurel Hill Park, Secaucus.

The city council has signed off on a scheme that would permit Lennar Multifamily Communities to build a tiered high-rise including 41 workforce housing units, a renovated park, and a 50,000-square foot public school.

The old William G. Cook Elementary School currently sits empty in Trenton’s Wilbur Section. Now, City Hall is looking to sell the building to a development firm.

Parents at P.S. 16 have launched an initiative looking to close a playground section of the historic park during weekday school hours as a decision on the matter looms from the city council.

A local educator is taking the city to court looking to toss an upcoming public ballot question about switching to an appointed school board in place of the currently elected one.