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The owner of several vacant properties in Newark’s West Ward near the Garden State Parkway is proposing a massive development project.

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.”

In Newark, onlookers in the dark hours of the morning, watched a century-old statue of Christopher Columbus removed from a plinth at the mayor’s orders. The city’s last statue of Columbus is still standing in the North Ward, but many believe it is only a matter of time before the 15th-century explorer tastes the waters of the Passaic River.

Two Newark organizations and the Newark Public Library have collaborated to place signs on historic homes throughout the Forest Hill neighborhood in the North Ward.

The Newark-based Hanini Group has purchased the 19th century school and only time will tell if the historic structure will be preserved.

Ani Ramen is coming to Newark in a big way, signing a lease for almost 9,000 square feet of space in a prominent downtown building.

The Newark Central Planning Board is expected to hear a proposal for a five-story building along Halsey Street near the Teachers Village complex.

Onyx Equities has big plans for the 1.6 million-square-feet of office buildings that include adding street retail, new public spaces and dining options.

Newark filed a lawsuit saying that New York City is violating interstate commerce rules by coercing families to sign leases for illegal and uninhabitable apartments.

NYC coffee shop Oren's Daily Roast and international chain Halal Guys are the first to sign ground-floor retail leases.