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Plans for a 115-unit Newark development by Queen Latifah were first revealed over two years ago. Now, another project is being proposed for the site.

Newark officials are looking to buy $61 million worth of property from the Essex County Improvement Authority.

The City of Newark is amending its rules regarding liquor licenses in the city’s downtown.

The local supermarket chain, which specializes in Portuguese, Brazilian, and Spanish food, will open in the space that used to contain Pathmark and ACME.

Heller Manus Architects and some local residents are hoping that Amazon picks Newark for its second headquarters, but their newly unveiled proposal was not featured in the city’s HQ2 application.

Jersey Digs was given a hard hat tour of the former Newark Warehouse Company building, now called Ironside Newark, which will soon have 100,000 square feet of retail space along with offices.

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.

While most major development projects in Newark lately have been proposed for Downtown and the Ironbound, a Bergen County company is planning to construct buildings as high as 16 stories in the city’s outer neighborhoods.

Jersey Digs has exclusively obtained the renderings and details for a proposed 40-story high-rise development complex in Downtown Newark called “The Halo.”

The Passaic River Eco-Cruise Tours have returned to Newark. For a small donation, you can take a two-hour boat tour on the Passaic River.