Newark Developments, December 16, 2015

I have been living in Newark since 1975, about 40 years. My husband, John Watts has lived in Newark for 61 years. We have been seeing Newark change for better and worse, but not a major change at a present time. The following is the article from Towerpower123 showing development in Newark, New Jersey.

Ing-On Vibulbhan-Watts, Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Newark Development Map as of December 16, 2015

It is also available on my Google Drive as a PDF.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9K…ew?usp=sharing

As you can see, most developments occur in defined clusters, especially NJIT, Lincoln Park, near Railroad Avenue. and Halsey Street. They vary widely in scale, and most are majority residential or educational developments. Many developments thankfully contain Ground Floor Retail spaces to better meet the street.

Originally posted by towerpower123

Inspired by the Development Map that Jersey City puts out occasionally, I created a map of every known development project in Newark, all 123 of them! 14 more are on the accompanying chart but do not fit on the map. A few recent (since 2009) developments of note are shown to assist with way-finding.

It is on my blog, https://urbanismvsmodernism.blogspot….l?view=sidebar

The map shows the properties of the developments, not the actual buildings, so don’t be fooled by the huge amount of work on Springfield Avenue, as it is mostly parking lots on site 83. The data is only from developments I can find data on, so there might be more! Unfortunately, there is the possibility that several “approved” or “proposed” developments won’t occur at all for varying reasons (usually financing). Also, some developments might have advanced to the next stage, but I am not aware.

The data comes from a huge variety of sources including, but not limited to, Newark Planning Board minutes and decisions, news articles, press releases, developers’ websites, City Councilman Amador’s Ironbound Development slideshow, and real estate and apartment rental sites like Trulia, ForRent.com, loopnet.com, cityfeet.com, hotpads.com, and zillow.com, while some data was from memory.

The map covers an area of 2.5 miles East to West and 2.9 Miles North to South, approximately centered on Downtown.

Complete-Building is done and open
Construction-Work is underway to build or renovate the building
Approved-Building has passed the Newark Planning and/or Zoning Boards
Proposed-Known future projects that have not yet sought approval

The following is a compilation list of all of the developments. The left-most column numbers correspond to the development map above. Those numbered as “N/A” do not fit on the map.

As seen in the chart, there is just over $1 Billion in new development either under construction now or soon to be under construction in the near future. About $1.2 Billion in developments were completed recently. This does not include the many smaller projects that move along without a promoted price tag.

1302 Residential units, 312,200 Square Feet of Retail space, and 1,234,000 Square Feet of Office Space (mostly Prudential and Panasonic) were completed recently. Not included in that figure is the gradual renovation and conversion of 165 Halsey Street into a Corporate Data Center, which will eventually provide 1,200,000 Square Feet of computer servers!

3293 Residential Units, 319 Hotel Rooms, 364,000 Square feet of Retail spaces, 648,000 Square feet of Classroom spaces, 544,000 Square feet of Offices, and 922,000 Square Feet of Industrial Warehouse space are underway or will be soon.

Site 5/ NJIT Integrated Sciences

Newark Arts High School renovation

575 MLK Boulevard renovation

Left: Site 110/ Arts Warehouse (former Star-Ledger headquarters)

Right: Site 103-359-377 Washington (Uncommon Schools project)

Left: Site 52/ 450 Washington Street

Right: Site 51/ Completed 460 Washington Street

Left: Site 81/ 562 Washington Street

Right: Site 53/ 478 Washington Street

Site 53/ 478 Washington Street

Site 56- Church Facade Urban Farm

Site 55/ 999 Broad Street and Site 54/ Completed 60 Nevada

Site 99/ 25 Cottage Street

Site 63/ Completed Elm Street and Railroad Avenue

Site 64/ 118-126 Green Street (Textile Lofts)

Left: Site 66/ 76-80 Bruen Street

Right: Site 69/ Carvi Hotel site, still untouched…

Left: Site 70/ Monroe and Lafayette Street lofts

Right: Site 67/ 11 Union Street

Site 1/ NJIT Parking Deck

Site 3/ Recently completed Biotrials office

Site 9/ 42-48 Sussex

Site 8/ Completed Marion P Thomas Charter School

Site 10/ 14 Summit Street

Site 11- 238-252 MLK Blvd (Stalled for at least 6 months)

Site 100/ 1-17 James Street Church Renovation to Offices project

26 Halsey Street renovation

Site 18/ Hahne’s Building

Site 39/ 41-61 Halsey Street renovations (almost entirely completed, one storefront left to finish)

Site 118/ Griffith Building renovation for hotel

Site 19/ Mostly Completed Prudential Tower

Site 20/ Prudential Phase II site

Left: Site 31/ 14 Linden Street (restored after a fire as a 3-family)
Right: Site 30/ 91 Halsey Street

Site 29/ 127 Halsey Street

Site 23/ 165 Halsey Street (renovation to 1,200,000 Square Foot Data Center)
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S6OpljAUHB…0/IMG_6296.JPG
Site 32/ NJPAC Tower site or 1 Center Street

Site 35/ Shaq Tower or 40 Rector Street (Finally started work for real on December 15th! Interior work is underway as only the facade of the old Ballantine Brewery/Science High will be used. That will take about 2-3 months until the actual 26 story tower starts.)

Site 35/ Shaq Tower or 40 Rector Street

Those sealed panels are just leaning against the doorway.

Riverfront Park environment remediation and flood barriers

Riverfront Park Phase 2 site
Take note of the fence, which is the exact same as the fence on the Phase 1 Orange boardwalk portion

24 Madison Street or 28 Monroe Street

The nice corner building is being restored.
Sites 91 and 92/ 103 and 108 New York Avenue (New Bayonne Box examples post-Box and Beyond)

Site 90/ 90-94 Garden Street

Site 61/ Oliver Street School

Site 102/ 167 Lafayette Street

Ironbound Superblock site, possible 5.2 acre development site

Left: 16 Ferry Street Right: 774 Broad Street renovation

I have to hand it to them. That is an absolutely gorgeous job on the building, especially considering what it looked like before.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7359…7i13312!8i6656

Left: BURG Military Park
Right: Site 22/ Rutgers Life Sciences II