"BRICK CITY" THE OFFICIAL NEWARK DISCUSSION THREAD

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Renderings Revealed for Ambitious Riverfront Square Development in Newark
By
Chris Fry
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June 26, 2018
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Riverfront Square, Newark. Full site rendering courtesy Lotus Equity Group.
The planned revitalization of the former Newark Bears Stadium into a mixed-use community is arguably the biggest project in the Brick City, and the look and feel of the plan is now clearer following the release of full site renderings.
The development, known as Riverfront Square, kicked off in October 2016 when a 7.5-acre tract at 450 Broad Street was purchased by Lotus Equity Group for $23.5 million. The company later acquired another property at 422 Broad Street adjacent to NJ Transit’s rail tracks, bringing the project’s total footprint to about 12 acres.

Riverfront Square, Newark. Site plan courtesy Lotus Equity Group.
Lotus Equity announced their intentions to tear down the former minor league baseball stadium on the site and replace it with a vision that included office buildings, residential housing, retail, pedestrian plazas, and open space. The first component they will construct resembles three buildings linked by atriums and will be America’s largest timber office complex when completed, but the initial phase of the project will also include two residential buildings and a 2,923-space parking garage.
The look of each of the residential components in the first phase could not be more different; the first utilizes a curved design, while the second features more rectangular architecture and is split up between four buildings linked by courtyards. The second phase of Riverfront Square will develop the land abutting the rail tracks into two buildings, with the tallest being slated for office use and the other for a 240-room hotel.

Riverfront Square, Phase 1. Rendering courtesy Lotus Equity Group.

Riverfront Square, Phase 1. Rendering courtesy Lotus Equity Group.
The third and final phase of the development will consist of a tall, skinny, glass-heavy residential tower along Broad Street, almost directly next to the 494 Broad Street building. All told, the most recent version of the project is set to include a total of 2,526 residential units, 48 live/work units, over 2.2 million square feet of office and commercial space, a 240-room hotel, 102,144 square feet of retail, and five acres of open space.

Riverfront Square, plaza area. Rendering courtesy Lotus Equity Group.
The ambitious project views itself as the Hudson Yards equivalent for the Garden State and seeks to be a true urban work/play/live development in New Jersey. Riverfront Square’s buildings are designed by four different architects: Michael Green Architecture, Practice for Architecture & Urbanism, TEN Arquitectos, and Minno & Wasko. Riverfront Square is being marketed by Cushman & Wakefield and no specific timeline has been set for the commencement of construction.

Riverfront Square, street view. Rendering courtesy Lotus Equity Group.
The release of the development’s renderings comes at a time when Newark’s Downtown core has quite a bit going on; another major redevelopment at the Westinghouse site near Broad Street Station has recently been proposed, and projects currently under construction like Shaq Tower and One Theater Square are just blocks from Riverfront Square. Newark’s application to lure Amazon is still in the running as a finalist, and other developments like the mixed-use Vibe project and the redevelopment of the Paramount Theater have injected some serious life into the city.

 

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I missed their last one. I could but idk.

Was suppose to have an all white party that day but canceled it. I’m cool with Wallah so i might slide through. If you’re there i’ll Introduce myself

 

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2 killed within 8 hours in Newark, the 2nd in broad daylight

I knew the dude (Nathaniel Fuller) that got murdered this morning by McDonalds. He had just dropped off his kids, I heard the gunshots but figured it was firecrackers. They had to been watching him because mins after he dropped kids off at daycare they blocked his car in and shot him up Its been so many senseless killings in Newark this summer

Man killed in broad daylight shooting was Newark's 3rd homicide in 24 hours

 

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2 killed within 8 hours in Newark, the 2nd in broad daylight

I knew the dude (Nathaniel Fuller) that got murdered this morning by McDonalds. He had just dropped off his kids, I heard the gunshots but figured it was firecrackers. They had to been watching him because mins after he dropped kids off at daycare they blocked his car in and shot him up Its been so many senseless killings in Newark this summer

Man killed in broad daylight shooting was Newark's 3rd homicide in 24 hours

REST IN PEACE to the victims...

 

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Happy Bornday to my n!99@ Stylez

 

[BigMan]

AA brehs from Nork, where y'all families originally from? i'm trying to see something

 

[Newark88]

Shoutout to the brother Akbar Cook for what he's doing for the kids at West Side high school

 

[Newark88]

New Development Rising Where Newark’s Brick Towers Once Stood
By
Jared Kofsky

Brick Towers becomes Aston Heights in Newark. Rendering via Pennrose Properties.
The old Brick Towers site in Newark’s Central Ward will soon be home to hundreds of people again.

A project called Aston Heights is under construction at 685-715 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The development, which is being built by Philadelphia-based Pennrose Properties in conjunction with the Newark Housing Authority (NHA), is the second phase of the larger Montgomery Heights complex. It is slated to be up to five stories tall, according to a rendering from Pennrose, and include 154 units with 7,000 square feet of retail space on the first floor. 59 of the units will contain one bedroom while 70 will include two bedrooms and 25 will be three-bedroom apartments. All of the units will be rentals while some will be designated as NHA “affordable housing” apartments.

Aston Heights is expected to be completed in December, according to a Pennrose representative, with leasing estimated to begin in October.


Before they were both torn down in 2008, each of the two buildings that made up Brick Towers were 16 stories tall and offered views of the New York Metropolitan Area. Built in 1969, the complex, described by Esquire Magazine as “one of Newark’s nastiest human warehouses,” made headlines for being home to Senator Cory Booker from right after he moved to Newark until shortly after his first mayoral term began. Following the demolition, the site remained vacant until construction began last year, despite plans for a completed project by 2011. Approvals were granted by the Newark Central Planning Board in 2016.

This development comes amid other possible changes in the neighborhood surrounding what was once known as High Street. In addition to the upcoming Makers Mansion complex in and around the old Krueger-Scott Mansion, Victor Cirillo of the NHA told Jersey Digs that the abandoned High/Spruce apartments, a five-story complex with boarded-up windows at 730-736 and 738-744 MLK Boulevard, was recently sold by the agency following a Request for Proposals for residential development at the site. Plus, the mysterious Ramsey-based company behind the five proposed high-rises throughout the city and the adaptive reuse of several Downtown buildings recently bought the Coe Mansion property at 698-700 MLK Boulevard.

High-rise brick complexes like Brick Towers used to dot the streets of the Central Ward and even led to Newark being nicknamed “Brick City.” However, like Brick Towers, nearly all of these housing projects were demolished, including the NHA-owned Hayes Homes, Scudder Homes, Stella Wright Homes, and the Christopher Columbus Homes. The buildings that make up the massive privately owned Ivy Hill Park Apartments complex in the West Ward are among the only remaining brick high-rises in Newark to slightly resemble the edifices that once could be found throughout the city.

 

[Newark88]

Shoutout to the brother Shawn Mccray for what he's doing for the kids at Central high school

 

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[Newark88]

New Batman movie filming downtown Newark

'Joker' is filming this weekend in Newark. Here are all the streets that will be closed
Updated Oct 8; Posted Oct 8

Old police cars are parked on Newark Ave. across the street as they film the new Joker movie on the steps of the William J. Brennan Courthouse Sunday evening. They were filming the new movie staring Joaquin Phoenix. Sunday September, 30, 2018. (Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)


Two weeks after Jersey City hosted filming of "Joker," production of the DC Comics film that will tell the backstory of Batman's most infamous villain is heading west to Newark.

Production in Brick City will take place from Oct. 13 to 16, and the Newark Department of Public Safety has tweeted out a series of road closures and parking restrictions as part of the shoot.

Saturday, Oct. 13, 5 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Closures:
-Market Street at Mulberry Street and Halsey Street
-Beaver Street at Market Street and Clinton Street
Parking restrictions:
-Beaver Street at Clinton Street and Market Street
-Clinton Street at Broad Street and Beaver Street

Sunday, Oct. 14, 5 a.m. at 8 p.m.
Closures:
-Market Street at Mulberry Street and Washington Street
-Halsey Street at Bank Street and Maiden Lane
-Branford Place at Washington Street and Broad Street
Parking restrictions:
-Branford Place at Washington Street and Broad Street
-Halsey Street at Bank Street and Maiden Lane
-Washington Street at Academy Street and Market Street

Monday, Oct. 15. 4 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Closures:
-Market Street at Mulberry Street and University Avenue
-Washington Street at Raymond Boulevard and Market Place
-Halsey Street at William Street and Bank Street
-Academy Street at Broad Street and University Ave.
-Branford Place at Washington and Broad Street
Parking restrictions:
-Washington Street at Raymond Boulevard and Market Street.

 

[Newark88]

Scenes from the Joker filming downtown

 

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anyone shocked


In Echo of Flint, Mich., Water Crisis Now Hits Newark

 

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anyone shocked


In Echo of Flint, Mich., Water Crisis Now Hits Newark

I feel sad reading this but I grew up there and we learned early on that elected officials don't give a F about the people. The only time you remembered that there were actually govt. officials in charge was the week before elections when they had the cars drivng around with person yelling out of the bullhorn to "Vote for Ken Gibson".

 

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