Reply With QuoteThe Brownstones are in the James Street Commons. Manly on that block. There's a few others scattered throughout the city.
And that joke of an organization does nothing except waste space. If only the mayor can disband it...
lmao!!! :dOriginally Posted by newarkguy
The Brownstones are in the James Street Commons. Manly on that block. There's a few others scattered throughout the city.
And that joke of an organization does nothing except waste space. If only the mayor can disband it...
Yeah, but there was a time JC couldn't even give away many of its brownstones.
Many of those buildings in Newark haven't had the 'renaissance touch' and have been abandoned for decades. Some developers are more attracted to areas where they can simply tear down and rebuild anew. Many of them see structures protected by historic place status and don't want to touch them.
Newark and JC are not the same and were built quite differently.
True 66nexus. Also Jersey City while it did decline the same way all rust belt cities did; it never got as bad as Newark. Newark fell harder than any other city in the country without question so it's going to take a hercurlean effort to bring it back.
Marv I wish they would be more useful and proactive than just react to when a development comes around. It just makes me scratch my head.
This is true, as JC is an awesome example of preservation. However, developers in Newark are going to need more reasons to develop there. I think the arena is a good start.
I hope NJPac/Dranoff get that residential tower going.
Yea JC has done a great job with preservation; we've had a few handsome old Victorians along the way during the building boom, but we enatced zoning to protect them where they have to be rehabbed and just can't be torn down. We've perserved atleast 95% percent of the current Victorian housing stock along with brownstones and turn of the century mansions. Also along with grand old brick and mortar buildings.
Yea I'm interested to see the designs for the tower; I heard its going to be the tallest in Newark. Any truth to this?
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IMO Detroit is even worse.
This is what Newark needed. Would've been nice. This is a post of mine from way back.
Deloping Newark
I have to protest some of the comparisons that get made about the housing stock. Newark's density was not restricted in the same way that Jersey City or Hobokens housing was and therefor people went west rather than upwards. Right now projects like what is being proposed by RBH are huge because they merge, retail, housing and employment. If you have gone around the area noted for this project, its both empty and dilapidated, any development would be huge. I do feel bad that the NELR stalled because this would have complimented both this project as well as the Lincoln park projects. There are lots of beautiful brick buildings scattered throughout the city but if you were an official would you stop a huge condo project for one? I don't have the answer for it but certainly alot of the damage done to the housing happened back in the 50's when all development was slanted towards "workforce housing" which created huge SUBSIDIZED housing projects.
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the origins
seems like this is the REIT involved and the partnership referred to.
http://www.brtrealty.com/pressreleases/show/123
There's an absolutely hideous parking structure on Halsey that could be torn down, or residential added above, and retail put on the street level.
SoMa Downtown Newark Development
Whatever happened to this project? This would settle a lot of economic problems in Newark.This project can bring tax revenue, thousands of construction jobs, permanent jobs after completion, and the thousands of market rate housing... 8,000 to be exact... This project is what everyone should be focused on... right?
Project Description:
Berggruen Holdings has invested in the revitalization of downtown Newark. The SoMa Newark Development project will activate and change the experience on both sides of the street on over five city blocks in its first phase alone, over 1,500,000 square feet.
World-renowned architect Richard Meier master-planned and designed the project. Tishman Construction, ARUP, & Field Operations form the internationally acclaimed team.
SoMa Newark Development will consist of approximately 15,000,000 sq ft: 8,000 Residential Units, 550,000 sq ft of Retail, 4,750,000 sq ft of Office, 7.7 acres of Open Space.
The project is located across the street from University Heights, Rutgers University, NJIT, UMDNJ, and Essex County College.
SoMa Downtown Newark Development
Whatever happened to this project? This would settle a lot of economic problems in Newark.This project can bring tax revenue, thousands of construction jobs, permanent jobs after completion, and the thousands of market rate housing... 8,000 to be exact... This project is what everyone should be focused on... right?
Project Description:
Berggruen Holdings has invested in the revitalization of downtown Newark. The SoMa Newark Development project will activate and change the experience on both sides of the street on over five city blocks in its first phase alone, over 1,500,000 square feet.
World-renowned architect Richard Meier master-planned and designed the project. Tishman Construction, ARUP, & Field Operations form the internationally acclaimed team.
SoMa Newark Development will consist of approximately 15,000,000 sq ft: 8,000 Residential Units, 550,000 sq ft of Retail, 4,750,000 sq ft of Office, 7.7 acres of Open Space.
The project is located across the street from University Heights, Rutgers University, NJIT, UMDNJ, and Essex County College.
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interesting
It's funny you should post that, i was looking for those graphics last night when the BRT project was announced. It seems that this announcement was mentioned three partners; BRT REIT, RBA group and a private equity partnership. It seems that ownership of the land was sold to bring equity into the project so it could be developed so I wonder if the Berggruen Holdings Co. has anything to do with it. Either way, I think we can all agree a lot needs to be done in that section of the downtown and it would be huge in creating upward retail pressure on Broad st.
The link...
Here is Berggruen's website with info...
http://www.berggruenholdings.com/por...p?subPageId=97
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