NEWARK, NJ | CitiSquare Newark (11 Buildings) - 4,200 Units
Maybe this is the begining of the Newark Revolution. Newark needs this! Its time to become the next JC!
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Very good news. This is in addition to the 2 sites, one next door and the other accross the street next to the train station. This is exactly where this type of mass development belongs. It also has it's own light rail stop (the loop that connects Broad and Penn stations in Newark). It's 20 minutes outside of Manhattan from either station, and about 25 on the PATH. The area could support all three of these developments and more, because of one major thing - transit. |
This is before Cablevision built that humongous and ugly parking garage next door...
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You can tell Newark is up and coming again when theres a Starbucks on Broad. |
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I hardly see gentrification as the answer to everything. Newark has a variety of neighborhoods, and there are stable neighborhoods north of Downtown. But in either case, I don't see wiping out whole neighborhoods as a model any city should try to adapt. Newark has been on a steady climb as far as development goes. It's not on par with Jersey City because it's further out, and not in the shadow of Manhattan (Don't think for a second JC would be building the large residential buildings it's building today were it not for its close proximity to Manhattan). Reverse the location of the two cities, and you would find it was Newark with the many waterfront developments and JC lagging behind. But as I was saying earlier, transportation is key. Newark has the airport and direct rail service with Penn Station. Prudential has been making an investment on Newark's future as well as other developers and Rutgers. But still, Newark will not fully recover without an investement in jobs, something that can happen with the right incentives - just as it did in Jersey City. http://inhabitat.com/nyc/panasonic-n...asonic-newark/ I also think NJ Transit shoudl run trains later than it does. PATH runs essentially like the subways, 24 hours. As far as this development goes, it will probably be a multy tower (2 or 3) development. This is an image of a building that was being proposed on the next lot before everything fell in almost a decade ago... http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/162872220/original.jpg Another potential development from the last decade, also near the train station... http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/162872221/original.jpg |
I wonder if a developer would ever take into consideration the fact that luxury buildings in Newark would have the benefit of having great views of all of nyc and Jersey city and the mountains to the north and west. They wouldn't need to go supertall for now but some nice 200-250 meter buildings would really boast some great views.
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The proposal isn't bad at all!!! No tears for the stadium though, even though it could count as Newark's baseball team, though and my apologies that Newark and NJ had to lose the Nets to NYC and Prokhorov (is spelling correct???), but the Nets belonged in Newark, not in Bklyn, and while there wasn't any fanfare left for the NJ Nets, the city and the state, in particular North Jersey, at least should've had a pro basketball team to call it's own!!!
The proposal, IMHO signals that Newark is due for a true rebirth, At least they're moving in the right direction, unlike my home city Philadelphia, which nixed plans for what should've been the tallest American building until the Freedom Tower on Ground Zero get completed in Downtown Manhattan. And in case anybody knows this, the CITC w/o the spire is 911' while the Freedom Tower in NYC is 1776'. That's very odd indeed considering that on July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence happened in Independence Hall right here in Philadelphia, and 9/11 happened in NYC!!! Why the swap, and not saying that NYC doesn't deserve the title of having the tallest building in America or even the world since it's the biggest city in this country. In that case, the developers should've at least made the Freedom Tower 2001' since that's when the 9/11 attacks occurred on that particular year rather than using the 1776 figure, which is a very important year in Philadelphia, considering that our pro basketball team is named the 76ers!!! If any NJ forumers would like to share any tidbits about this, you can reply back to me, I'd love to hear more info from the NYC area because I'm just not sure whether the Philly former could appreciate a project like the American Commerce Center, Bridgeman's View, Mandeville Place (which was all residential, but still..), and the SLS Hotel project on Broad and Spruce, which is currently in limbo as we speak. Thank you!!! |
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I always thought it would have been cool if they went 1776' to the roof and 225' on the spire. Then it would have stood 2001' to the tip! But anyway, back to Newark; How much height are we potentially looking at here? Or is this more of a horizontal development? |
Unfortunate... thats a beautiful ball park
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1000-1500 units in one building? This thing could be a supertall!
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Given the site, I think this will be a development that will be very large in terms of length/width dimensions, numerous components, but short. I'm talking 300-400 ft at most, but spread out over two or three towers that are stubby. Similar to the Prudential Tower that was recently built (phase 1 that is), but residential. Or akin to the Flushing Commons project in a sense. Actually, a Flushing Commons style development would be ideal for this parcel. Something like this: http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopo...ommons-jpg.jpg |
2.3 million square feet of residential, office, retail, and cultural space!
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Two million square ft of mixed use development is good for the area, particularly when combined with the development of the two large parcels directly to the north, and accross the street.
Development of both those sites was stalled, but redevelopment of the stadium site will bring those back into play sooner rather than later. Older pics of the stadium site... http://m1.i.pbase.com/o9/06/102706/1...12_162622b.JPG http://m2.i.pbase.com/o9/06/102706/1...12_162636b.JPG The former Westinghouse site that was cleared for development, separated from the stadium site by the transit plaza... http://m3.i.pbase.com/o9/06/102706/1...31_085734c.JPG http://m4.i.pbase.com/o9/06/102706/1...31_085738c.JPG |
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Holy Calzone !!!
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The gentrification of Downtown Newark and its proxies like University District is waaayyy overdue. About time. Time to clean the area up.
Newark has so much damn potential, and its good to finally see it shaping up. Lots has been going on in the last two years, and this is a goldmine opportunity. 2000 units is a major development anywhere, even in NYC. What a beautiful thing too, that its rentals. :cheers: 400k sq ft of office is nice, and I hope it acts as a catalyst for further office growth. I essentially want Newark to go the way of JC. I think it has even greater potential. |
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I don't like it when people throw that word (gentrification) around like it is the magic fix all for everything. It is not. That area is primarily business and education. What those vacant sites need is development, which was put on hold during the financial crisis. And that's because of the proximity to multiple modes of transit (multiple rail lines, air, and interstate). When you have that kind of access to transit, particularly the rail lines, you need dense development. And this will not just be a tower development with no pedestrian or streetlife. Quote:
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It's the kind of development we need throughout the metro area, and we have been seeing a lot of it take shape. |
This is huge.
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Actually something like this I'd like to happen in Jersey City... most projects seem separate from everything else, this incorporates a more community oriented approach. Hope this goes through for Newark!
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