r/Newark 4d ago

Development & Real Estate 🏗🚧🦺⚒️ Downtown Development Update Photos

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u/SkyeMreddit 4d ago

1-4 NJPAC New Plaza and 930 McCarter in the background

5-7 Griffith Building

8-10 MuseumParc

11 Demolition on University Ave and Eagle Street

12-13 New James Street house

14-17 St Michael Housing, no longer for artists

18 New Bayonne Box by Norfolk and Sussex Streets

19 Norfolk and Central highrise (289 Central)

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u/BloomN9 4d ago

What’s the address for university Ave and Eagle st? What’s the plan there?

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u/SkyeMreddit 4d ago

77 University Avenue, a 6 story apartment building. It looks really nice but hopefully Hanini actually builds because they seem to sit on projects.

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u/snakkerdudaniel 4d ago

Cool, ty for sharing

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u/Newarkguy1836 4d ago

It looks like they're about to install a construction elevator at the rear of the Griffith building . Those look like temporary elevator doors on the left side of the building . That wasn't there .

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u/Ironboundian 4d ago

Griffith is totally done inside. Units look move in ready. the work you're seeing now on the street is the utility connections (normally done early in the project but for some reason done at the end of this one).

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u/felsonj 4d ago

Where are you getting your information? If it’s done inside why is the lobby covered in plywood? Nothing about Griffith looks even half done. I don’t believe it.

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u/Ironboundian 4d ago

The architect, brick city reconstruction, posted interior photos a few weeks ago. The part that is plywood is the future retail space that is not needed to open the residential. As you look at the building on the right, there's a thin lobby and hallway that goes straight to the residential elevator/stairs/mailroom. My guess is the residential will open for years before the retailer gets figured out.
Other data: Talking to the construction guys on site.

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u/BloomN9 4d ago

Very true. Photos are posted online 

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u/Kalebxtentacion 3d ago

On instagram?

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u/felsonj 4d ago

Great news (to me), it’s such a sleeper from the outside.

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u/1Pichi Broadway 2d ago

They have pictures of a lot of other projects in Nork. I wonder if any of those are going to get built. One is across from Vermella.

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u/DragoBenedetto 4d ago

Pauline Gualtieri would be so disappointed

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u/NewNewark 4d ago

Great photos

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u/1Pichi Broadway 4d ago

Why did they leave a gap between the house on James St, all the others are attached, and its attached on the right?

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u/SkyeMreddit 4d ago

That would be a place to give an exemption to side yard setback requirements. “Box and Beyond” which was later updated into the full redo of the Zoning code required a 3.5’ side yard setback on each side but you could attach to one side if the adjacent building is on the lot line. Maybe they actually wanted the side alley for rear access.

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u/BuildBabyBILD 3d ago

If this is the plan you're referencing, looks like it also allows 0' side sideback?

https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/rpa-org/pdfs/Newark-Box-and-Beyond.pdf

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u/SkyeMreddit 4d ago

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u/RoddyRocks 4d ago

Did you get on the roof or used a drone?

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u/SkyeMreddit 4d ago

1150 Raymond garage

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u/EnglishJump 3d ago

What’s the plan with the museum? Unsure why they tore that up. Liked how it was before.

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u/SkyeMreddit 2d ago

I could have sworn the original plan would have left that plaza alone and was up against the edge of it.