Newark, New Jersey: Downtown Newark could soon be home to an urgent care center.
According to a legal notice, CityMD is planning to open a location within the Hahne and Company Building at 609-633 Broad Street, at the corner of New Street. 609 Broad Street, LLC is seeking a variance for interior fit-out of a part of the ground floor retail space in order to open the location, which is described as "a walk-in urgent care medical office." CityMD has locations across the New York Metropolitan Area, including New Jersey locations in Clifton, East Hanover, and Union, but the Newark center is expected to be the first in Essex County.
After lying vacant for over 30 years, the Hahne and Company Building reopened earlier this year, and is home to Whole Foods Market and Rutgers-Newark's Express Newark space and Barnes and Noble location, and apartments. Kite and Key, Petco, City National Bank, and a restaurant operated by Marcus Samuelsson are also coming soon to the historic structure.
The Newark Zoning Board of Adjustment will hear the proposal during its meeting on Thursday, April 20th at 7:00pm at City Hall.
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This photo shows the 'Song of the Passaic' mural in Newark's Ironbound with the Empire State Building in Manhattan rising in the distance.
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This photo shows the former Stanley Theatre in Newark's Vailsburg neighborhood, which now contains the Newark Gospel Tabernacle.
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Newark, New Jersey: A national chain of health stores will be opening another Essex County location.
GNC, which stands for General Nutrition Center, is planning a new store for 186 Market Street, between Broad Street and Mulberry Street, at the center of Downtown Newark. City records show that Mariano Pelliza and Naftali Lichtenstein are seeking approval to modify the building's front facade from the Newark Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission during its meeting tonight at City Hall. The space was previously occupied by Monet Fashions.
There are currently local GNC locations in Bloomfield, the Ironbound, Livingston, Short Hills, Verona, West Caldwell, and West Orange.
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This photo shows the Murphy Varnish Company building in Newark's Ironbound neighborhood, which is being rehabilitated into residential use.
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These photos were taken during the demolition of the former Science High School/Ballantine Brewery building on Rector Street in Newark earlier this year. The One Riverview development will rise at the site.
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Newark, New Jersey: A residential building that has stood in Newark for close to a century will be revitalized.
For at least a decade, the five-story apartment building at 312-314 Mount Prospect Avenue in Newark's North Ward, between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue, sat abandoned, despite its location close to Branch Brook Park, Forest Hill, and Bloomfield Avenue. The structure eventually became City property, with 'no trespassing' signs, overgrown weeds, and boarded up windows on the premises.
However, in August 2016, IBN Construction Corporation acquired the building from the City of Newark for $105,000, and now has big plans for the property. According to a legal notice, the company will rehabilitate the existing building in order to restore its 13 units, and then will expand the structure to add 11 additional units. 12 of the units will contain one bedroom, while the other 12 will contain two bedrooms, according to public records. Martha Brazoban of M.B. Architectural Design and Consulting, LLC is listed with the City as the project architect and engineer.
IBN's application for Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval with variances for insufficient lot width, rear year, and facade transparency parking, plus excessive lot coverage by buildings and fence height, was approved with conditions by the Newark Central Planning Board during its meeting on February 27th.
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The historic Sacred Heart Church towers over the surrounding Vailsburg neighborhood in Newark's West Ward.
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Construction is underway on the new Clarus Maplewood development next to the Maplewood Train Station.
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This Gibraltar Bank branch has stood in the Vailsburg neighborhood of Newark for over a century.
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