Newark, New Jersey: A regional arcade bar is planning to open a location in Newark.
Barcade will be coming to 494 Broad Street, at the corner of Bridge Street, in the city's Downtown. The company currently operates locations in Downtown Jersey City, Chelsea and East Village in Manhattan, Fishtown in Philadelphia, Williamsburg in Brooklyn, and New Haven in Connecticut. The Newark location is slated to open at the beginning of next year, according to the business Twitter account. A variety of items are served, ranging from craft beers to burgers and sandwiches.
This is one of several new businesses coming to the area. Planet Fitness and Street Corner will also open in Downtown just a block away within the IDT Building.
The space is currently occupied by the Martini 494 Bistro, which will be closing on December 16th, according to an employee. Martini's Millburn location closed earlier this year as well, and is being replaced by The Hills Tavern.
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This photo shows the Dietze Building on Union Street in Newark.
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A Burlington Coat Factory location could be coming to this Broad Street building in Newark.
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Despite being out of service for nearly two years, several red light cameras remain in the City of Newark.
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This building on Clinton Street in Newark is slated to be converted from office use into apartments.
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The Wars of America sculpture is located at Military Park in Downtown Newark.
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Bloomfield, New Jersey: More development could be coming to Bloomfield.
A new building has been proposed by developer Bloomfield Center Development, LLC for 656-662 Bloomfield Avenue, between Clark Street and Ward Street, in the Bloomfield Center Business District. According to a legal notice, the building is slated to be four-stories tall, and would contain 21 condominiums. Each of the condominium units would contain two bedrooms, and there would be two commercial spaces on the ground floor. Currently, vacant commercial buildings that previously contained the Bloomfield Electric Supply Company, which closed in 2014, stand at the site.
A public hearing regarding the project was held yesterday by the Bloomfield Planning Board.
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The Paramount Theater in Downtown Newark is seen by thousands everyday, but remains vacant.
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The Essex County Courthouse and office complex rise above buildings on Market Street in Downtown Newark,
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Newark, New Jersey: With more and more charter schools opening across the City of Newark, a city agency is planning to sell many former public schools.
The Newark Housing Authority has created a website to promote the redevelopment of 12 properties across the city, all of which were once part of the Newark Public Schools system. The RFP states that the NHA "has authorized the issuance of this Request for Qualifications and Proposals to prospective individuals and/or organizations with a particular interest, expertise and capital necessary in repurposing, using and/or redeveloping at least two or more of twelve properties", and that "NHA intends to enter into an agreement or multiple agreements with the most qualified Respondents that (in addition to property pricing considerations) demonstrate financial capability, vision, creativity in adaptive reuse consistent with the City’s master plan, quality construction, and ability to implement the proposed project in a timely manner and in a way that serves the best interests of the NHA, Newark Public Schools (NPS) and the City of Newark."
Properties include the 171-year-old State Street Public School near Newark Broad Street Station. A petition earlier this year called for turning the building into the NPS archives building. Other buildings on the list include the Benjamin Banneker Science Center on Lyons Avenue, the William H. Brown Academy on Bergen Street, the Clinton Avenue School near Mildred Helms Park, Maple Avenue Elementary School in Weequahic, the Burnett Street School in the Central Ward, and Roseville Avenue Elementary School, which closed despite protests by teachers and parents.
Tours were given to potential buyers earlier this month and in October, and qualifications are due by tomorrow and proposals are due by December 20. In a statement, NHA Executive Director Keith Kinard said that “the availability of these properties represents an extraordinary opportunity for developers to capitalize on the strong momentum in the marketplace, while enabling Newark Public Schools to monetize surplus assets and redeploy proceeds back to the classroom.”
Despite these vacant schools scattered throughout Newark, complaints of overcrowding remain at schools that are still open, like Central High School and South Street Elementary School.
This sale has been extensively publicized, with a press release issued by FEMWORKS, a communications agency. However, many other activities at the NHA often receive little publicity, such as the authority selling both a wooded lot across from City Hall and an abandoned Downtown train station to developers, and considering the sale of its own office building on Broad Street. Plus, the authority regularly posts agendas for meetings online after the meetings have already taken place, and has not posted its NHA Voice newsletter for residents on its website in nearly six years.
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