Cant wait for the money to be laundered

Great ideas!

Just because you post a pic of one area where it isn’t obviously happening as quickly or has shovels in the ground doesn’t mean it’s not happening in other areas or that there’s not background activity going on. There’s still major structures going up in/near downtown and Ironbound, along with smaller infill and conversion/redevelopment projects.

Newark went through a similar issue following the Great Recession of a bunch of projects getting delayed, shelved, scaled down, and cancelled outright. Developer land banking hasn’t gone away either. Meanwhile there’s still a bunch of projects getting proposed and added to the development pipeline even despite the economic ripple effects of the pandemic.

A different way to ask this question is “Which areas of Newark will never be nice enough for people who don’t live here now to choose to live here in the future?” I don’t like that kind of thinking.

We should be pushing for all areas of the city to be nicer, safer, cleaner, and more attractive. And we should be pushing and implementing policies that allow for people who live here now to stay here. That’s inclusionary zoning through income-restricted units in new developments. That’s rent control for older units. That’s some of the programs Invest Newark is rolling out to turn Section 8 vouchers into down payments. That’s job training and opportunities for current residents to increase their income.

If people want to move out because they got a better job and want to move to a nicer neighborhood, good for them. The problem is when people get pushed out of their neighborhood because they can’t afford the rent or some other crisis. That’s what we need to solve for.

The mindset that X neighborhood is poor and should stay poor so the poor people can keep living in poor housing is bad. I know that’s not what people explicitly mean when they argue against “gentrification” but in practice that’s what it means.

We need investment without displacement. We need new people from NJ, the rest of the country and the rest of the world. We need to have housing and job opportunities for everyone. And we need to work hard as we can so that anyone who moves out of their neighborhood is doing it because they WANT to and not because they HAVE to.

End of rant.

I know the caution tape is still put up on Mulberry side and the desk was still up as well from the Newark Penn side.

Not sure what to tell you as far as not feeling welcome, but if the guards aren’t stopping anyone on either side and the explicit “tenant only” signs are taken down, then it one could also consider it open again - or at least not blocked off

Not gonna get into semantics as far as interpretations of it being inviting or welcoming - I’m just sharing what I know from my prior experience in commercial property management and what happened when I brought it up with Onyx’s social media team. Idk what to tell you beyond that.

The areas furthest away from trains. White people dont ride buses

What has broken ground in the last 6 months?

Tried it this morning on the way to train. Center door still blocked off, side door open with two guards posted. They didnt say anything, but it also felt like I wasnt welcome.

On the penn side, two guards posted at podium, also zero indication it is public. No way someone who hasnt been following this thread or instagram would know they can enter.

Also noticed that three of the shops had the construction door open and there was zero progress inside. No way Farinella, Willys and the other one I forget are opening before July. Thats disappointing

The big construction cranes on site are only necessary for taller structures. Some projects only need them for a short period of time to move certain structural elements into place, and then the crane is gone.

Tons of stuff has been going up, maybe not yet all the 'towers' that were projected, but if you haven't seen the development happening, you haven't been looking close enough.

The coronavirus happened and set everything back

Y’all remember that development that was supposed to be built in both the empty plots of land that grove street goes between. Years later and still got nothing, I rather see a Walmart now than wait for housing to come right there

The kawaida tower still not starting is what’s so surprised to me, you would think this would be a passion project for the mayor. But most of these projects got tax abatements or looking for money to fund the construction. But 2024 is when some should start construction hopefully

It’s going to happen to all wards eventually. Once people realize the size of homes in the south and west wards and the prices drop back down to reasonable levels, you’ll see it take more shape. The south ward could benefit from a light rail to Weequahic park. That would speed things up drastically.

It’s already happening though. If you look on a site like Zillow or Redfin there isn’t much stock in Newark at all. Nobody that knows Newark is going to pay 450k for a house on S. 17th street. Someone is buying houses.

Our skyline looks beautiful in this picture but back on topic. In 2022 so many projects were supposed to break ground and start construction. I remember people saying were going to be seeing a lot of construction cranes in downtown skyline moving forward. Now it’s 2023 and only about 2 or 3 projects actually broke ground last year. Projects such as halo tower 3, 289 Washington street, and just to be nice 50 Sussex ave. Here’s a list of projects that were approved in 2021 or announced a ground breaking in 2022.

• The Vibe Tower
• Paramount Theatre development
• 101 Market Street
• Portnow
• 900 Broad street LOL
• kawaida towers
• CitiSqaure
• NJPAC Development
• 272 or 277 Washington street, the tower replacing the metropolitan building but keeping the facade.
• 930 McCarter hwy is supposed to start later on this year
• 40 Story tower on clay street 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️
• The Arc Tower might be dead but I’ll ask the attorney today

Thank god. I hate Newark in summer time. It’s so hot and gross, this will help.

Everything has the ability to be gentrified it just depends on if city hall thinks that all the new voters will keep voting the same administration in if so they will go along with the kicking of the current residents out and giving tax breaks to developers . If not there will be an anti gentrification movement among the politicians

West ward, they never seem to do much on that side of town.

I grew up over there and always noticed how it was being neglected growing up.

Can't have the homeless in there or the whole project fails. It may well be discrimination, but is that illegal on private property?

That's not insignificant as far as trees go...but also planting street trees is surprisingly expensive.

Good to see the most reactionary poster in Newark back on the subreddit!

If the Gateway Center is open to the public, it would be discrimination to bar the homeless from entering. You think that's a good idea?

Fucking finally.

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I currently work in an attached building and get lunch at Jersey Mike's often.

I think it is a good idea to keep the homeless out of there, but I would hope and believe that they will allow customers in from the street. I mean we don't want it to turn into another Pennsylvania Station atmosphere in the G.C.

I went through it on both sides in the morning and evening without issue back on Friday as did a few others. The signs on the door were for saying that entrance was card entry only after a certain time. Not sure about the caution tape though.