Co-signed on all of this especially with how much of a letdown and squandered potential Halsey is

I prefer Crumbl, but this place is right downstairs from me. Good addition to Gateway

Walked through the other day headed to work cuz it was raining. My only take away is that they cleaned it up, slapped some new pant and what not on the place, and when you get to that point in the hall just before you enter Newark Penn, the ceiling and windows still leak real bad. Shrug.

This. Their mere presence at the entrances is intimidating, not welcoming. Management should send those guards on rounds, have them walking around -- not posted up at the entrances staring at every person walking in and out

I rather spend my money to businesses that actually want to serve the locals of the city they operate in.

they're alright, nothing mindblowing. Just another $5 cookie brand.

Except youre wrong about Rutgers. Theres nothing else theyre working on in Newark.

This start before the recent inflation crisis..

My point was that though the pictures showed a few parcels of land, it's not like nothing is happening in the City or Downtown. Just because this particular land is parking, and not active construction, doesn't mean even that these property owners aren't working to advance (or actively finish) projects around the city.

Hopefully they plant some on Market Street.

The Lincoln park area was supposed to get something like this but it never happened.

Literally everything has become more expensive lol, can't really call out Dunkin on that.

I've not noticed a drop in quality tho.

Dunkins at least for me region wide has become slower and the quality of food has slipped...its also more expensive for the amount you get.

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That opened 6 months ago

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this place isn't for you or even for me. This place is specifically targeted at the out of town Commuter crowd. The people who work at Prudential, Mars, Audible, etc. and primarily take the train into Newark every day.

The people who work at gateway 1, 2, or 3, or even the Newark legal center or the Hilton(?) hotel.

If they could, they would restrict both of us from even being able to access it, however, public pressure + the skepticism I have of the target demographic actually buying into this whole gateway concourse // mini mall thing would lead me to assume that eventually they'll be looking at the public to save the day and foot the bill for their 50 million dollar investment!

I would love a spot like this on Halsey, however, Halsey struggles with foot traffic and many of it's small businesses are upset that the city isn't doing more to highlight them.

So they didn't learn anything from before the renovation I see. They had a Starbucks over there that eventually closed but from the day it opened it had the worst hours I've ever seen it was like 8am to 3pm then towards the end it became 9am to noon

Everything east of MLK blvd (High Street) & Elizabeth ave corridor will be gentrified. West of that line, I can't see gentrification in: *Lower Clinton Hill *Fairmount *West Side *Springfield Belmont *Woodside (Broadway from Cemetery to Belleville) but all bets are off if Newark- Paterson Light Rail takes place. All these neighborhoods are nowhere near Rail transportation. Broadway Woodside lost it when they closed the North Newark station on the Boonton line. Whether it's mass or light rail. Gentrification tends to follow rail and certain RowHouse patterns. Both are absent in these neighborhoods.

That someone is corporations that are buying the homes up to rent them. All over New York you see signs on telephone poles advertising "We'll buy your home"

I see it really It takes one....

Yeah, I compared it to a small pie. It's a MEAL. I ate the whole damn thing myself, though!

And while security gave me no trouble, I still felt on edge every time I walked by one of them, waiting for them to stop and question me.

OK...so I finally checked it out today, as I wanted to fetch a cookie from Chip City. The cookie was very good, btw, if a bit overpriced, but you get a lotta cookie for your $4.50. Back to the complex itself...granted, I was in a rush and didn't fully investigate every inch of it, but it's not too different from what I remember. I just...I dunno, I had this grand idea of a sparkling and airy new main entrance on Market. Maybe it's my stupidity and I understood the whole thing wrong. The main entrance seems to be across from Penn Station on Raymond Plaza. And looking back on Google Street View, yeah, it looks much better than it did, but I feel like Market Street should be the main entrance. And there's no sigeage outside. People arriving from out of town have no idea all these food and drink options are inside what looks like another office building. And if I as a local had trouble parking and knowing which way to walk in, how will those not remotely familiar with it know? And, yes, the hours. It's super early, literally day one. Give it time, I tell myself. I desperately wanna believe it'll become some kind of destination, but...

The urby is a Rutgers and L&m project almost done

This development has Parkinson's. How does it take six months to build out a 2K sq ft. space after you've taken over a year to open? What have they been doing all this time?

Anyone want to take bets on which will happen first? Halo topping out or all these restaurants actually opening -- and for more than two seconds, unlike the pop-ups on Halsey?