Smfh how tf do both parents have good jobs and somehow their kids are shooting their co-workers?! Some parents really have no understanding of what their kids are up to. Unbeliveable

I thought they were adding an extra 3 floors

Paramount does decent work. Excited to see more residential buildings closer yo Broad and Market

Agreed, must be minimize if not completely eliminated

This is why residential towers are good. Its bring real life to a city

Many offices are still empty doing remote, some are hybrid. Many ppl are also driving in more than usual

This use to happen a lot back around 2008-2014, the police really needs to make their presence known during after school hours. If we don't stop this now it can get much much worse.

I'm from Newark and I know exactly what you're talking about. But let's not play into our emotions. We need to increase supply because demand is high. If we refuse to build, prices will go up....that's literally what inflation is all about...

I do realize that a good amount of people are working class folks and I want to help them but reducing housing won't help not one. I do think we should focus on increasing wages, providing more social safety nets, etc. I'm also in favor of taxing big corporations to help fund this, I mean Goldman Sachs has received $165Million in tax breaks to bring their headquarters. None of us received tax breaks for our rent.

Please realize that the middle class is not your enemy, it's the people at the very top.

https://www.fa-mag.com/news/murphy-defends-his-goldman-era-support-for-new-jersey-tax-break-44682.html

I use to think just the way you do, and I'm all for keeping people in their neighborhoods. But let's be honest, if demand increases and we purposely block every new residential, then new residents will just buy up the homes where people rent, thus forcing them to leave. I rather have large high towers where all the middle-upper class people live, then to have them come after my neighborhood.

FYI - i'm in Ironbound Newark, and I rather them build in downtown then here. PLenty of empty parking lots to build hundreds of housing units. JC has less space but you guys are building very tall which is good. Ya just need better public transportations so everyone can get around.

See if you can get a quick loan via flex plan, i know Citi cards allow you to do that. Then pay it back asap

Kerasotes in Medowlands are the best. Cheap tickets, recliner, cheaper food.

Highly recommend

Brnach Brook is one of Newarks best hidden gem. It’s incredible well maintained and in the spring theres tons of Cherry Blossom. Definitely check out the festival in spring

Yes they will be adding more bike spots. They also mentioned intentions to build bike lanes directly into Newark Penn to make it more accesidnle. The big concern for the whole group was crossing route 21.

They city owns the park , they will be opening it up to the public

it's only $190M, most of the work is going to be on the platforms and the inside of Penn station. What I showed, was the outdoor renovations...

Was part of their focus group and this is one of the ideas. They want to have food trucks around the station as well as seating and more open green space. The city will work with NJtransit to help relocate many homeless people to help with QOL issues.

Just came out of a focus group for Newark Penn modernization and half of us all mentioned the lack of pedestrian infrastructure (bike lanes, more green space)

Unless youre a homeowner, you best believe demand for housing will increase your rent. Hence its good to increase supply so prices don’t increase too much.

If you purposely push down supply, prices will go up. Capitalism (developers, high income folks) are realizing Newark potential, hence the increase in rent. That’s capitalism.

lol no one lives in these areas. If you dont build more apartments, these new residents will simply kick you out of your apt cause most of us rent. Thats gentrification. Let them have their own housing so we dont get kicked out of our neighborhoods.

Sadly we live in a capitalist society and if we stop them from building new property, our landlords WILL get greedy as demand goes up they can simply raise your rent.

Jerseydigs is mostly about development in NJ (primarily the cities).

Havent heard anything yet but Im assumign that if this building and 777 McCarter lease up entirely, the other empty lots will soon get some action