Wrong building. The building to be demolished is the plain one at the corner of Broad and Central.

Iron bound and forest hills section are huge Latinx areas especially ironbound. So it’s a lot of working class families. Forest hills is more a mix of black wealth, Latinx and white middle class community and is a little less busy/ noisey the ironbound.

That’s a old mindset of Newark, while mostly true some numbered blocks are changing. What’s your rental budget ? And what kind of apartment are you looking for? I lived in several sections of Newark. I currently live in upper Roseville and have a multi family home in lower vailsburg section of Newark ( this is a rougher area)

The apartments are nice but I think you get more bang for your buck at 1180 . It’s more outdated but closer to NY Penn and the Prudential Center,

I actually lived in walker house before I bought my 1st multi family home. I was paying 1900 for a one bedroom but the was one 2019-2020 I think for the same apartment it’s more like 2300 now 🙃. I’m glad I house hack now !

They want to demolish this?

https://goo.gl/maps/P2jvjGf3KphBaFwg9

No thanks, they are free to build on one of the many parking lots

Try Walker house - https://livewalkerhouse.com/availability

My brother lives there - was surprised at how dangerous it is. He moved to the hood for sure.

thanks, ironbound and forest hills seem to come up a lot

East Ward is simple, it primarily consists of the Ironbound, and the dividing line is the train line going into Newark Penn station.

i prefer to hear from residents

You can check neighborhood and Ward maps via google.

There should be a public comment period after the professional testimony. Members of the public get like 3 or 5 minutes to speak. You can’t question the attorneys or other members. It’s just your comments on the application.

This is the Landmarks Commission so they will likely be hearing two applications. One for the demo of the existing buildings and one for the design of the new tower. They will be grilling the applicant on why the existing buildings need to be demolished and how the new building fits the character of the community. So your comments should try to support those items. You’ll get a feel for what the commissioners think during their questions.

Pretty well.lol

ahahaha, then you know where I'm speaking of!

Is there any specific procedure for speaking? I'd love to lend my voice in support, but I'm not especially familiar with the operations of these sorts of meetings.

Weirdly enough, I use to live in the Tampa Bay area as well.

I think it takes about twenty years to see such areas begin to see development traction. Then another ten to get popping. So if this started in 2008, it might be on par with the norm.

Doesn't mean there are not opportunities for catalysts.

As far as I know, they’re buying the properties because of tax incentives because it’s kind of a risky area for development (historically, I guess?). They put in place a big improvement plan for downtown in 2008, and then added two or three more big redevelopment schemes in basically the same area since the. There’s an entity called Newark Downtown District that is created by statute, funded by businesses, and supposed to look out for the neighborhood. They clean up lots of trash and host farmer’s markets. But when I tried to talk to them about this, it was obvious there’s no one who is in charge of talking to the public or listening to our views

Regarding affordability, there will be a certain number of units in each building designated for people who make something like 60% of median income. I don’t see how that helps because it’s still expensive

Good post, I'll do my best to make it

Forest hill is a good place to start

They moved the meeting up that good. Everyone who wants development, everyone who wants buildings in Newark, everyone who wants to see our beautiful city stand out and make Jersey city it’s shadow come to this meeting. If halo tower 3 can do it this can too.

Interesting, looking up done info now.

When You say gap. How many are there now? Is there a big demand? Are the other ones thriving?

Are the apartments actually going in? Are people able to afford them? Are they in demand or was it a boom and now empty no matter what?

Something similar happened in Tampa Bay Florida. The housing book occurred and everyone wanted to be on there beach. So from Tierra Verde/ft DeSoto to Indian rocks beach north (the entire county up the gulf of Mexico) began to change.

Whereas, there were hotels, apartments, condos, retail shops all up and down the beachfront.

The comm hit and developers paid ridiculous prices for every. Single. thing.

They converted everything into condos. The first ones sold out, so more developers got them.

They overbuilt and what was once a great place to stroll the beach became something less exciting.

The problem was, many condos say empty. I left in 2014, not sure if it has fully bounced back yet.

But I get what you are saying.

I have some ideas, but of course, the plans and openness of the developers will determine what's possible.

Have local businesses gotten together to discuss this issue?

That would be the first step. Money talks. If they are willing to make lease commitments, there are options that is a win for everyone.

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