I am sympathetic to your position here but a city like Newark has a hard time balancing investment and maintaining connections with its history.

When investment doesn’t come we hear about red lining and white slight.

When investment comes now it’s gentrification. Most likely someone was paid off.

The building is being replaced with an expansion of the ParkFast parking lot, but it's important to note that was approved only as a temporary use. The entire block is part of a redevelopment plan that only allows mixed use development, so within a few years it can look very different.

Oh boo hoo, go cry a fucking river. How about participating in contributions towards building a community instead of just being a nihilist.

Not providing an alternative carved out area to walk on when the sidewalk is blocked cause of construction should be fined heavily. Especially that stupid building on the corner of polk and market street, fucking idiots. It’s literally a safety concern

I would argue this sun is 80% a mix of developers and property owners foaming at the mouth.

It’s like half the people on this sub haven’t seen what happened to jersey city over the years. Couldn’t possibly build more in a city of that size over the last 20 years and it’s more unaffordable than ever. Why people want to price themselves out of Newark I have no idea. Maybe there’s more property owners on this sub than I’ve realized

Landlords and property owners don't make things look nice to make it nicer to live there. They make it nicer to justify charging the rent. If you just keep letting more and more in without any pushback then the other landlords are going to look at the market and start raising it as well because the whole average gets thrown out. Then it just spirals. There isn't much push back because people just see construction and new shiny things and think its good because it looks pretty and you can go to a starbucks or whatever.

Edison Parking tore it down to expand their parking, the only thing they did was convert the warehouse into the Mars/Wrigley office building, I’m surprised they didn’t turn that into a huge parking garage.

I wouldn’t call them “rich”. Do they make more money? Yes! Nothing wrong with people coming in “buying” property to live in. When people purchase a property they take care of it. These are properties that the majority of Newark natives wouldn’t have purchased any ways because the majority of us are renters. I think newark residents rent at a staggering 80%. And with the new developments these are places where no one was living anyways. It’s empty lots that make the city look back. Taxes and costs of materials and maintenance are up. Let me ask you this; So should landlords do nothing to make those properties look better and function well just to keep the rents low? Or should they put money in thier investments to make the place livable and nice? But that do come at a cost which will cause rent to be higher. No one stays anywhere for long. People will have to move out eventually. It sucks but it’s the way it is. Hoboken and jersey city wasn’t always as nice as it was. Newark is next on that list. Areas change all the time. I’d like to see Newark in a much better light before I leave this earth. It would be a great thing to see Newark at its best.

How did it get to that point. It was abandoned post-covid when the bar couldn't operate... my gripe is always with luxery rentals, condos because people won't own land, but a piece of a building... New money coming in, and rent is crazy, and getting crazier.

Literally a functioning bar pre-covid with housing being occupied. Post covid boomed demolishing work, and I swear a new house was being built on every block, which are owned by people who won't live their, and artificially inflate rent prices.

Exactly, contractors would rather pay the taxes on property for years until the city finally grants them money to tear down a building and building their shitty "out of style in 5 years" condos.

I get it, but I seen all the people I grew up with bave to move to irvington or east orange, or stay in the projects that is slowly being condemned. While richer people are moving in, owning houses they won't live in, while artificially inflating rent prices...

A parking lot would be more useful than the empty building that was sitting there for years.

Does replacing empty buildings count as gentrification? They are not displacing anyone, Gentrification is been used too widely, I’m against it when developers displace locals who live in a safe neighborhood but taking over empty buildings or crime infested areas is certainly a plus for the city as it bring new opportunities to locals.

How is this gentrification ? That building was abandoned and empty for a long time. Apparently word have no meaning anymore🤷🏾‍♂️

Old buildings are a catch 22. They're beautiful but often need excessive maintenance, especially if neglected for a period of time like many buildings in Newark. Empty, deteriorating buildings are a real hazard. But a parking lot?! I hope that's not true. That's the last thing downtown needs. In fact, they desperately need infill mixed use development in place of all the existing parking lots downtown. Newark should be made a walkable city.

Newark already has so many empty lots, I don’t understand the point of tearing down these buildings. It’s much cheaper to renovate an existing building than tear something down and build new.

ask them! I want to know what they say.

A little gentrification is OK. If everyone is poor in the city, the city won’t generate enough taxes to keep things going and making a beautiful. This is coming from a guy who was born and raised here. I’m OK with a little gentrification because what has been happening for the majority of my life here in the city wasn’t working.

It's a five over one, the most inexpensive standardized apartment layout. Basically every Midwestern city is just a sea of identical rows of these fuckers. Allows the developer to minimize the money spent on materials while still meeting basic fire safety guidelines.

Knock it all down down and start from scratch. Newark is a embarrassing disaster that is taking the lives of young and innocent alike.

Supply chain issues most likely - windows take a long time to replace in todays time.

I walk by it often on my way to the bus and it's been in progress for months. It's annoying because I can never anticipate when they're going to work on it and be in the way of the sidewalks. The cranes have already torn up the crosswalk.

yea, the building across was knocked down a few months ago. Luxury Rentals being built behind Fornos, condos across river Bank Park, the building where the clock on Ferry is just about finished with demo, and the building next to lexington ave finished its demo a while back. + Shaq's apartment complex in the BG is almost finished. It's crazy out here. hate to see it.