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Newark’s Ballantine Brewery Site Lands $130 Million Loan for 501 Apartments and Food Bazaar
New York-based real estate development firm Shorewood Real Estate Group and Brooklyn-based retail operator Bogopa Enterprises recently secured a construction loan for the second phase of the redevelopment of the former P. Ballantine & Sons brewery on Ferry Street. The firms secured a $130 million construction loan from Los Angeles-based financial services firm PCCP to build a new seven-story building at 412-426 Ferry Street, including a 57,000-square-foot Food Bazaar.
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Newark Approves $240 Million Development With 670 Apartments in South Ironbound
The Newark Central Planning Board recently approved the redevelopment of a 116,756-square-foot assemblage at the intersection of Mulberry and Murray streets in the South Ironbound. The project will redevelop nearly an entire block and include an eight-story building with 670 apartments, a parking garage for up to 585 vehicles, and nearly 19,000 square feet of retail space.
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Artisan Cheese Shop is Coming to Bergen County Downtown
Cheese Nomads, a new specialty cheese shop, is preparing to open in Rutherford next month. The shop will be located at 104 Park Avenue and will focus on artisan cheeses, operating as a counter-service retail concept that will also offer catering. According ownership, Cheese Nomads aims to provide a selection...
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A Traveler Buying a $6.49 Bottle of Water at a Self-Service Newark Airport Store Was Prompted for an 18% Tip, and His TikTok Has Been Viewed Millions of Times
A $6.49 water at a self-service Newark airport store came with an 18% tip prompt, and the traveler's TikTok has been viewed millions of times, TODAY reported.
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Nutley Med School Lands $20M Gift to Fight Burnout in New Doctors, Nurses
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine — Existing Student Wellbeing Office. An anonymous donor has handed Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine $20 million to build a new program aimed at keeping medical students, resident physicians and early-career nurses from burning out before their careers even get rolling. The school announced the gift on Wednesday, earmarking it to launch what it's calling the Healthcare Professionals' Wellbeing Academy.
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Wayne Begins Demolition Of Valley Road Office For 275 Apartments
Demolition of the 126,520-square-foot Wayne office building is underway, and the site is being cleared for 275 rental apartments. The replacement has received conditional approval. The proposal calls for demolishing the office building and its parking and putting up four apartment buildings. The inclusionary project is planned for a 10.95-acre site along the southbound side of Valley Road.
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Newark parents push for independent interpreters after superintendent summarizes Spanish testimony
Did you know search engines like Google are changing the way you see news? Keep Chalkbeat’s valuable education coverage at the top of your feeds by clicking here and checking the box next to our name. Newark Latino families and labor organizers are asking the school district to require professional interpreters at every board meeting after they say Spanish-speaking parents’ public comments were incompletely interpreted at a recent meeting. Rafael Chavez, a community organizer with the New Labor advocacy organization, said in the absence of a qualified interpreter at last month’s school board meeting, superintendent Roger León stepped in to interpret some parents’ public comments. Chavez told Chalkbeat the issue of interpretation has come up repeatedly at previous Newark board meetings, including at the September meeting where he testified in Spanish without an interpreter. According to Chavez, León omitted portions of parents’ statements that Chavez said criticized how they and their children have been treated in district schools. In a review of the board video , Newark parents Sonia Pangul, Mayra Sanmartin, and Brenda Villatoro Villela can be heard testifying in Spanish about concerns regarding their children’s treatment in district schools and the lack of availability of music, sports, and
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At this Newark hospital, growing healthy communities begins with fresh food
Shelly Mitchell-Vaughan had greens and honey in her shopping bag after a recent visit to the farmers market at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. The greens would have to wait until the weekend. Mitchell-Vaughan, who works nights at the hospital as a recovery specialist helping people struggling with addiction, had another shift ahead of her.
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A new artisan bakery and specialty coffee shop has opened in Wayne.
Morning Club Bread & Coffee is now open at 163 Hamburg Turnpike, offering freshly baked goods, specialty coffee and a menu of breakfast and lunch options. The café’s menu includes espresso drinks, signature lattes, matcha, chai and fresh juices, alongside a selection of pastries, croissants, breads and other baked goods.
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Springfield Gateway breaks ground in Irvington
Developers, public officials and financial partners were on hand to break ground on Springfield Gateway, a $22.7 million development that will bring 48 affordable homes to Irvington, where 10 vacant lots once stood. The event was attended by co-developers Adenah Bayoh of Foya Development Group and Bryan Scotland of Lionheart...
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Chrome Everywhere, Bright Neon, Red Vinyl Booths: New Jersey Diner Fans Say Lyndhurst’s Colonial Diner Still Hits Different
Some diners try to look old. A few never stopped being old-school in the first place. In Lyndhurst, New Jersey, there is a chrome-covered spot where the menu is thick enough to need a spiral binding and the regulars have been showing up for more than two decades. Truckers passing through end up coming back day after day.