NJ Transit Hub Perspective - Mid-year 2019 | Page 22

NJ TRANSIT HUB PERSPECTIVE | MID-YEAR 2019 Mixed-use/Residential Developments: Several multi-housing and redevelopment projects are helping to revitalize Newark’s downtown and Broad Street areas, which will position this market for future growth. Among the endeavors reshaping the Garden State’s largest city: 50 Rector Park Boraie Development recently completed construction on 50 Rector Park, a 23-story project near the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in downtown Newark. The building contains 169 rental units as well as street-level retail space. Photo courtesy of Boraie Development Photo courtesy of Perkins Eastman Mulberry Commons Photo courtesy of CetraRuddy / Inglese Architecture & Engineering Walker House After breaking ground in late 2017, the $10.0 million Mulberry Commons public park was recently opened. Located adjacent to the Prudential Center, the mixed-use park connects Penn Station to the city’s downtown and Ironbound neighborhoods. The park will also include an interactive fountain, public art, retail establishments and restaurants. Office and retail space have also been rolled out following the redevelopment of a 402,530-square-foot former warehouse at 110 Edison Place - Ironside Newark. A joint venture consisting of L+M Development Partners, Prudential Financial and Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group completed its redevelopment of the former 436,000-square-foot New Jersey Bell building at 540 Broad Street. Rebranded as Walker House, the 21-story building houses 264 apartments and 80,000 square feet of office and retail space. This represented the second project for the joint venture, which had previously transformed the former Hahne & Co department store into a mixed-use development containing apartments, retail, office space and anchored by Newark’s first Whole Foods.