Cover Story
Culture campus: Newark Museum update marks latest milestone as $100 million mixed-use project takes shape around it

New Jersey’s oldest museum has undergone a significant upgrade, solidifying its commitment to serve as a dynamic cultural hub for the region and beyond. It also is considered the cornerstone of the $100 million, blended-use project that’s poised to link two downtown neighborhoods.

Editor’s Note
Building momentum

The Museum Parc project is now taking shape around The Newark Museum of Art, as you’ll read in this month’s cover story, as a development team constructs two new buildings with a combined 250 mixed-income apartments, ground-floor retail and additional cultural spaces such as a vibrant, glass-enclosed gallery. The construction along Central Avenue is now about 50 percent complete, as anticipation builds for full delivery in early 2027.

Residential & Mixed Use
Newark Museum joins LMXD, MCI to break ground on 250 apartments, new artist spaces

Construction is underway on a project that will expand the footprint of The Newark Museum of Art, infusing the property with new mixed-income housing and public and exhibitions spaces.

Finance & Capital Markets
LMXD, MCI and Newark Museum secure $94 million in financing for arts campus project

A development team has closed on $94 million in financing for a plan to bring 250 apartments, retail space and a new gallery to the Newark Museum of Art’s campus on Central Avenue.

Events
Newark Summit set to return Dec. 9, convening top players in real estate, placemaking

The Newark Summit for Real Estate, Economic Development & Placemaking is set to return after making its high-profile debut last year in the state’s largest city.

Top News
NJPAC breaks ground on $336 million campus expansion with 350 rentals, arts education hub

Construction is set to begin on a long-awaited expansion of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s campus in Newark, part of a $336 million project that will bring 350 new apartments, office and retail space and a 58,000-square-foot arts education and community center.

Government & Public Policy
New affordable, supportive housing taking shape near hospitals with help of HMFA program

The first projects have arrived under a state program aimed at creating affordable and supportive housing near hospitals — providing shelter and other services while reducing the burden on local health care institutions — as officials eye continued growth for the program.

Residential & Mixed Use
EDA pledges $200 million Aspire tax credit for mixed-use ‘NJPAC District’ project in Newark

A sweeping plan to expand the New Jersey Performing Arts Center campus in Newark has secured a 10-year, $200 million tax credit award under the state’s Aspire program, in a key step for a project that would include 350 apartments and new commercial and community spaces.

Residential & Mixed Use
Urby Newark welcomes Japanese-inspired restaurant to new downtown building

A Japanese-inspired restaurant has opened its doors in downtown Newark at the base of the newly delivered 250-unit Urby apartment building.

Events
Join us June 7 for The Newark Redevelopment Update

Despite billions of dollars in new investment, Newark still trails the likes of Jersey City, Hoboken, Harlem and Brooklyn Heights, which have been transformed by redevelopment and an influx of new residents. When will it finally happen? What still needs to be done?

Hear from the developers and insiders behind the city’s most important commercial real estate projects, as they tackle those questions and more in this must-attend event.