NEWARK — The developer of a 27-story high-rise proposed for the Military Park Historic District has received initial city approval on designs for the site of what was long ago Tipsy’s Bar & Lounge.
The developer, 56 Park Place LLC, has proposed building 235 apartments with retail and restaurant space on the ground floor at 56 Park Place, according to the application, which calls for 55 mechanical parking spaces inside the building. It is across the street from Military Park.
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The total project cost is estimated at $45 million, the application says. Key in the architectural design is an inclined lattice, architect Ciaran Kelly, of MVMK, told the Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission on Oct. 2.
“It’s that grid that wraps around the façade, and it’s set deliberately at a skew, at an angle,” Kelly said. “What that does is a number of things. It’s a kind of playful way to introduce movement into the façade.”
The design, he said, ties into the buildings on the rest of the block and even though the existing one-story building would be torn down, its façades would be preserved on the new structure.