Plans for the redevelopment of the former Pabst Blue Ribbon site in Newark’s West Ward are moving closer to reality after the city’s municipal council agreed to provide two 30-year tax incentives towards the project. Newark’s municipal council signed off on the legislation despite unilateral opposition from members of the public who submitted comments about the agreement during the council’s four-hour meeting.
The first part of the project, according to materials from the December 17 meeting, will span 11 parcels and 329 units, parking, and commercial space.
One phase of the project will redevelop 552 and 554-556 South Orange Avenue, and 412, 414, 41,6 and 418 Grove Street into two separate buildings with 185 senior affordable housing units…