The Newark Central Planning Board recently greenlit a proposal to redevelop two parcels at the intersection of Oliver Street and McCarter Highway into a six-story, mixed-use apartment building. The parcels are located two blocks from Newark Symphony Hall in an area of the Lincoln Park section of the city that is undergoing rapid changes.
The two parcels at 16-18 Oliver Street and 330-338 Mulberry Street are currently occupied by a surface parking lot, a single-story commercial building, and a three-story building that includes the Club Metro USA fitness center.
The planning board approved the site plan and a variance for sufficient off-street parking spaces unanimously on January 12, allowing Newark-based developer The Gomes Group to move forward with its plans to tear down the existing buildings and redevelop the two parcels.
Plans filed with the city’s Central Planning Board show that Gomes intends to erect a six-story building with 225 apartments—20% of which will be set aside as affordable housing—over 1,200 square feet of retail space along Mulberry Street and 85 parking spaces. Amenities at the complex, known as “Elleven by Gomes,” will include a fitness center, a speakeasy, a Zen garden, a coworking space, an outdoor patio, and a rooftop terrace…