A proposal to bring a new 150-unit mixed-use building to an empty plot near University Hospital in Newark’s Central Ward was delayed further as the city’s planning board rejected the site plan application for the project for the second time in less than a year. The board’s decision to reject the application from Newark developer KS Group for a rental apartment building at 66-80 South Orange Avenue comes seven months after the developer began a civil action against the board.
Documents made public by the city’s planning board show that KS 66 South Orange Ave, LP, intended to deliver a seven-story building consisting of 18 studios, 103 one-bedroom, 26 two-bedroom, and 4 three-bedroom apartments. The project would have included approximately 2,308 square feet of retail space, but the plans for the proposed building have undergone several iterations over the last five years.
An order from the Essex County Superior Court dated February 13, made public by the planning board, states that the revised application will be reviewed on March 23rd…