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Newport is a 600-acre (2.4 km²) master-planned mixed use community in Jersey City, New Jersey, consisting of retail, residential, office, and entertainment facilities. Located on Jersey City's Hudson River waterfront, the new development is located opposite the World Financial Center in lower Manhattan. Development of Newport began in the 1980s, as a $10 billion project led by Samuel J. LeFrak and his firm, The LeFrak Organization[1].
[edit] Transportation
Newport is well-served by transportation links to New York City, including the adjacent Holland Tunnel for access to lower Manhattan, as well as having good connections to the rest of New Jersey via the New Jersey Turnpike. There is also excellent public transportation consisting of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail and the PATH which have stops in Newport (Pavonia-Newport and Pavonia/Newport respectively). The area is also served by several New Jersey Transit bus lines as well as some private bus lines.
[edit] Retail Shopping and Dining
Part of the Newport community is the Newport Centre Mall, a large traditional indoor shopping complex anchored by Macy's, JC Penney, Sears and Kohl's. Outside the mall and around the Newport area are a variety of primarily neighborhood oriented restaurants (known collectively as "The Restaurants at Newport") and retail stores[2] (known collectively as "The Newport River Market") including a number of notables such as a Target store which opened in 2004[3].
[edit] Housing
Newport's approved master Redevelopment Plan contains an 'as-of-right' entitlement to build 9,000 units of residential housing. Newport currently includes 9 high-rise rental apartment buildings comprising approximately 3,700 households. Construction of these buildings began in 1985. Newport's 10th rental apartment building, "The Aquablu," is expected to contain an additional 360 households and is currently under construction. Newport also includes 3 high-rise condominium apartment buildings comprising approximately 900 additional households. Construction of these condominium buildings began in 1987. The most recent condominium building, known as "The Shore Condominiums at Newport" is expected to be completed in 2008. Several adjacent residential buildings just South of Thomas Gangemi Drive are often advertised by real estate professionals as being in Newport, but are actually located outside thereof.
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[edit] References
- ^ Weiss, Lois. "Newport dream becoming reality - developer Samuel LeFrak's planned Newport community in New Jersey", Real Estate Weekly, August 27, 1997.
- ^ Martin, Antoinette. "How Far to the Organic Arugula?", The New York Times, August 5, 2007.
- ^ Scardino, Emily. "Target plans opening near NYC: Greatland would be most accessible for Manhattanites", DSN Retailing Today, April 7, 2003.
[edit] External links
- Newport Official Website of Newport, created and updated by its developer.
- NewportCity.com - Un Official community website for Newport
