Newport is a master-planned,

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community in

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, in the

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, consisting of retail, residential, office, and entertainment facilities. The neighborhood is situated on the

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. Prior to development, the area was home to the

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's Pavonia Terminal. The area is located opposite

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and the

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neighborhood in

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. Redevelopment of Newport began in 1986 as a $10 billion project led by real-estate tycoon Samuel J. LeFrak and his firm The LeFrak Organization.

History

Newport's name was changed from "Newport City" to just "Newport" in 1988.

Transportation

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's Hudson-Bergen Light Rail's Newport station and

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's ("PATH") Newport station are located in Newport. The area is also served by several New Jersey Transit bus lines, as well as other private bus lines. Interstate 78 is nearby and connects to the

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, which provides vehicle access to

, as well as to the

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Land use

Retail shopping and dining

Part of the Newport community is the Newport Centre Mall, a large traditional indoor shopping complex anchored by

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, H&M, Dick's Sporting Goods, and ZARA. 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 (known collectively as "The Newport River Market"). This includes a number of notables such as a Target store which opened in 2004, and

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Housing

As of 2014, the population of Newport is 15,000."Newport section of JC has it all". "Home". '' The Union City Reporter''. June 8, 2014. p. 3. Newport's approved master Redevelopment Plan contains an 'as-of-right' entitlement to build 9,000 units of residential housing. Newport currently includes 10 high-rise rental apartment buildings comprising approximately 4,000 households. Construction of these buildings began in 1985. Newport's 10th rental apartment building, "The Aquablu," was completed and occupied in 2009. 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, North Tower" was completed in 2008. Several adjacent residential buildings just south of Thomas Gangemi Drive along the 10th Street embankment are outside of the Newport Redevelopment Zone, but because they are developed by the LeFrak organization, are often advertised by real estate professionals as being in Newport. The residential buildings within Newport are: *John Adams *George Washington *James Madison *Thomas Jefferson *James Monroe (condo) *Riverside *Atlantic *East Hampton Newport Jersey City June 2015 panorama

*South Hampton *Pacific *Parkside East *Parkside West *Shore Condominiums, North and South Towers *Aquablu *Laguna *Ellipse *The Beach *Bisby at Newport Many buildings offer views of the

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and the New York City skyline. A portion of the

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runs through Newport.

Hotels

Newport's approved master Redevelopment Plan contains an 'as-of-right' entitlement to build 1,200 hotel rooms. A 187-room hotel known as the Courtyard by Marriott Jersey City-Newport opened south of Newport in 2000. A 429-room full-service hotel known as the

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Newport, Jersey City opened in 2009.

Office buildings

The "Newport Office Center" consists of 8 buildings which in total amount to over of Class A commercial office space. The first of these buildings, 111 Town Square Place, was built from the remnants of an abandoned warehouse in 1989. It contains both office and data centers. The most recent building, 100 Town Square Place was completed in 2003. Hundreds of different companies have headquarters or back-offices at Newport. These range from transportation companies such as

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to major financial institutions. The neighborhood’s office towers provide more than six million square feet of office space to major employers including JP Morgan Chase,

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, L’Oreal,

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, and Tory Burch. Furthermore, it houses more than 25,000 employees. In March 2019, the LeFrak Organization sold the 350,000 square foot office tower, 570 Washington Boulevard, for $170 million.

Newport 10,000

The Newport 10,000, more popularly known as the ''Newport 10k'', is a 10 kilometer road race (running) in the vicinity of the

. Typically held the second weekend in May, the race tends to attract a strong regional and international field of elite runners. The course is

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certified and consists of flat local roads.

Gallery

File:PavoniaColumn.jpg, Newport PATH station File:Escalator7002 178.jpg, Newport Centre Mall File:Lighthouse-004060 1-8b.jpg, "LeFrak Lighthouse"

References

External links

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Newport Master Plan
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