Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey holds ‘wall breaking’ for its 1st Leadership Center in Newark
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Paramount Assets, a real estate firm known for its restorations of underutilized, historic buildings and urban redevelopment projects, hosted a recent “wall breaking” and ceremonial lease-signing event, signifying the start of construction for the new Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey Leadership Center in Newark
Paramount Unveils 35 Rentals, Retail Space At Historic Department Store Property In Plainfield
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The Newark-based firm has already leased 60 percent of the homes at 171 East Front St., the site of Rosenbaum’s Department Store from 1927 to the mid-1980s, according to a news release. On Monday, the company welcomed local officials to celebrate its reopening as Frontier Flats, touting the addition of new housing and 26,000 square feet of retail space.
Creative Non-Profit ‘Project for Empty Space’ Leases 20,000 Square Feet in Newark
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The nine-year-old non-profit organization Project for Empty Space, which uses contemporary art to spur conversations about social issues, recently leased 20,000 square feet in a building on Broad Street in downtown Newark.