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File #: 26-0292    Version: 1 Name: 636 MLK Urban Renewal, LLC- PILOT
Type: Ordinance Status: Communication to be Introduced
File created: 3/4/2026 In control: Economic and Housing Development
On agenda: 7/15/2026 Final action:
Title: AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEAR LONG TAX ABATEMENT TO 636 MLK URBAN RENEWAL LLC, 59 LINCOLN PARK, SUITE 200, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07102 FOR A PROJECT, LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL WARD AT 636-642 MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD, NEWARK, NJ 07102 AND IDENITFIED ON THE CITY'S TAX MAP AS BLOCK 113, LOT 6.01 (FORMERLY LOTS 6 AND 7) (COLLECTIVELY, THE "PROPERTY"), TO CONSTRUCT THREE (3) NEW BUILDINGS, EACH A FOUR STORY LOW-RISE MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING CONSISTING OF A TOTAL OF FORTY-TWO (42) RESIDENTIAL UNITS, INCLUSIVE OF (A) THIRTY-THREE (33) MARKET RATE RENTAL UNITS, OF WHICH THIRTEEN (13) WILL BE ONE-BEDROOM UNITS, FOURTEEN (14) WILL BE TWO-BEDROOM UNITS, AND SIX (6) WILL BE THREE-BEDROOM UNITS (THE "MARKET RATE UNITS"), AND (B) NINE (9) AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS, OF WHICH THERE WILL BE THREE (3) UNITS (ONE (1) ONE-BEDROOM UNIT, ONE (1) TWO-BEDROOM UNIT, AND ONE (1) THREE-BEDROOM UNIT) RESTRICTED TO TENANTS AT 40 % OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME ("AMI"), THREE (3) UNITS (ONE (1) ONE-BE...
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AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEAR LONG TAX ABATEMENT TO 636 MLK URBAN RENEWAL LLC, 59 LINCOLN PARK, SUITE 200, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07102 FOR A PROJECT, LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL WARD AT 636-642 MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD, NEWARK, NJ 07102 AND IDENITFIED ON THE CITY'S TAX MAP AS BLOCK 113, LOT 6.01 (FORMERLY LOTS 6 AND 7) (COLLECTIVELY, THE "PROPERTY"), TO CONSTRUCT THREE (3) NEW BUILDINGS, EACH A FOUR STORY LOW-RISE MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING CONSISTING OF A TOTAL OF FORTY-TWO (42) RESIDENTIAL UNITS, INCLUSIVE OF (A) THIRTY-THREE (33) MARKET RATE RENTAL UNITS, OF WHICH THIRTEEN (13) WILL BE ONE-BEDROOM UNITS, FOURTEEN (14) WILL BE TWO-BEDROOM UNITS, AND SIX (6) WILL BE THREE-BEDROOM UNITS (THE "MARKET RATE UNITS"), AND (B) NINE (9) AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS, OF WHICH THERE WILL BE THREE (3) UNITS (ONE (1) ONE-BEDROOM UNIT, ONE (1) TWO-BEDROOM UNIT, AND ONE (1) THREE-BEDROOM UNIT) RESTRICTED TO TENANTS AT 40 % OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME ("AMI"), THREE (3) UNITS (ONE (1) ONE-BEDROOM UNIT, ONE (1) TWO-BEDROOM UNIT, AND ONE (1) THREE-BEDROOM UNIT) RESTRICTED TO TENATS AT 60% AMI, AND THREE (3) UNITS (ONE (1) ONE-BEDROOM UNIT, ONE (1) TWO-BEDROOM UNIT, AND ONE (1) THREE-BEDROOM UNIT) RESTRICTED TO TENANTS AT 80% AMI (COLLECTIVELY, THE "INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS"), AND ELEVEN (11) PARKING SPACES. (COLLECTIVELY, THE "PROJECT") (CENTRAL WARD).

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WHEREAS, 636 MLK Urban Renewal LLC, 59 Lincoln Park, Suite 200, Newark, New Jersey 07102 filed an application with the Mayor seeking a long term tax abatement under the Long Term Tax Exemption Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:20-1 et seq. for a Twenty-Five (25) year term for a project located in the Central Ward at 636-642 Martin Luther King Boulevard, Newark, NJ 07102 and identified on the City's tax map as Block 113, Lot 6.01 (Formerly Lots 6 and 7) (collectively, the "Property") to construct three (3) new buildings, each a four-story low-rise multifamily dwelling consisting of a total of forty-two 42 residential uni...

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