Newark Arts Commons

Newark,
NJ
(2019)

Newark Arts Commons

Affordable Housing, Community, Daycare and Early Childhood, Historic Rehabilitation, Housing, Makerspace, Manufacturing, Mixed-use, Youth and Families

The new home of nonprofit art organizations and affordable studio space for local makers and artists.

Investment

NMTC Amount: $2,000,000
Total Project Cost: $23,274,044

IMPACT

28 FTE jobs
70 construction jobs
3,500 low-income children and youths will be served annually by educational programming from GlassRoots

CDEs

National Trust Community Investment Corporation

Investor

Unknown

Project Description

The original St. Michael’s Hospital, established by the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor in 1869, iscome the Newark Arts Commons, a center for arts education and creative co-living. It will become the new home of nonprofit art organizations and affordable studio space for local makers and artists.

MAP

Address: 306 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Newark, NJ 7102

Census Tract: 34013022900

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