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Project: 256-260 South Harrison Street

A block in East Orange that is already lined with some of Essex County’s tallest residential buildings could soon be home to another high-rise development.

Jersey Digs has learned that a new 18-story multifamily project is being proposed for 256-260 South Harrison Street, between Melrose Avenue and Central Avenue. The site, located near Monte Irvin Orange Park, the Central Avenue business district, Route 280, and the Brick Church Train Station, currently contains an empty lot and a five-bedroom vacant house that is one of the few remaining single-family houses on this corridor. NJ Parcels records show that the home dates back to 1892 and was acquired by Ibrahim Hasan and Alina Zafar last year for $260,000.

Hasan, whose family runs the Newark-based real estate firm Blackstone 360, told Jersey Digs that the company’s 256-260 Urban Renewal, LLC affiliate is planning to demolish the home in order to make way for the development. If approved, the new building would come with 201 residential rental units, over 200 parking spaces, an indoor amenity space, and a ‘green roof’ atop the structure with unobstructed views of the New York Metropolitan Area. The units would be a mixture of studios, one bedrooms, and two bedrooms, according to Hasan, and some would include studies or balconies.

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JC Digs