What's being built in Essex County, NJ

185 projects filed since 2024, from the county planning commission's public records.

47proposals filed in 2026

7new homes proposed in 2026

0.9Msq ft non-residential in 2026

17municipalities with filings

Circle size reflects project size.

Largest projects in the pipeline

Received	Project	Town	Type	Sq ft
2026-01-13	Mixed-use building, Block 43, Lot 14	Newark City	Mixed use	395,742
2025-06-13	105-161 Hyatt Ln	Newark City	Warehouse & storage	350,400
2024-03-12	54-66 Lockwood St	Newark City	Warehouse & storage	211,388
2025-06-12	1201 Pompton Avenue	Cedar Grove Township	Institutional	144,549
2024-10-24	648-652 Raymond Blvd	Newark City	Office	142,375
2025-11-01	Eagle Rock & Prospect Ave, West Orange	West Orange Township	Office	133,000
2024-07-31	176-204, 212-240 McClellan storage building	Newark City	Warehouse & storage	120,584
2024-07-24	705-757 Main Street storage building	Belleville Township	Warehouse & storage	112,350

Latest filings

Received	Project	Town	Type	Homes	Sq ft
2026-09-23	Business building, 995 Bloomfield Avenue	West Caldwell Township	Office		3,300
2026-08-28	200-208 Market St	Newark City	Apartments
2026-08-26	Multifamily building, Block 17, Lot 1.02	Newark City	Apartments
2026-08-26	8 Glen Hill Lane	Millburn Township	Single-family homes	1
2026-08-13	605-609 Washington Avenue	Belleville Township	Apartments
2026-08-10	Low-hazard storage building, Block 1202 Lot 2	Verona Township	Warehouse & storage		105,038
2026-08-07	33 West Beechcroft Road	Millburn Township	Single-family homes	1
2026-08-06	611 Scotland Road	City Of Orange Township	Apartments
2026-08-01	Block 173, Lot 19.01	Newark City	Apartments
2026-07-10	35 Fairfield Place	West Caldwell Township	Industrial		33,906
2026-07-08	25 Lawrence Street	Bloomfield Township	Apartments
2026-07-07	Business building in Newark	Newark City	Office		71,411
2026-07-02	184 E Northfield Ave	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1
2026-06-26	258-260 Washington Avenue	Belleville Township	Apartments
2026-06-26	250-252 Orange St	Newark City	Apartments
2026-06-25	43-45 St Francis St	Newark City	Apartments
2026-06-24	380-382 Central Ave	Newark City	Apartments
2026-06-24	Multifamily building on Block 310, Lot 1.02	Newark City	Apartments
2026-06-18	359-365 Central Ave	Newark City	School		67,466
2026-06-17	452-454 Summer Ave apartments	Newark City	Apartments
2026-06-17	551 Lincoln Avenue apartments	City Of Orange Township	Apartments
2026-06-15	1098-1102 Mayor Gibson apartments	Newark City	Apartments
2026-06-03	480 Route 46	Fairfield Township	Office		21,319
2026-06-02	67 Jefferson Avenue home	Millburn Township	Single-family homes	1
2026-05-26	63 North Essex Avenue	City Of Orange Township	Apartments
2026-05-26	53 North Essex Avenue	City Of Orange Township	Apartments
2026-05-01	828-832 Summer Ave	Newark City	Apartments
2026-04-28	780 Passaic Avenue	West Caldwell Township	Apartments
2026-04-27	2-28 Broadway	Newark City	Office		2,628
2026-04-21	Single-family home, 23 Grosvenor Road	Millburn Township	Single-family homes	1
2026-04-20	Multifamily building on Block 2776, Lot 8.01	Newark City	Apartments		26,205
2026-04-16	38 Willow Street	Millburn Township	Single-family homes	1
2026-04-14	330 Route 46	Fairfield Township	Office		13,785
2026-04-13	Accessory structures, Block 5302 Lot 5.01	Millburn Township	Other		22,209
2026-04-13	27-29 Read St	Newark City	Apartments
2026-04-13	512 Scotland Road	City Of Orange Township	Apartments
2026-04-10	85 Main Street	City Of Orange Township	Apartments
2026-04-02	259 Centre Street	Nutley Township	Office		2,100
2026-02-27	22 Brookside Drive	Millburn Township	Restaurant		4,417
2026-02-24	550 W Mt Pleasant Ave	Livingston Township	Apartments
2026-02-10	10 Oswego Lane	Millburn Township	Single-family homes	1
2026-02-03	570 W Mt Pleasant Ave multifamily building	Livingston Township	Apartments
2026-02-03	905-913 Mt Prospect Ave apartment building	Newark City	Apartments
2026-02-02	Business building, Block 2685 Lot 30.01	Newark City	Office		44,922
2026-01-27	566-570 Springfield Ave multifamily building	Newark City	Apartments
2026-01-23	Block 3659, Lot 5.01, Newark	Newark City	Mixed use		86,160
2026-01-13	Mixed-use building, Block 43, Lot 14	Newark City	Mixed use		395,742
2025-12-24	66 Cleveland Street	City Of Orange Township	Apartments
2025-12-10	535-541 Ml King Blvd apartments	Newark City	Apartments
2025-12-09	Block 4208, Lot 12.01 mixed-use project	Newark City	Mixed use		34,975
2025-12-08	Single-family home, 3 Berkeley Terrace	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1	73,391
2025-11-21	5+ family building, Block 1918, Lot 3.01	Newark City	Apartments		11,812
2025-11-18	149-157 Summit St	Newark City	Apartments
2025-11-10	430-436 Market St	Newark City	Apartments
2025-11-10	Block 361, Lot 16.01	East Orange City	Apartments
2025-11-03	Block 73, Lot 92.03	Newark City	Apartments
2025-11-01	Eagle Rock & Prospect Ave, West Orange	West Orange Township	Office		133,000
2025-10-30	162-164 Hillside Ave, Newark	Newark City	Institutional		7,520
2025-10-24	124-148 S 15th St	Newark City	Industrial		1
2025-10-20	Multifamily building, Block 2797, Lot 5.01	Newark City	Apartments
2025-10-16	559-569 Springfield Ave business building	Newark City	Office		92,384
2025-10-09	75-91 Bruen St	Newark City	Office		1
2025-09-09	105 Farley Road	Millburn Township	Single-family homes	1
2025-08-20	Single-family home, 19 Mayhew Dr	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1
2025-08-14	Business-use project, Newark	Newark City	Office		64,148
2025-07-24	Multifamily building, Newark (Block 310, Lot 1.01)	Newark City	Apartments
2025-07-22	100 Main Street	City Of Orange Township	Apartments
2025-07-16	Care facility on Old Short Hills Road	Livingston Township	Institutional
2025-07-01	Educational building, Newark	Newark City	School		52,570
2025-06-20	Multifamily dwellings, Block 1, Lot 46.02 Newark	Newark City	Apartments
2025-06-17	19 Shelley Road	Millburn Township	Single-family homes	1
2025-06-13	116 Harrison Street	Nutley Township	Apartments
2025-06-13	105-161 Hyatt Ln	Newark City	Warehouse & storage		350,400
2025-06-12	1201 Pompton Avenue	Cedar Grove Township	Institutional		144,549
2025-05-23	449 Washington St	Newark City	Apartments
2025-05-20	Educational building in West Orange Township	West Orange Township	School		6,288
2025-04-16	219 Devon Road	Essex Fells Borough	Office		700
2025-04-15	298 Main Street	Millburn Township	Apartments
2025-04-14	85 Woodland Road	Millburn Township	Apartments
2025-04-03	51-89 Central Ave	Newark City	Mixed use		1
2025-03-18	249 Millburn Ave accessory structures	Millburn Township	Other		106,379
2025-03-14	Block 12, Lot 24 institutional building	Roseland Borough	Institutional		7,864
2025-03-13	34-40 Hudson St	Newark City	Mixed use		68,510
2025-02-27	39 W Northfield Road	Livingston Township	Office		55,200
2025-02-26	17 Belvedere Dr	Livingston Township	Single-family homes
2025-02-19	298-308 4th St	Newark City	Office		47,965
2025-02-14	102-108 3rd Ave E.	Newark City	Apartments
2025-02-11	1057-1059 Bergen St	Newark City	Apartments
2025-01-21	125 Hillside Ave	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1
2025-01-21	86-96 Norfolk St	Newark City	Office		16,500
2025-01-16	Residential building, 415 Highland Avenue	City Of Orange Township	Apartments
2025-01-16	Single-family home, Roseland Borough	Roseland Borough	Single-family homes	1
2025-01-10	Multifamily buildings, Roseland Borough	Roseland Borough	Apartments
2024-12-18	101-105 Elizabeth Ave	Newark City	Apartments
2024-12-18	95-99 Elizabeth Ave	Newark City	Apartments
2024-12-09	22 Elsway Road	Millburn Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-12-09	76 Springbrook Road	Livingston Township	Single-family homes
2024-12-09	100 Central Avenue	City Of Orange Township	Institutional		8,000
2024-12-06	168 N Livingston Avenue	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-12-06	346-360 University Ave	Newark City	Office		1
2024-12-06	369-379 18th Ave	Newark City	Apartments
2024-12-05	1007-1009 Mayor Gibson multifamily	Newark City	Apartments
2024-12-05	442-448 Washington St multifamily	Newark City	Apartments
2024-12-04	41 Third St residential building	South Orange Village Township	Single-family homes
2024-12-03	Single-family home at 59 Eileen Drive	Cedar Grove Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-11-25	18 Tremont Terrace	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-11-25	28 Hazelwood Avenue	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-11-20	7 Royal Ave	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-11-20	768-772 Bergen St	Newark City	Institutional		33,264
2024-11-14	212 Passaic Avenue	Fairfield Township	Office		21,954
2024-11-13	37 Wardell Road	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-11-13	53 Brookside Avenue	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-11-07	Multi-family building at 159-161 Oliver St	Newark City	Apartments
2024-11-07	5+ family building, Block 292, Lot 8.01	East Orange City	Apartments
2024-10-25	15 Orchard Lane	Livingston Township	Single-family homes
2024-10-24	648-652 Raymond Blvd	Newark City	Office		142,375
2024-10-23	6 Midway Dr	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-10-17	Industrial work at 302-352 Doremus Ave	Newark City	Industrial		1
2024-10-15	Mercantile building, Block 1903 Lot 3	West Caldwell Township	Retail & commercial		101,010
2024-10-11	26 Broadlawn Dr	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-10-11	74-78 Webster St	Newark City	Office		30,201
2024-10-11	58 Union St	Newark City	Office		18,767
2024-10-09	30 Swan Road	Livingston Township	Single-family homes
2024-10-03	Kingsbridge Rd. & Passaic	Fairfield Township	Townhomes
2024-10-03	38 Crescent Rd	Livingston Township	Single-family homes
2024-10-03	Assembly building, Belleville Township	Belleville Township	Institutional		17,080
2024-10-03	658-660 Springfield Ave	Newark City	Apartments
2024-10-01	471-475 Clifton Ave	Newark City	Single-family homes	1
2024-09-25	64 Lee Road	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-09-24	448-452 South Orange Ave	Newark City	Mixed use		47,184
2024-09-20	60 Baker Road	Livingston Township	Single-family homes
2024-09-17	32 Hillside Terrace	Livingston Township	Single-family homes
2024-09-16	41 Irving Avenue	Livingston Township	Single-family homes
2024-09-12	33-35 Magazine St	Newark City	Apartments
2024-09-05	475 Main Street	City Of Orange Township	Apartments
2024-08-29	295 Long Hill Drive new home	Millburn Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-08-22	68 W Cedar St	Livingston Township	Single-family homes
2024-08-21	331-335 S 11th St	Newark City	Office		34,350
2024-08-20	New single-family home, 3 Thurston Drive	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-08-19	New residence at 20 Cambridge Rd	Livingston Township	Single-family homes
2024-08-13	Multifamily building, Block 2807, Lot 9.02	Newark City	Apartments
2024-08-09	Multifamily dwellings, Block 2603, Lot 14	City Of Orange Township	Apartments
2024-08-01	82 Fellswood Drive	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-07-31	176-204, 212-240 McClellan storage building	Newark City	Warehouse & storage		120,584
2024-07-24	705-757 Main Street storage building	Belleville Township	Warehouse & storage		112,350
2024-07-22	93 Fellswood Dr	Livingston Township	Single-family homes
2024-07-18	39 Hazelwood Avenue	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-07-17	Residential building, 110 E Cedar St	Livingston Township	Single-family homes
2024-07-16	381-395 South Orange Ave	Newark City	Office		76,623
2024-07-12	Storage building, Newark	Newark City	Warehouse & storage		25,757
2024-06-27	486 Market St	Newark City	Apartments
2024-06-26	50 Tremont Terrace	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-06-25	37 Farmstead Road	Millburn Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-06-20	11 Country Club Road	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-06-19	Multifamily building, Nutley Township	Nutley Township	Apartments
2024-06-18	45 E McClellan Ave residential building	Livingston Township	Single-family homes
2024-06-13	Multifamily building, Block 180, Lot 15.04	East Orange City	Apartments
2024-06-05	209-213 Mt Pleasant Ave	Newark City	Apartments
2024-05-30	60-62 Woodside Pl residential alteration	Newark City	Apartments
2024-05-29	12 Old Bridge Road	Cedar Grove Township	Industrial		32,601
2024-05-24	135-137 Fairfield Rd	Fairfield Township	Office		10,558
2024-05-22	376 Highland Avenue	Montclair Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-05-21	53-57 Bruen St multifamily building	Newark City	Apartments
2024-05-20	6 Becker Farm Road	Roseland Borough	Single-family homes
2024-05-17	11 Cliffside Drive	Cedar Grove Township	Single-family homes		48,250
2024-05-13	18 Richard Drive	Millburn Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-05-08	426 Millburn Avenue	Millburn Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-05-07	524 Union Avenue multi-family building	Belleville Township	Apartments
2024-04-29	New multifamily buildings, 654-668 S. 11th St	Newark City	Apartments
2024-04-19	13 Spalding Dr	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-04-18	448 Scotland Road	City Of Orange Township	Apartments
2024-04-10	39 Westmount Drive	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-04-10	64 Hazelwood Ave	Livingston Township	Single-family homes
2024-04-09	Multifamily project, Block 6101 Lot 25	Livingston Township	Apartments
2024-04-02	666-676 S 12th St	Newark City	Apartments
2024-04-02	687-715 Bergen St	Newark City	Office		1
2024-03-15	Multi-family building, Livingston Township	Livingston Township	Apartments
2024-03-12	54-66 Lockwood St	Newark City	Warehouse & storage		211,388
2024-03-05	170 East Lindsley Road	Cedar Grove Township	Office		7,655
2024-02-28	17-27 Livingston St	Newark City	Apartments
2024-02-14	503-505 South Orange Ave	Newark City	Apartments		15,751
2024-01-26	Single-family home at 370 Hartshorn Drive	Millburn Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-01-24	Single-family home, 14 Melrose Drive	Livingston Township	Single-family homes	1
2024-01-03	Business building, 14 Village Park Road	Cedar Grove Township	Office		12,932
2024-01-02	852-854 Raymond Blvd Multifamily	Newark City	Apartments

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