NEWARK - Phase two of The Ballantine – a seven-story, 525-unit residential building with a supermarket – to accompany the existing 280-apartment development on the iconic Ballantine Brewery site in Newark’s Ironbound has been put on hold pending more community input on the project’s scope.

After hearing testimony from the developer’s professionals and a representative from the Ironbound Community Corporation, the Newark Central Planning Board decided to adjourn the application on Monday, Oct. 6.

“This proposal was prepared and submitted without meaningful community engagement,” said Alejandra Torres, assistant director of advocacy and organizing at Ironbound Community Corporation.

Larry Davis of New York City-based Shorewood Real Estate Group, the owner of The Ballantine property, note

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