Newark, the largest city in New Jersey and second largest in New York metropolitan area, is one of the United States' major air, shipping, and rail hubs. Its central business district has long been a commercial, retail, and entertainment center with a distinctive skyline. Since the mid-2000s numerous buildings have been re-lit and made more prominent.[1] Newark was founded in 1666, and its downtown grew around the site of the early settlement at Four Corners. Early highrises were developed there and at Military Park during the economic boom of the Roaring Twenties. In the New Newark era[2] (1960s-1970s) modernist buildings went up, particularly around Washington Park. In the post-industrial-high tech era, development was concentrated in the Gateway District near Penn Station, with many buildings clad in reflective glass.[3] Clusters of residential highrises are found throughout the city, particularly near Weequahic Park and Branch Brook Park. Since the 2010s several commercial buildings have been converted to apartments and residential high rises have been built. Three ZPMC Super-Post-Panamax container cranes each measuring 561 ft (171 m) at Port Newark are the tallest structures in the city.[4][5]

Skyline

Tallest buildings

This list ranks Newark buildings that stand at least 210 feet (64 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed. A star sign (*) following rank indicates that it was the tallest building after completion.

Rank Name image Height
ft / m
Floors Year Notes
1* National Newark Building 466 ft (142 m) 35 1931 Tallest building in Newark since its completion in 1931. Tallest building in New Jersey until 1989.[6][7][8]
2 Halo 454 ft (138 m) - 42 2024 Topped out 2024[9][10]
3* Eleven 80
originally the Lefcourt Building
448 ft (137 m) 36 1930 Tallest building from 1930 to 1931. Tallest residential building in the city. Grad Associates[11][12]
4 Prudential Plaza 374 ft (114 m) 24 1960 [13][14][15]
5 Iconiq 777
777 McCarter Highway
369 ft (112 m)

(unverified [lower-alpha 1])

33 2022 Beyer Blinder Belle
Boraie in partnership with Shaquille O'Neal[16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
6 80 Park Plaza
PSEG Headquarters
360 ft (110 m) 26 1980 [23][24]
7 Gateway Center I 359 ft (109 m) 30 1971 Victor Gruen[25][26]
8 Zion Towers 351 ft (107 m) 28 1969 [27]
9 Newark Legal Center 329 ft (100 m) 20 2000 Grad Associates[28][29][30]
10= 1 Newark Center
Seton Hall University School of Law
326 ft (99 m) 22 1992 [31][32][33]
10= American Insurance Company Building 326 ft (99 m) 16 1930 [34][35]
11 Airport Traffic Control Tower
Newark Liberty International Airport
NewarkAirportControlTower 01 325 ft (99 m) n/a 2002 [36]
12= 440 Elizabeth Avenue
aka Carmel Towers
& Essex Lake House
313 feet (95 m) 25 1970 Vacant since 2011; planned for redevelopment[37][38][39]
12= Prudential Tower 313 feet (95 m) 20 2015 [40][41][42][43]
13 Prudential Building 300 feet (91 m) 21 1942 [44][45]
14 50 Rector Park 296.1 feet (90.3 m) 24 2018 Costas Kondylis. Developed in partnership with Shaquille O'Neal.[46][47][48][49][50]
15 3 Penn Plaza East
292 ft (89 m) (estimated) 21 1993 Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey[51]

[52][53][54]

16 One Theater Square 283.23 ft (86.33 m) 23 2018 BLT Architects
17 Gateway II 272 ft (83 m) 18 1972 Victor Gruen[55][56]
18 Heritage Estates Apartments
555 Elizabeth Avenue
269 ft (82 m) (est) 24 1965 [57]
19* Military Park Building 265 ft (81 m) 21 1926 Tallest building upon its completion in 1926 to 1930[58][59]
20= New Jersey Bell Headquarters Building aka Walker House 260 ft (79 m) 20 1929 [60][61][62]
20= 24 Commerce Street 260 ft (79 m) 19 1926 [63][64][65]
21 Dr. Stanley S. Bergen Bldg
New Jersey Medical School
255 ft (78 m) 16 1954 [66][67][68]
22 33 Washington Street 251 ft (77 m) 20 1971 Welton Becket[69]
23= Mutual Benefit Life Building
IDT Corporation
246 ft (75 m) 20 1957 [70]
23= 1 Washington Park
Rutgers Business School
246 ft (75 m) 18 1983 [71][72][73][74]
23= Elizabeth Towers
455 Elizabeth Avenue
246 ft (75 m) (est) 22 1961 [75]
23= Hallmark House 246 ft (75 m) (est) 22 1965 [76]
24 Gateway III 244.61 ft (74.56 m) 18 1985 Grad Associates[77]
25= 550 Broad Street 243 ft (74 m) 19 1966 [78][79][80]
25= 1-2 Penn Plaza East
243 ft (74 m) (estimated) 17 1993 Two building complex on shared four-story base
NJ Transit[81]
26 Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart 232 ft (71 m) (towers) n/a 1954 [82]
27 165 Halsey Street 226 ft (69 m)
(roof)
14 1923 Tallest building after expansion in 1923[83][84]
28= Peter W. Rodino Federal Building 220 ft (67 m) 16 1967 [85][86][87]
28= Gibraltar Building
renamed Willentz Building
220 ft (67 m) 14 1927 Cass Gilbert[88][89][90][91]
28*= Firemen's Insurance Company Building (Newark) 220 ft (67 m) 19 1910 Tallest building upon its completion in 1910.[92][93][94]
29= Griffith Building 210 ft (64 m) 15 1927
29= Urby Tower
155 Washington Street
210 ft (64 m) 18 1930 Originally built as a parking tower, converted to residences in 2021.[95][96][97][98][99][100]

Tallest under construction, approved, and proposed

Buildings of at least 210 feet (64 m) tall that are under construction, approved, or proposed.

Under construction

Name Height

ft (m)

Floors Year

(est.)

Notes Image
Metropolitan Tower 303 ft (92 m) - 22 2025 (projected) Demolition of old Metropolitan Building on Washington Street, facade of which was originally planned to be incorporated into new tower.[101]
930 McCarter Highway 289 ft (88 m) 25 2025 (projected) On McCarter Highway across from NJPAC/Center Street station at planned Newark Riverfront Park[102][103]

Approved

Name Height

ft (m)

Floors Year

(projected)

Notes Site
Halo Tower 2 619 ft (189 m) 53 2027/2028 Part of the 3 tower Halo complex connected via a 6 story base, it would be the tallest building in Newark upon completion.[9][10]
Halo Tower 3 587 ft (179 m) 52 2027/2028 Part of the 3 tower Halo complex connected via a 6 story base, it would be the second tallest building in Newark upon completion.[9][10]
Arc Tower 520 ft (158 m) 45 2026 571 Broad Street between Military Park and Harriet Tubman Square

[104][105][106][107]

96 Clay Street 40 In the Lower Broadway neighborhood, just outside the central business district.[108]
20 Atlantic Street 431 ft (131 m) 40 Four 40-story towers along McCarter Highway clustered around Atlantic Street station east of former IDT Corporation headquarters, which would also be converted to residences and retail space.[109][110]
CitiSquare
(Phase One)
244 ft (74 m) 18 At 10.5-acre (4.2 ha) site of demolished Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium and Club Zanzibar: seven 18 story buildings, three 37 story buildings, and one 19 story building.[111][112][113][114]

Proposed

Name Height
m/ft
Floors Notes Site
Newark Summit Tower 531 ft (162 m) 46 Within the Four Corners Historic District opposite the Newark Paramount Theatre, it will be one of the tallest buildings in the city if built. [115]
Iberia
80-84 Ferry Street
26, 30 East of Newark Penn Station in the Ironbound; complex with two 26 and two 30 story towers with "town square" pedestrian plaza.[116][117]

Timeline of tallest buildings since 1868

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Newark.

Prudential Home Office (1956)
Newark North Reformed Church was once the tallest building in Newark
Name Street address Year built Height
ft / m
Floors Notes
North Reformed Church 510 Broad Street 1868 185 / 50 [118]
Prudential Main Building Broad Street 1892 150 / 46 11 demolished in 1956[119]
Fireman's Insurance Company Building 280 Broad Street 1910 220 / 67 19 [92][120][121]
Bamberger's 131 Broad Street 1923 226/69 14 [83]
Military Park Building60 Park Place1926265 / 8121[59]
Eleven 801180 Raymond Boulevard1930448 / 13735[12]
National Newark Building744 Broad Street1931465 / 14234[7]

See also

Notes

  1. The developer-rental agent claim "soaring nearly 400 feet". Height shown has been calculated from architectural drawings posted in screen shot published in user generated, unreliable source, Reddit

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