YIMBY spotted a new batch of exterior renderings for 315 Mulberry Street, a proposed set of residential skyscrapers planned to rise in the downtown section of Newark, New Jersey. Designed by INOA Architecture and developed by KS Group and Giga Holdings, who submitted project plans to the city’s planning board for review a few weeks ago, the master plan will make it the tallest buildings in Newark yielding 1,008 rental units. It was last reported that the first tower will house 427 units over 51 stories, and the second tower will contain the remaining 581 units with a similar architectural height. Other aspects of the project will include a multi-story podium featuring commercial space and a parking garage, along with various indoor and outdoor residential amenities for residents. The site is bound by Mulberry Street to the east, Beach Street to the north, Orchard Street to the west, and East Kinney Street to the south.

The main rendering is an aerial perspective looking east above the two twin glass skyscrapers. This showcases the unique geometric design of both towers covered in reflective floor-to-ceiling glass and thin light-colored panels that highlight the edges of the angled outer walls. Between the offset structures is a landscaped outdoor terrace above the podium, which itself has a number of rectangular spokes that extend out towards the street. An open-air parking lot, and several narrow and wide holdouts and empty parcels are scattered across the city block and contribute to the irregular outline of the base. Meanwhile, three sloped surfaces along the roof lines of the skyscrapers appear to be covered with photovoltaic panels, while the rest of the rooftop will be home to mechanical bulkheads and HVAC units tucked below the parapet.

Here we see the project looking north towards the downtown Newark skyline with other INOA-designed buildings visible on the horizon.

The below rendering offers a closer perspective of the base, which shows a mixture of large, flat, vertical concrete surfaces with rounded edges and several outward-slanting walls that protrude over the sidewalk. These parts of the building is where the ground-floor retail frontage, main entrances, and garage access points are to be found. The upper half of the podium features a set of dark triangular fins that are evenly spaced across the span of glass walls below the roof, which pitches upward towards the bottom of each skyscraper.

315 Mulberry Street is a short drive to Newark Penn Station, taking only five minutes by car to access the New Jersey Transit and Amtrak lines, and the PATH trains.

A start and completion date for 315 Mulberry Street has not been publicly announced yet. YIMBY last reported that YNH Construction is expected to serve as the general contractor.

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