Council affirms Prologis 315,000‑sq‑ft Central Avenue project, narrows review window to two years

Newark City Council on July 24 affirmed the Planning Commission’s resolution approving a new Prologis industrial building at 6756 Central Avenue, adopting the Planning Commission’s design review, conditional use permit and minor use permit while amending one condition to shorten the design‑review approval window from three years to two.

The project would demolish existing outdoor storage and dilapidated structures on a 17.4‑acre site, merge four parcels, and construct a predominantly single‑story, 315,390‑square‑foot industrial building with roughly 33,800 square feet of office space. Council members approved the action 4–1; Councilmember Bridal Quintancio cast the lone no vote.

Staff and the project team told the council the Prologis proposal replaces a blighted outdoor storage yard with a modern, LEED‑oriented industrial facility and includes easement dedications intended to support a future Central Avenue railroad overpass. The applicant committed to constructing the project to be “solar‑ready,” providing EV parking infrastructure, planting more than 70 trees and installing public‑facing amenities, and to grant more than 10 easements at no cost to the city to facilitate the overpass design and construction.

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