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Philly developer Dranoff completes luxury high-rise in Newark, N.J.

The project is billed as Newark's first ground-up luxury high-rise in more than 50 years.

One Theater Square in Newark, N.J.
One Theater Square in Newark, N.J.Read moreDranoff Properties

Doors have opened at the One Theater Square apartment tower in Newark, developed by Philadelphia-based Dranoff Properties in collaboration with the New Jersey Performing Arts Center located across the street.

The 22-story project's completion was marked by a ribbon-cutting Wednesday with Dranoff Properties' chief executive Carl Dranoff and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, the company said in a release.

Nearly 100 of the building's 245 units were leased at opening, according to the release, which billed the project as Newark's first ground-up luxury high-rise in more than 50 years.

One Theater Square is part of a downtown Newark revival envisioned more than 30 years ago by performing-arts center founders including former Gov. Thomas Kean; philanthropist Ray Chambers; and Larry Goldman, the center's first chief executive.

The $116 million project has been awarded $33 million in New Jersey state tax credits and has arranged for $12 million in project funding from the City of Newark.