Teachers Village Groundbreaking

Yesterday was the ground-breaking of Teachers Village which is coming to the corner of Halsey Street and Bradford. It is designed by Newark-born and nationally renowned architect Richard Meier and developed by Ron Beit. It will include:

• the expansion and relocation of three charter schools - Great Oaks, Discovery Charter School and TEAM Academy - as well as the CHEN School daycare. The two school buildings will represent about 90,000 square feet and serve about 800 students from kindergarten through eighth grade. CHEN will occupy about 11,000 square feet and will service about 150 children.
  
  
• 200+ moderately-priced rental apartments for Newark teachers - to be occupied by fall of 2013
  
  
• and more than 20 on-street retail establishments which will include restaurants, medical offices and local and national stores, which are expected be open for business the summer of 2013.

According the press release - The first phase of the development, will result in 460 temporary construction jobs and 460 permanent jobs, according to estimates.

Teacher's Village is part of a larger project called SOMA village (South Of MArket). Ron Beit promises that the entire project will be built, "every square foot, every inch of it."