Edison Properties, a privately-owned real estate holding and development company, announces it has signed a five-year lease with Project for Empty Space (PES), a multifaceted arts organization, for a 2,500-square-foot gallery and artist incubator space on the second floor of Newark’s premier office building, Ironside Newark.
Project for Empty Space is a woman-run, femme-powered, People of the Global Majority/BIPOC, Queer, and unapologetically radical ecosystem for creatives. PES provides safe, equitable spaces for artistic innovation and complex public engagement by supporting artists whose work is oriented toward social discourse. Their space at Ironside Newark, which features an entrance off the plaza as well as outdoor space, will serve as a gallery and will house the organization’s residence program. The nonprofit is slated to move into Ironside Newark in Fall 2023.
“Our recent lease with Project for Empty Space demonstrates Ironside Newark’s community-focused approach,” said Lenny Lazzarino, Senior Vice President of Leasing at Edison Properties. “As a conduit to the arts communities of Newark and New York City, Project for Empty Space will undoubtedly enrich our dynamic tenant roster and further solidify Ironside as an epicenter of innovation and creativity.”
“It is with great excitement that we open these new doors to foster a cultural artery for working artists in the core of downtown Newark’s newly established arts and education district,” said Co-Directors of Project for Empty Space, Jasmine Wahi and Rebecca Pauline Jampol. “Our expansion to Ironside Newark will introduce a new realm of possibility for our existing studio facility and hub at 800 Broad Street. Together, our locations will bookend Edison place, increasing the footprint of public art and radically inclusive spaces available to the community.”
Ryan Starkman of Pierson Commercial represented the landlord in the deal.
Project For Empty Space will activate the new location and continue to create artistic spaces for growth and visibility through additional resources, studios and exhibition space, and more expansive public art initiatives, beginning with an Artist in Residence exhibition by artist Andrea Chung. Following the exhibition opening, the organization will also host their inaugural Fall Ball in the space, bringing together members from across the city’s creative scene to celebrate the past, present, and future of Newark’s shining cultural community. Tickets for the Fall Ball are available now.
Ironside Newark, located at 110 Edison Place, is a formerly circa-1907 warehouse in downtown Newark, New Jersey that has been redeveloped and restored by Edison Properties into a premier commercial and retail hub across more than 456,000 square feet. Situated directly adjacent to Newark Penn Station and a short distance from Newark Liberty International Airport, Ironside Newark offers unparalleled access to public transportation. Designed by the renowned New York City-based design and architecture firm Perkins Eastman, Ironside Newark boasts direct access to the new Mulberry Commons Park, a city-owned park.
The building’s office amenities include future restaurant outdoor seating and exclusive park-level retail fronting the new Mulberry Commons Park, street-level retail along Edison Place, a two-story lobby atrium, rooftop terrace, an unmatched dark fiber optic network, with loft-style and open workspaces making collaboration and connection an everyday experience. Notable tenants of Ironside include Mars Wrigley Confectionery’s North American headquarters, Baby Brezza, Ørsted, Ware Malcomb, HarbourView Equity Partners and VC Renewables.
Learn more by visiting IronsideNewark.com.
Above image by Rebecca Guzzo.
About Edison Properties
Edison Properties has been a real estate leader for more than 65 years. Starting in 1956 with one parking lot in Newark, N.J., the privately held company is best known for operating businesses in specialized segments of real estate, including parking (Edison ParkFast), residential (The Ludlow), and flexible workspaces (ElevatedNY). It also owns and operates many mixed-use commercial developments, including the historic Hippodrome building in Midtown Manhattan, and Ironside Newark, the transformative mixed-use workplace at the heart of Newark’s downtown revitalization. Still proudly based in Newark, Edison has grown steadily and conservatively since its founding and owns and operates property in Manhattan as well as elsewhere in New York, New Jersey, and Maryland. Approximately 500 people are employed across Edison’s family of businesses. For more information, visit edisonproperties.com.