The real estate investor arrested Wednesday on federal charges of using straw buyers to fraudulently obtain mortgage loans from a bank is also behind Newark's new Department of Public Works garage that is at the center of a federal whistleblower lawsuit.

Victor Santos, 57, of Watchung, who was charged along with three others with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, owns 52-90 ...

A real estate investor who is building Newark's new Department of Public Works garage was arrested along with three others on federal charges of using “straw buyers” to fraudulently obtain mortgage loans from a bank.

Victor Santos, 57, of Wachtung, was charged by federal law enforcement authorities with conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Also charged in the scheme were Arsenio ...

A bipartisan trinity of New Jersey politico firepower assembled in downtown Newark to shoot the first salvo needed to score a major economic triumph for New Jersey's largest city: the construction in Newark of the new corporate headquarters for Amazon, the world's largest online retailer.  

All three of the prime politicians in place inside Rutgers Business School on ...

Newark is one step closer to becoming Amazon’s next headquarters.

The city has been selected by Gov. Chris Christie as the state’s endorsed recommendation to be the Seattle-based retail giant’s next corporate headquarters, according to a report in ROI-NJ.

Newark now joins more than 50 municipalities nationwide that are formally bidding on the ...

At Newark’s Millard E. Terrell Homes, the public housing complex that sits on the corner of Riverview Court and Chapel Street in the city’s Ironbound neighborhood, a group of ladies gather in a converted apartment-turned-office, their eyes steely with determination.

They are ready to talk. 

These are residents of the 275-unit housing complex who are, ...

After a months-long debate over affordable housing in the City of Newark, the city council voted Wednesday to adopt an inclusionary zoning measure that would require new residential developments to set aside a certain number of units for lower-income residents.

The council voted unanimously to pass the much-anticipated legislation, which was created to ensure that as ...

Newark is in the running to be Amazon's next corporate headquarters, one of four cities told by New Jersey officials that they have advanced to the second round for consideration to be the Seattle giant's second headquarters, according to a report put out by ROI-NJ.

Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, announced its solicitation of North ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - A new business magazine in New Jersey, ROI-NJ.com, is reporting that New Brunswick is one of four cities who have advanced to the next round of consideration to potentially receive the state's support to apply to become the home of Amazon's second headquarters.

Yes, this is all very preliminary, as cities and states across the nation are also trying to woo Amazon, ...

Yesterday marked a milestone for the City of Newark, as One Theater Square—the first new upscale residential high-rise to be built in the city since 1960—celebrated its topping-off ceremony at 2 Center Street in the heart of the city's downtown district.

Recognized as the most luxurious residential development in the city’s history, the 22-story building, located on a ...