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Newport is a 600-acre (240 hectare) master-planned mixed use community in Jersey City, New Jersey, consisting of retail, residential, office, and entertainment facilities. Located on Jersey City's Hudson River waterfront, the new development is located opposite the World Financial Center in lower Manhattan. Development of Newport began in the 1980s, as a $10 billion project led by Samuel J. LeFrak and his firm, The LeFrak Organization[1]. Part of the Newport community is the Newport Centre Mall, an indoor shopping complex, and near the mall is a Target store which opened in 2004[2].
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Newport is well-served by transportation links to New York City, including the adjacent Holland Tunnel for access to lower Manhattan, as well as having good connections to the rest of New Jersey via the New Jersey Turnpike. There is also excellent public transportation consisting of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail and the PATH which have stops in Newport (Pavonia-Newport and Pavonia/Newport respectively). The area is also served by several New Jersey Transit bus lines as well as some private bus lines.
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