Nishuane Group, LLC
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City Planners. Expert Witnesses. Passionate about Cities and their Citizens. Committed to improving neighborhoods, communities & more! #WeLoveWhatWeDo 💜
📍 Montclair, NJ
🔗 https://www.nishuanegroup.com
📍 Montclair, NJ
🔗 https://www.nishuanegroup.com
Foot traffic = economic viability! 🏪 It's #SmallBusinessSaturday and it's no surprise that walkable downtowns are better positioned to support small businesses! So, do your part today! Get out there and #ShopSmall! 🛍
https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2021/08/18/ten-economic-benefits-walkable-places
https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2021/08/18/ten-economic-benefits-walkable-places
Ten economic benefits of walkable places
This is second in a series of articles on the advantages of building human-scale cities and towns.
www.cnu.org
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Foot traffic = economic viability! 🏪 It's #SmallBusinessSaturday and it's no surprise that walkable downtowns are better positioned to support small businesses! So, do your part today! Get out there and #ShopSmall! 🛍
https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2021/08/18/ten-economic-benefits-walkable-places
https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2021/08/18/ten-economic-benefits-walkable-places
Nishuane Group would like to wish everyone a warm and joyful #Thanksgiving filled with gratitude and good company! 🥧🍁🦃
We are truly #thankful for our clients, partners, and #community who make our work so meaningful all year long. 💜
We are truly #thankful for our clients, partners, and #community who make our work so meaningful all year long. 💜
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Nishuane Group would like to wish everyone a warm and joyful #Thanksgiving filled with gratitude and good company! 🥧🍁🦃
We are truly #thankful for our clients, partners, and #community who make our work so meaningful all year long. 💜
We are truly #thankful for our clients, partners, and #community who make our work so meaningful all year long. 💜
Thank you to everyone who has donated to our Thanksgiving Food Drive so far! If you haven't had a chance, you still have until next week to join us in helping local families in need this holiday season! 🥧
November 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Thank you to everyone who has donated to our Thanksgiving Food Drive so far! If you haven't had a chance, you still have until next week to join us in helping local families in need this holiday season! 🥧
Today, we honor and thank all who have served our country with courage and dedication. 🇺🇸 Nishuane Group proudly recognizes the veterans whose commitment to service continues to inspire our work in building stronger, more resilient communities. 💜
#VeteransDay #ThankYouForYourService
#VeteransDay #ThankYouForYourService
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Today, we honor and thank all who have served our country with courage and dedication. 🇺🇸 Nishuane Group proudly recognizes the veterans whose commitment to service continues to inspire our work in building stronger, more resilient communities. 💜
#VeteransDay #ThankYouForYourService
#VeteransDay #ThankYouForYourService
Giving back is in our DNA. 🧬 Now more than ever, we hope you'll join us this holiday season to help those in need.
We are proud to support a community #fooddrive organized by Nishuane Group Director of Project Management Anika Dodson and her friend Maria. 🥧
We are proud to support a community #fooddrive organized by Nishuane Group Director of Project Management Anika Dodson and her friend Maria. 🥧
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Giving back is in our DNA. 🧬 Now more than ever, we hope you'll join us this holiday season to help those in need.
We are proud to support a community #fooddrive organized by Nishuane Group Director of Project Management Anika Dodson and her friend Maria. 🥧
We are proud to support a community #fooddrive organized by Nishuane Group Director of Project Management Anika Dodson and her friend Maria. 🥧
The COVID-19 pandemic changed everything, including how we think about the public realm. 😷 During the pandemic, cities transformed streets into open, car-free, and bike-friendly spaces to support safe social and economic activity, sparking new ideas about the future of street design.
How COVID-19 Redefined Urban Public Space
Uncovering JAPA: Recently adopted street policies helped shape emergency responses as cities transformed streets into cafés and social spaces during COVID-19. Explore if these programs represented an adaptation of existing policies or a dramatic change, and needed actions for maintaining viable street cafe programs.
www.planning.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The COVID-19 pandemic changed everything, including how we think about the public realm. 😷 During the pandemic, cities transformed streets into open, car-free, and bike-friendly spaces to support safe social and economic activity, sparking new ideas about the future of street design.
Tomorrow is #WorldUrbanismDay aka #WorldTownPlanningDay! 🌎 Today we celebrate the power of thoughtful, inclusive planning to shape communities that are equitable, sustainable, and resilient. 💜
The APA has decided to kick things off a day early: https://www.planning.org/international/worldtown/
The APA has decided to kick things off a day early: https://www.planning.org/international/worldtown/
World Town Planning Day
World Town Planning Day, celebrated around the world each November, is a special day to recognize and promote the role of planning in creating livable communities.
www.planning.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Tomorrow is #WorldUrbanismDay aka #WorldTownPlanningDay! 🌎 Today we celebrate the power of thoughtful, inclusive planning to shape communities that are equitable, sustainable, and resilient. 💜
The APA has decided to kick things off a day early: https://www.planning.org/international/worldtown/
The APA has decided to kick things off a day early: https://www.planning.org/international/worldtown/
Last week Nishuane Group co-hosted an APA NJ webinar with the New Jersey Municipal Managers Association which peaked at over 100 attendees! 🎬
Thank you to everyone who joined us! 🙏🏾 Couldn't make it? Check out a short recap of "Lights, Camera, Planning!" below...
#NJFilmIndustry #FilmReadyNewJersey
Thank you to everyone who joined us! 🙏🏾 Couldn't make it? Check out a short recap of "Lights, Camera, Planning!" below...
#NJFilmIndustry #FilmReadyNewJersey
Grant for Film Industry Training in Newark Will Position Local Talent to Participate in Growing TV Production Sector
A $750,000 grant from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority Board was awarded to Invest Newark for film and media industry training.
www.tapinto.net
November 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Last week Nishuane Group co-hosted an APA NJ webinar with the New Jersey Municipal Managers Association which peaked at over 100 attendees! 🎬
Thank you to everyone who joined us! 🙏🏾 Couldn't make it? Check out a short recap of "Lights, Camera, Planning!" below...
#NJFilmIndustry #FilmReadyNewJersey
Thank you to everyone who joined us! 🙏🏾 Couldn't make it? Check out a short recap of "Lights, Camera, Planning!" below...
#NJFilmIndustry #FilmReadyNewJersey
Small zoning code changes can lead to big differences for communities facing housing shortages. 🗺📝
Read more: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025-10-30-how-small-zoning-code-changes-can-unlock-big-opportunity
#housingpolicy #affordablehousing #zoningcode #njzoning #njlanduse #njhousing
Read more: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025-10-30-how-small-zoning-code-changes-can-unlock-big-opportunity
#housingpolicy #affordablehousing #zoningcode #njzoning #njlanduse #njhousing
November 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Small zoning code changes can lead to big differences for communities facing housing shortages. 🗺📝
Read more: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025-10-30-how-small-zoning-code-changes-can-unlock-big-opportunity
#housingpolicy #affordablehousing #zoningcode #njzoning #njlanduse #njhousing
Read more: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025-10-30-how-small-zoning-code-changes-can-unlock-big-opportunity
#housingpolicy #affordablehousing #zoningcode #njzoning #njlanduse #njhousing
But does it come with the Jeep? 🚙 Happy Halloween from Nishuane Group! 🎃
#HappyHalloween #Halloween #njredevelopment #njdevelopment #njplanners #njplanningfirm
#HappyHalloween #Halloween #njredevelopment #njdevelopment #njplanners #njplanningfirm
October 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
But does it come with the Jeep? 🚙 Happy Halloween from Nishuane Group! 🎃
#HappyHalloween #Halloween #njredevelopment #njdevelopment #njplanners #njplanningfirm
#HappyHalloween #Halloween #njredevelopment #njdevelopment #njplanners #njplanningfirm
For no particular reason, let's talk about the importance of #historicpreservation. 🏛
Not just in its crucial link to healthy urban growth, smart #placemaking, and thoughtful design, but in the context of respecting the past.
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e1bbb29edd6c43e2a1aaf478937cf3a0
Not just in its crucial link to healthy urban growth, smart #placemaking, and thoughtful design, but in the context of respecting the past.
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e1bbb29edd6c43e2a1aaf478937cf3a0
City Planning and Historic Preservation
What we do, how we do it, and the history behind the fields.
storymaps.arcgis.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
For no particular reason, let's talk about the importance of #historicpreservation. 🏛
Not just in its crucial link to healthy urban growth, smart #placemaking, and thoughtful design, but in the context of respecting the past.
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e1bbb29edd6c43e2a1aaf478937cf3a0
Not just in its crucial link to healthy urban growth, smart #placemaking, and thoughtful design, but in the context of respecting the past.
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e1bbb29edd6c43e2a1aaf478937cf3a0
While zoning reform alone cannot solve the housing crisis, it's the critical foundation that allows other solutions to succeed, such as affordable housing funding, infrastructure investment, and tenant protections: https://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hub/news/yimby-isnt-dead-its-the-future/
YIMBY isn’t dead. It’s the future - Smart Growth America
www.smartgrowthamerica.org
October 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
While zoning reform alone cannot solve the housing crisis, it's the critical foundation that allows other solutions to succeed, such as affordable housing funding, infrastructure investment, and tenant protections: https://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hub/news/yimby-isnt-dead-its-the-future/
Take care of your mentals! 🧠
On #WorldMentalHealthDay let's dig into how #urbandesign can affect the depression, anxiety, stress, and well-being of city dwellers: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/seven_ways_to_make_cities_better_for_mental_health
On #WorldMentalHealthDay let's dig into how #urbandesign can affect the depression, anxiety, stress, and well-being of city dwellers: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/seven_ways_to_make_cities_better_for_mental_health
Seven Ways to Make Cities Better for Mental Health
Urban design can affect the depression, anxiety, stress, and well-being of city dwellers.
greatergood.berkeley.edu
October 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Take care of your mentals! 🧠
On #WorldMentalHealthDay let's dig into how #urbandesign can affect the depression, anxiety, stress, and well-being of city dwellers: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/seven_ways_to_make_cities_better_for_mental_health
On #WorldMentalHealthDay let's dig into how #urbandesign can affect the depression, anxiety, stress, and well-being of city dwellers: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/seven_ways_to_make_cities_better_for_mental_health
Congratulations once again to #HobokenConnect, a transformative #redevelopment nearly 20 years in the making, which will be presented with a 2025 New Jersey Future Smart Growth Award next month! 👏🏾 These awards recognize the best in planning, development, and redevelopment in the Garden State.
September 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Congratulations once again to #HobokenConnect, a transformative #redevelopment nearly 20 years in the making, which will be presented with a 2025 New Jersey Future Smart Growth Award next month! 👏🏾 These awards recognize the best in planning, development, and redevelopment in the Garden State.
We're excited to share that #HobokenConnect, a transformative #redevelopment nearly 20 years in the making, was just named a recipient of a 2025 New Jersey Future Smart Growth Award, which recognize the best in planning, development, and redevelopment in the Garden State. 👏🏾
📷 LCOR
📷 LCOR
August 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
We're excited to share that #HobokenConnect, a transformative #redevelopment nearly 20 years in the making, was just named a recipient of a 2025 New Jersey Future Smart Growth Award, which recognize the best in planning, development, and redevelopment in the Garden State. 👏🏾
📷 LCOR
📷 LCOR
New research is challenging planners to rethink how we connect transit riders to their final destinations. 🛴
The distance between a bus stop or train station and where people actually need to go remains a major hurdle in making transit truly accessible. 🚉
#micromobility #firstmilelastmile
The distance between a bus stop or train station and where people actually need to go remains a major hurdle in making transit truly accessible. 🚉
#micromobility #firstmilelastmile
Rethinking the First-Mile/Last-Mile Fix
Uncovering JAPA: Learn how a Milwaukee pilot program challenges the effectiveness of first-mile/last-mile services and reveals the need to center rider input and regional coordination in transit plann...
planning.org
May 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
New research is challenging planners to rethink how we connect transit riders to their final destinations. 🛴
The distance between a bus stop or train station and where people actually need to go remains a major hurdle in making transit truly accessible. 🚉
#micromobility #firstmilelastmile
The distance between a bus stop or train station and where people actually need to go remains a major hurdle in making transit truly accessible. 🚉
#micromobility #firstmilelastmile
Though we share a lot of projects we've been involved with, on both the public and private side of the #cityplanning process, a lot of the intricacies of day-to-day #citymanagement goes unseen. 🙈
Let's pull back the curtain. Check it out here: planning.org/planning/202...
#urbanplanning
Let's pull back the curtain. Check it out here: planning.org/planning/202...
#urbanplanning
New Documentary Pulls Back the Curtain on the People Who Make Cities Run
'Dallas, 2019’ makes it personal, following the real-world drama and complexities of day-to-day city management.
planning.org
April 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Though we share a lot of projects we've been involved with, on both the public and private side of the #cityplanning process, a lot of the intricacies of day-to-day #citymanagement goes unseen. 🙈
Let's pull back the curtain. Check it out here: planning.org/planning/202...
#urbanplanning
Let's pull back the curtain. Check it out here: planning.org/planning/202...
#urbanplanning
How do you define a vibrant downtown? 🤔 It's probably walkable, most likely mixed-use, with great pedestrian infrastructure and maybe even some thoughtful landscape architecture. 🌳🛍 But if you take a look at the building façades, they tell a story too...
#urbandesign #placemaking #greatdowntowns
#urbandesign #placemaking #greatdowntowns
Six-point visual check for a better downtown
When looking at façades, six questions asked together can point you toward new buildings that increase downtown vibrancy.
www.cnu.org
February 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
How do you define a vibrant downtown? 🤔 It's probably walkable, most likely mixed-use, with great pedestrian infrastructure and maybe even some thoughtful landscape architecture. 🌳🛍 But if you take a look at the building façades, they tell a story too...
#urbandesign #placemaking #greatdowntowns
#urbandesign #placemaking #greatdowntowns
Get you a firm who can do both. 😉
Read more: planning.org/blog/9306007...
#ProjectManagement #constructionmanagement #njdevelopment #njredevelopment #njplanners #njplanningfirm
Read more: planning.org/blog/9306007...
#ProjectManagement #constructionmanagement #njdevelopment #njredevelopment #njplanners #njplanningfirm
Planning is Not Project Management
Uncovering JAPA: Discover how planners can go beyond project management with negotiation, persuasion, and creativity to navigate digital media, advocacy, and development.
planning.org
February 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Get you a firm who can do both. 😉
Read more: planning.org/blog/9306007...
#ProjectManagement #constructionmanagement #njdevelopment #njredevelopment #njplanners #njplanningfirm
Read more: planning.org/blog/9306007...
#ProjectManagement #constructionmanagement #njdevelopment #njredevelopment #njplanners #njplanningfirm
🚨 PROMOTION ALERT 🚨
Good news on a Friday! We are thrilled to announce that two members of the Nishaune Group team are being elevated to new roles!
👷♂️ Steven Martini has been promoted to Senior Associate
👷♂️ Justin Melao has been elevated to Associate
Well-deserved congratulations to you both! 👏🏾
Good news on a Friday! We are thrilled to announce that two members of the Nishaune Group team are being elevated to new roles!
👷♂️ Steven Martini has been promoted to Senior Associate
👷♂️ Justin Melao has been elevated to Associate
Well-deserved congratulations to you both! 👏🏾
February 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🚨 PROMOTION ALERT 🚨
Good news on a Friday! We are thrilled to announce that two members of the Nishaune Group team are being elevated to new roles!
👷♂️ Steven Martini has been promoted to Senior Associate
👷♂️ Justin Melao has been elevated to Associate
Well-deserved congratulations to you both! 👏🏾
Good news on a Friday! We are thrilled to announce that two members of the Nishaune Group team are being elevated to new roles!
👷♂️ Steven Martini has been promoted to Senior Associate
👷♂️ Justin Melao has been elevated to Associate
Well-deserved congratulations to you both! 👏🏾
Twenty years in the making! 🍊 A $350m mixed-use revitalization is coming to the site of the former Orange Memorial Hospital and will feature over 1,000 apartments, with up to 20% designated as affordable housing. 🏥
February 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Twenty years in the making! 🍊 A $350m mixed-use revitalization is coming to the site of the former Orange Memorial Hospital and will feature over 1,000 apartments, with up to 20% designated as affordable housing. 🏥
The second phase of the 1,400 unit "The Heritage" redevelopment was approved last week by the City of Plainfield, NJ Council. 👩🏾⚖️
This transformative project, one of the largest in the City's history, came to be thanks to Nishuane Group's East 3rd Street and Richmond Street Redevelopment Plan.
This transformative project, one of the largest in the City's history, came to be thanks to Nishuane Group's East 3rd Street and Richmond Street Redevelopment Plan.
February 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The second phase of the 1,400 unit "The Heritage" redevelopment was approved last week by the City of Plainfield, NJ Council. 👩🏾⚖️
This transformative project, one of the largest in the City's history, came to be thanks to Nishuane Group's East 3rd Street and Richmond Street Redevelopment Plan.
This transformative project, one of the largest in the City's history, came to be thanks to Nishuane Group's East 3rd Street and Richmond Street Redevelopment Plan.
this could be us but u playin' 💘
Happy Valentine's Day from Nishuane Group! 💝
#happyvalentinesday #vday #valentinesday #montclairnj #brassworksongrove #njplanners #njplanningfirm
Happy Valentine's Day from Nishuane Group! 💝
#happyvalentinesday #vday #valentinesday #montclairnj #brassworksongrove #njplanners #njplanningfirm
February 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
this could be us but u playin' 💘
Happy Valentine's Day from Nishuane Group! 💝
#happyvalentinesday #vday #valentinesday #montclairnj #brassworksongrove #njplanners #njplanningfirm
Happy Valentine's Day from Nishuane Group! 💝
#happyvalentinesday #vday #valentinesday #montclairnj #brassworksongrove #njplanners #njplanningfirm
How far we've come together! 🤝🏾
Today we're thrilled to share that Nishuane Group has been re-appointed as both Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment Planners for the City of Orange Township! 🍊
Today we're thrilled to share that Nishuane Group has been re-appointed as both Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment Planners for the City of Orange Township! 🍊
February 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
How far we've come together! 🤝🏾
Today we're thrilled to share that Nishuane Group has been re-appointed as both Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment Planners for the City of Orange Township! 🍊
Today we're thrilled to share that Nishuane Group has been re-appointed as both Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment Planners for the City of Orange Township! 🍊