Dumpster Rental in Newark: What the Work Looks Like
Newark became a city in September 1955, the first new city in Alameda County in 47 years, and it filled in fast: 1,532 people in 1950, 9,884 in 1960 and 27,153 by 1970. About two-thirds of its homes went up between 1950 and 1979, so the ranch and tract houses in Lake-Rosemont, Mirabeau, Birch Grove and the streets around Old Town are now 45 to 75 years old. The steady work is re-roofs, kitchens, baths, flooring and the clean-outs that come with a sale.
West of the freeway the city looks different. Bayside Newark, the old Dumbarton TOD area near Willow Street and Enterprise Drive, had close to 1,900 homes finished or under construction by early 2023, and the Central Avenue industrial belt keeps turning over warehouse and manufacturing space.
Newark keeps building. The city lists 118 homes under construction on Cedar Boulevard, a 315,390-square-foot industrial building on Central Avenue approved in July 2025, and about 1,000 units under review at 5222 Newpark Plaza, while the Old Town Specific Plan covers the original Thornton Avenue district. Sanctuary Village added 386 homes at Cherry Street and Stevenson Boulevard, and the Bayside neighborhoods (Glass Bay, Bayshores, Compass Bay, Lighthouse, Bridgeway and Harbor Point) are filling in with households that are now customizing garages, yards and patios.