NEWARK — A development in New Jersey is a model for the revitalization of historic buildings across the country.

That’s the message of a cohort meeting in Newark Tuesday to unveil what it calls an “action agenda” to rehab some of America’s oldest cities.

Rutgers-Newark and the city’s Hahne building – the long vacant department store that is being converted into a mixed-use development that includes a Whole Foods supermarket – will play host to planners and politicians from 40 cities Tuesday. The conference is meant to discuss the future of the country’s “legacy cities,” officials said. More…

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