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NEWARK, N.J. — The groundbreaking has occurred for the new Courtyard by Marriott at the Prudential Center in downtown Newark. The project will be connected to Prudential Center, which is the home of the NHL's New Jersey Devils. It will contain approximately 150 rooms as well as approximately 14,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Tucker Development Corp. is developing the project and will lease and manage the retail space. The construction timetable was not released. According to city officials, the project marks the first hotel to be construction in downtown Newark in the last 40 years.