JERSEY CITY — Four residential buildings, two of them 25-stories high, are slated for the old Mueller's pasta factory on Baldwin Avenue, another sign that the Downtown building boom is extending farther west.
The developer, Argent Ventures, wants to build 980 units on the 5.2-acre site, located less than half a mile from the Journal Square PATH station. The Mueller's site is largely vacant, aside from a four-story, 300,000-square-foot former manufacturing plant that will be demolished.
"The site represents the largest, 'shovel ready' development site in Journal Square and one of the prime development sites in Jersey City," the developer says on the project's website.
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Argent is scheduled to go before the Planning Board on Tuesday night for site plan approval.
Councilman Rich Boggiano, who represents Ward C, where the property is located, has met with the developer and has given the plan his tentative approval. Boggiano noted that the two tall buildings proposed for the Mueller's site are "set back" from Baldwin Avenue so they don't tower over the small apartment buildings and residential homes across the street.
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The Mueller's plant shuttered in 1997 when the company moved its operations to South Carolina, putting over 300 people out of work. At the time it was one of the largest losses of manufacturing jobs in Hudson County's history.
I'm a Jersey City resident and I really like this... in between the Beacon development on the old Jersey City Medical Center complex on the left of the map and what's happening at Journal Square now. Great fill in project and hope to see more like it!
The neighborhood is still somewhat dumpy, but those buildings that have been renovated are pretty nice. Not ideal location but some really good interiors.
The neighborhood is still somewhat dumpy, but those buildings that have been renovated are pretty nice. Not ideal location but some really good interiors.
The reviews lead me to believe the building itself is dumpy...
Depending on how much new supply we get, rents are going to fall hard and fast at the Beacon. Studios currently start at around $1,700 and there are issues ranging from management to the quality of the rehab (thin walls from what I hear.)
Journal Square will soon be home to new construction in a more desirable area.
Back to Baldwin, it's there is so much more information available on this, but I have not had the time to reach out to the developers. It really is an interesting project, and it doesn't require a change of zoning or the Journal Square redevelopment plan. It can be built as of right and the plans currently before the planning board are for site plan approval.
Anyway, this site has been still for a long time. However, when I passed by the other day, there was an excavator working on a pile of dirt. Don't think it means much yet, but it's something.
New Renderings Preview Six-Tower, 2,088-Unit Complex at 180 Baldwin Avenue in Journal Square, Jersey City
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New renderings have been revealed for 180 Baldwin Avenue, a six-tower residential complex in Journal Square, Jersey City. Engineered by Dresdner Robin, the 27-story towers are planned to rise 293 feet tall and yield a total of 2,088 rental apartments. The development will also include commercial space and enclosed parking for 658 vehicles. The property will occupy roughly two-thirds of the block bounded by High Street to the north, Rock Street to the south, and Baldwin Avenue to the west.
The above aerial rendering looks northwest at the towers, previewing their distinctive tapered geometry. Their façades are shown composed of glass curtain walls with irregular grids of dark metal paneling. Angular cutouts below their crowns will create space for landscaped loggias.
Below is a street-level view with the same orientation. The buildings’ asymmetrical sculptural forms will create a striking contrast with the orderly rectangular designs of the three skyscrapers in Handel Architects’ nearby Journal Squared master plan.
The below diagrams offer a more detailed preview of the plaza at the base of the six towers. Sections of this space will be built on a suspended platform due to the sloped topography of the site. This can be seen in the various cutouts across the plaza, as well as the overhanging edges and staircases to lower parts of the property.
I like this. But would have preferred 3 towers instead of the 6. That way, more views would be opened up, with the towers obviously becoming taller.
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Jersey City Moves Forward with Six Tower, 2,000-Unit Plan on Baldwin Avenue
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A new proposal to revitalize a massive property that has been vacant for almost a decade recently took a step forward as an initial hurdle was cleared for a sprawling proposal with office space, retail, and a new pedestrian plaza.
During their November 25 meeting, Jersey City’s Planning Board unanimously granted preliminary approval for an application to revamp 180 Baldwin Avenue. Plans to develop the property have been in the works since at least 2015, but no vertical construction has ever begun.
The property was once home to five buildings that comprised the C.F. Mueller Pasta Company. A previous plan had called for a four-building complex at the property, but the recently approved plan has been supersized from that.
The development includes a total of 2,088 residential units that would be built in six phases, the first would rise just off the corner of Baldwin Avenue and Academy Street. All of the 27-story towers in the plan would rise 293 feet tall.
180 Baldwin Avenue was granted preliminary approval only by the board, meaning that the developers will need to gain further green light for final approval before moving forward with any construction.
A mixed-use development slated for an old factory site on Baldwin Avenue is undergoing a redesign, despite receiving preliminary approval from planning officials last year. The revised rendering, which has yet to be finalized, approved, and released to the public, includes affordable housing units, increased parking, increased retail, a project labor agreement, and other concessions to local residents..
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