JERSEY CITY | Bayfront Redevelopment (8000 units)

[chris08876]

So good news.




Recap:

[Doubleu1117]

Is the HBLR officially happening?

[chris08876]

Have not seen this rendering before. Its different than the 2020 master plan.

Via Perkins - Eastman (arch firm responsible)

Originally Posted by Doubleu1117

Is the HBLR officially happening?

According to the 2020 master plan, allegedly will be extended but I suppose we wait to find out as its bogged down by the Federal Transit Administration. Bullshit with the environmental impact statements and studies. Its just folks trying to justify their jobs, as with a lot of federal folks when they should be justifying the need to exercise to lose the weight. But the local officials and elected leaders want this to happen. We await but yeah, its suppose to be extended along with this project. Part of the plan.


Snapshot:

[Busy Bee]

^ I think they were just asking about the short extension past the West Side Avenue station to this Bayfront area.

[Busy Bee]

Is it slightly unusual considering the size of the towers proposed in the development just on the other side of 440 that this Bayfront plan doesn't have more height?

[chris08876]

Could be a zoning limitation, opting for the maximum density versus say going taller but having less units. Not 100% sure if the EWR flight routes play a role but I'm content with the units, just what the region needs. This and developments similar to Bayview in Bayonne which is in the pipeline is what is needed.

At the moment, we are seeing big momentum shift West of the Hudson. Between JC, Bayonne, Newark and smaller developments in Elizabeth and essentially Essex, Hudson, Union and the lower portion of Passaic, NJ is seeing a lot of housing in the pipeline. Not where it should be unit wise but its promising. One can hope if prices come down and interest rates drop, down the line, a big boom for the general region, one can hope.

The demand is there. Just like Kushner hinting at a 2024 start for the Pavonia development. Few others in Jersey City set to start next year.

[chris08876]

Phase Two of Bayfront Residential Complex Receives Funding In Jersey City, New Jersey

New Jersey Community Capital (NJCC) has committed $8.6 million in preferred equity to support Cove Pointe, the second phase of development for the Bayfront Redevelopment Project in Jersey City, New Jersey. Designed by Perkins Eastman and developed by BRP Companies in partnership with the City of Jersey City and Bayfront Development Partners, Cove Pointe includes four residential buildings totaling between 1,400 and 1,600 units, alongside retail spaces and parkland. The property is located along the Hackensack River to the west of Route 440.

The Bayfront site was previously a brownfield owned by Honeywell and acquired by the city in 2018. The full redevelopment plan calls for up to 8,000 housing units, with 35 percent designated as affordable or workforce housing. Work is part of a public-private partnership and includes additional civic infrastructure such as a charter school and fire station.

===============
NYY

[chris08876]

Former chemical plant site in N.J. city to become 8,000-unit housing, retail complex

A former 100-acre contaminated waterfront site in Jersey City is slated to become a large residential with up to 8,000 units when completed, officials said.

The Bayfront Redevelopment Project, located on Jersey City’s west side along the Hackensack River, will transform the rehabilitated brownfield land.

The project’s initial phase, known as Cove Point, will include four buildings with 350 to 400 units each, with 35% designated as affordable or workforce housing.

Construction on Phase 1 is scheduled to start in early 2026.

“Bayfront is our promise kept to put people before profit, delivering the most affordable housing of any private mixed-use community of its size in the country,” Jersey City Mayor Steven M. Fulop said in a statement. “This transformation of a once-contaminated site into a vibrant neighborhood shows what’s possible when public and private partners work together.”

===================
https://www.nj.com/hudson/2025/08/former...using-retail-complex.html?outputType=amp

[chris08876]

Jersey City Approves Next 380-Unit Phase of Bayfront with Affordable, Workforce Housing

An ambitious effort to revitalize a former industrial site along the Hackensack River has taken another meaningful step as the next portion of Jersey City’s Bayfront has been redesigned and greenlit by local officials.

For those uninitiated, Bayfront seeks to revitalize a former chromium plant along Route 440 in Jersey City’s West Side neighborhood. The city acquired the remediated land from former owner Honeywell in 2018, with the project’s first phase, called Bayfront Promenade, breaking ground in May of this year.

The fruits of that labor were approved by Jersey City’s Planning Board during their October 28 meeting. The second phase of the Bayfront has been redesigned and scaled back a bit from a proposal that first emerged but nonetheless will rise 13 stories on block 31 of Bayfront, which is directly next to the first phase.

Designed by Minno Wasko, Cove Point will rise 160 feet tall and consist of 380 residential units. 76 of the residences, or 20% of the total, will be designated as affordable housing, while 57 of the units will be set aside for workforce housing.

The unit mix at Cove Point will include 99 studios, 202 one-bedrooms, 62 two-bedrooms, and 17 three-bedroom spaces. The development will sport 235 parking spaces in a garage along with roughly 6,860 square feet of ground floor retail along the westerly portion of the property.

[...]

Despite the approvals, a groundbreaking date for the second phase of the project has not been announced. In related news, construction of Bayfront’s first phase is expected to be completed during the summer of 2027.

==============
Jersey Digs

[chris08876]

[Doubleu1117]

Is the light rail extension still a potential? Would be a shame to pass up on a usable ROW

[Busy Bee]

No doubt it's still an aspiration of NJT. They're not going to let the ROW get squandered, I wouldn't worry about that.

[Busy Bee]

Originally Posted by chris08876

I'd like to see a few taller ~40 story towers break up the plateau effect of this massive development - especially if the huge highrise proposal across 440 ever comes to fruition. The higher floors could be marketed as premium units with sweeping skyline views to the northeast and west.

[chris08876]

They need to expand that light rail to support the added density. While 8000 units is nothing to be shy about, I do with it was double that. Schools, PD, markets and some light rail, and you got a mini city within a city.

[Busy Bee]

The light rail should be converted to PATH heavy rail to become a one-seat ride to WTC. Obviously that woukd be a very expensive project with significant civil engineering required, but absolutely worth it in my opinion.

[chris08876]

^^^

This made me think about Bayonne too.

I'd love to see Broadway in Bayonne have something like JC with light rail and also for that whole strip, and pretty much everything parallel to 440 be redeveloped. While Jersey City is doing a lot... Bayonne... the whole city should have Hoboken level density. Squandered potential.

The state needs to start thinking about Bayonne to fill the void.

Imagine the Red Hook Brooklyn master vision, only for Bayonne. Would be the dream.

Bergen/Lafayette and Greenville need to get thier act together and build more. After Journal Square... a new node is needed!