JERSEY CITY | Projects and Construction thread

[C.]

Originally Posted by chris08876

@ C ,

I transferred that master list to the 1st post. Updated 1st post of this compilation.

Just as this compilation grows, because Jersey City is booming, so that master list doesn't get lost in the flurry of the boom, it'll be the 1st post (with the active thread links).

Great Thanks!!

[C.]

2 Hoboken Info can be found here:

https://data.jerseycitynj.gov/explor...e/information/

Looks like the number of units. Also made a thread here: https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...39#post9015539

[C.]

Big Pier Six news - which can be found here: https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=242855

[C.]

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2020/09/le...r-complex.html

Added to the mega tracker here: https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...196661&page=50

[C.]

Two twelve story buildings coming to 3085 Kennedy Blvd. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iKk...nF6XJMg1l/view

Just south of 1/9.

[C.]

I see that the One Journal Square developer and the City have resolved their differences and the project is now approved.
https://hudsoncountyview.com/jersey-...ax-abatements/

I doubt they will be breaking ground anytime soon due to the economy.

[chris08876]

I just hope its not back to square one on that project. Seems like the saga continues with that project.

Am kind of hoping Journal Square will be the next LIC.

[Crawford]

Groundbreaking is scheduled for Spring 2021. This is finally gonna rise. Took long enough.

[C.]

Both towers are now 710 ft and will be 64 floors.

I remember at one point that One Journal Square was planned to be the second tallest in Jersey City after 99 Hudson: 892 ft and 79 floors.

https://newyorkyimby.com/2016/08/one...ight-bump.html

[Busy Bee]

It's okay, they didnt need to be that tall, JC has plenty of potential many many more towers of this height around Journal Square.

[chris08876]

Mixed-Income ‘Fairview Apartments’ Plus Community Center Could Rise in Jersey City

The Community Builders, a New York nonprofit that owns and manages more than 11,000 apartments throughout the country, is hoping to revitalize irregularly shaped properties at 43-49 Fairview Avenue and 209 Monticello Avenue. Their plan will both tear down and preserve some historic buildings at the site, which the YMCA once used for recreational programs.

To move forward, The Community Builders is seeking authorization to demolish a gymnasium and a racquetball building that date to 1920 and 1950, respectively. The nonprofit’s plan would keep a two-story pool building on the land intact while constructing a nine-story mid-rise dubbed Fairview Apartments on a current parking area.

The new structure, designed by Inglese Architecture & Engineering and set to rise just under 100 feet, would include 92 units. 55% of them, or 50 apartments, would be set aside as affordable housing for residents earning up to 60% of Area Median Income, while the remainder would have market-rate rents.

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Jersey Digs

[chris08876]

Board Approves Plans for Eight-Story Building Along Route 440 in Jersey City, New Renderings Released

Plans by a Florida company to bring an eight-story development alongside a major thoroughfare in Jersey City’s Ward A can now move forward.

The Jersey City Planning Board unanimously approved Fort Lauderdale-based Leontarakis JC-440 Real Estate, LLC’s application with conditions during its meeting on October 13.

Located diagonally across Route 440 from The Home Depot near the Bayfront site, the property is situated on what a recent Jersey City Division of City Planning staff report described as an “island lot” surrounded by the highway, Kellogg Street, and an access road.

If the building ultimately ends up being constructed as approved, it would include 119 one-bedroom units, 35 two-bedroom units, and four three-bedroom units, but the application shows that there would not be any “affordable housing.”

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Jersey Digs

[citybooster]

The design is great, but the rendering makes me laugh because I pass by that site every day going to work. The real site is comparable to an island strip in the middle of a busy highway stretch. No trees or grass... plenty of cars though. Right next though a huge piece of land going to become the Bayfront development. There was a diner that later became a Mexican restaurant located there for decades, and that kind of use of the property seems more organic because it is basically surrounded by roads. I just am having a hard time seeing people really buying into renting at that particular location.

[C.]

Originally Posted by citybooster

The design is great, but the rendering makes me laugh because I pass by that site every day going to work. The real site is comparable to an island strip in the middle of a busy highway stretch. No trees or grass... plenty of cars though. Right next though a huge piece of land going to become the Bayfront development. There was a diner that later became a Mexican restaurant located there for decades, and that kind of use of the property seems more organic because it is basically surrounded by roads. I just am having a hard time seeing people really buying into renting at that particular location.

When Bayfront is close to being 100% built out and the light rail station is operational up the street, I can then see this property potentially work. No way it happens before then.

*EDIT*

It's amazing how out of whack the real estate market is. For malarkey and giggles, I used padmapper to find what nearby properties rent for.

Newer construction
2 bed, 1 bath in Society Hill - $2,200

Older construction
2 bed, 1 bath on West Side Avenue - $1,595 to 1,700

A new construction building will easily get above $1,600 if that's the competition. :-/


All images from JerseyDigs.com

[colemonkee]

I don't know, La Mexicana has architectural preservation and Historic Monument status written all over it...

[NYC2ATX]

Honestly that end of JC has SOOOOO MUCH potential and I, for one, hope this is the first of many such proposals for the area. If they were smart and proactive they would get on to extending the HBLR one more station to serve the area with public transport connections. After all, waterfront is waterfront, and this land is underdeveloped.

You all know anyway that Bayonne already meets the regions exurban strip mall power center needs...ironically also along Rte 440.

[C.]

Happy New Year!

The pandemic has definitely slowed things down, but there have been several cool proposals in the last couple of weeks.

2958 Kennedy Blvd
28 floors, 303 feet, 322 residential units with the bottom 2 floors being retail/commercial. Happy to see that ugly site get redeveloped.
https://goo.gl/maps/C61w3GwVYr3uwKyN6

11-29 Cottage Street
A few doors down the street. 28 floors, 293 feet, 669 units and close to 50,000 sqft of office space. I have no idea if this one was previously announced as part of the Homestead extension. It would be kinda cool if this is in addition to the others.
https://goo.gl/maps/AgqgQmFZ2Gi7RSU46

417-427 Hoboken Avenue
Further down the block is a 27 floor, 293 feet, 584 unit building
https://goo.gl/maps/SLwCA22fLK4gxqVF8 (site might be a little off)

21-29 Van Reipen Avenue
Also another 27 floor, 293 feet, 612 unit building
https://goo.gl/maps/T5WaRyKviFkrWwUX7

It's very cool all these building will be within a 3 (?) minute walk of each other. So how many of the above are duplicates from this image below:


618 Pavonia is on the left, 26-28 Van Reipen is the center, 26 Cottage is on the right.

On first glance.... None of them! This is all new?

[Busy Bee]

Cannnnnnnn yoooooooooou digggggg itt?

[C.]

Just learned that there is a super long-term plan to extend the HBLR from Bayfront across the Hackensack River to Kearny and eventually to Newark Station. There would be two stops in the Ironbound. That would wonders for the interconnectivity of the region. Maybe the system should be remained HELR. It would also help relive pressure off PATH and maybe be a cheaper option for the NJ Transit rider because I think the transfer to HBLR would then be free. Duration from Newark Station to Exchange Place would be around 28 minutes, which is a little longer than the same route on PATH, but it may be faster if heading to Newport or Hoboken since it would eliminate the transfer.

When will this get built? Who knows, but it's a great idea IMO.

[rgarri4]

From my 3D model. I have an future Jersey City animation coming soon on my youtube.