For years, a large parking lot on the corner of Christopher Columbus Drive and Barrow Street has been a convenient option for motorists looking to access Downtown amenities or to grab a Path train at Grove Street. This week the lot closed for good to make way for a condo development, potentially exacerbating a shortage […]
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City Takes Steps to Rein in Own Spending and to Help Beleaguered Renters
As Jersey City continues to suffer growing pains reflected by a surging municipal budget and the fastest growing rents in the New York City metropolitan area, the city’s municipal government spurred in part by Ward E Councilman James Solomon is taking steps aimed at reining in both. On January 25, the city rolled out a buyout offer […]
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Council Narrowly Approves Construction Agreement for SciTech Scity High School
With only four City Council members in favor, the council on Wednesday approved a resolution authorizing a project development agreement for construction of SciTech Scity, the STEM-focused high school to be built adjacent to Liberty Science Center and run by the Hudson County School of Technology. Parties to the agreement include the city, Hudson County, the […]
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City Council to Consider New Journal Square Skyscraper
At its meeting on Nov. 28, the Jersey City Municipal Council introduced an ordinance that would allow for the construction of a new skyscraper in Journal Square: a 35-story building at 701 Newark Ave. where there is currently a parking lot. Requested by city business administrator John Metro, the ordinance would amend the Journal Square 2060 […]
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JCMUA Provides Update on Replacing Lead Water Lines
The Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority updated the City Council on Nov. 22 on its plan to replace 16,000 water lines in Jersey City that are lined with or made of lead. In February the utility had announced plans to replace approximately 1,000 of the lines per year. That work has begun, according to JCMUA executive director Joseph […]
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The Pompidou Centre is Unnecessary
A European star was coming to Jersey City. Rem Koolhaas, a Pritzker Prize-winning architect and one of Time Magazine’s 2008 picks for the world’s most influential people, announced his intention to build a fifty story tower on the lot that was once home to the Arts Center at 111 First Street. Architecture News wrote that Koolhaas’s interest […]
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Housing Authority Acquires Bergen-Lafayette Building for Affordable Units
The Jersey City Housing Authority will partner with Jersey City’s Division of Community Development to purchase a 40-unit building in Bergen-Lafayette which will be converted to 100% affordable JCHA units. Located at 450 Martin Luther King Drive, the building significantly expands affordable housing opportunities for families most in need with federally subsidized public housing units that […]
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Renovated McGinley Square YMCA now Apartments for the Formerly Homeless
One-Time McGinley Square YMCA Now Apartments for the Formerly Homeless Mayor Steven M. Fulop joined The Community Builders and the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency today to celebrate the grand opening of Bergenview Apartments, a supportive housing development at 654 Bergen Avenue in McGinley Square that was once a YMCA. Still designated a historic property, […]
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Fulop Claims Vindication in Dismissal of Steel Tech Lawsuit
The Fulop administration is claiming victory following the plaintiffs’ voluntary dismissal of a lawsuit involving a controversial Bergen-Lafayette residential development called Morris Canal Manor. “While this baseless lawsuit has done a tremendous disservice to our community, it is my hope that residents now hear the full truth with the court’s dismissal so that we can […]
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Single Family Homes a Scarce Commodity in Jersey City
If you’re looking to buy a single-family home, you might want to look elsewhere. According to a new study, in 2021, of all midsize U.S. cities, Jersey City had the smallest percentage of home purchases that were single-family. The analysis from Inspection Support Network, a maker of “software-based tools and solutions for residential, insurance and […]