One of the last stretches of vacant land on the Jersey City waterfront is now home to the clattering of pile driving as work to build a new 47-story story tower has officially begun.
Last June, Jersey City’s Planning Board approved a plan for 20 Long Slip. The property, owned by LeFrak, abuts the trackage for the Hudson Bergen Light Rail system and essentially backs up against the Hoboken border.
Designed by New York-based Arquitectonica with Executive Architect work by Hill West, 20 Long Slip is set to top out at 526 feet and include 530 residential units with no affordable housing component. The apartments at the development will skew a bit smaller, with 298 sporting one bedrooms.
The remainder of the living spaces will consist of 180 two-bedrooms, 49 three-bedrooms, and two four-bedroom units. Most of the residential units will have balcony spaces that take advantage of the views, with many corner residences in the project including outdoor spaces spanning over 500 square feet.
The sixth floor at the project will be devoted to amenities that include a 2,730-square-foot wraparound terrace spanning the entire east side of the property. Other perks on the floor will include a 1,348-square-foot game room, a 2,087-square-foot clubhouse, a 1,500-square-foot co-working space, and a 2,200-square-foot fitness center.
20 Long Slip sports a glass-heavy design in keeping with several of LeFrak’s more recent Newport projects and nighttime renderings of the project show illumination of the balconies.
The development is additionally set to contribute retail space to the neighborhood, with 2,364 square feet on the ground floor facing what will be a future 18th Street extension that will be constructed as part of the work. LeFrak anticipates the completion of 20 Long Slip sometime during the fourth quarter of 2027.
The development represents the first phase of LeFrak’s plan that will add three buildings and over 1,110 units to the area known as Newport’s Northeast Quadrant. Two more buildings can be built as of right under current zoning for the future phases, but no approvals are in place for those portions just yet.
