Jersey City

Less than three months after the official ribbon cutting, the Baker Building is nearly 80% leased. The 83-unit rental building in Lafayette, a neighborhood largely skipped over by developers over the last two decades, the project was a beacon of the area’s revitalization. Considering the robust leasing activity, it seems Point Capital Development struck the right chord.

Coldwell Banker Jersey City is officially up and running at their new home on the Newark Ave Pedestrian Mall. They celebrated the move yesterday with a ribbon cutting attended by Mayor Steven Fulop as well as officials from NRT, Coldwell Banker’s parent company.

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TEDx, the localized spinoff of the popular TED talks, will be returning to Jersey City this December for its fourth year.

The former All Saints School, built in 1897, at 305 Whiton Street in the Lafayette area of Jersey has recently been converted into 25 market-rate and affordable condos.

After years of being centered around tony waterfront addresses, Jersey City’s revitalization has recently become more evenly distributed throughout the city. Now, one of the most neglected corridors could see its own revitalization.

Mack-Cali is making major capital investments along the waterfront in the retail, commercial, residential, and public spaces to create a “pedestrian-friendly urban landscape at the water’s edge” and a real “live work play” neighborhood.

The Jersey City Redevelopment Agency has filed a lawsuit over a vacant warehouse at 125 Monitor Street as part of their ongoing effort to see residential reuse of the building.

Demolition crews took down three buildings last week to make room for a 16-unit mixed-use development along Palisade Avenue in The Heights.