Proposal

The planning board will be taking additional testimony later this month on the 344-unit project, which has several hurdles to clear before moving forward.

While two ordinances designed to curb the “night-club driven entertainment district” along Newark Avenue didn’t move forward, an informal committee will now meet to discuss possible changes.

A two-block stretch currently occupied by a vacant factory could be replaced with a residential, commercial, and retail development that’s in the early phases.

Pegasus Partners recently purchased the land and are looking to build a 24-story development that includes a 20% affordable housing component.

Two community associations have penned a letter opposing the 2,360-unit plan, while two other groups support the proposal due to affordable housing and public benefits that are included.

A lawsuit seeking to void a development’s approvals has sparked a project re-design that better conforms with existing zoning but eliminates all off-street parking spots.

Owners of properties with commercial space would pay a new assessment under the arrangement, which was formally presented to the city council last week.

Dueling inclusionary zoning ordinances and a large affordable component that could be included in the Bayfront development have created optimism that officials might address a longstanding issue.

Still in the early conceptual phase, the massive project would transform one of downtown Jersey City's last remaining industrial sections. In order to build it, the developer is ready to provide huge givebacks to the community.

A few years after embracing short-term rentals, the city council is weighing an ordinance that would place heavy restrictions on them in the name of combating a housing shortage.