Revitalization

Months of delays have ended with Jersey City’s council approving $6.7 million to overhaul a two-block stretch with granite pavers and a variety of improvements including a stage, additional seating areas, and green infrastructure.

The borough has hired a global design firm to help craft a vision for a vibrant core.

Several companies are bringing over 3,000 housing units, a 1.5-acre park, and more than 73,000 square feet of retail space to a post-industrial neighborhood near the Hoboken border.

Blue Onyx Companies is plotting to convert seven old mill buildings into a vibrant mixed-use environment that will create a riverfront walkway that better connects the neighborhood to Great Falls National Park.

Liberty Science Center has raised over $21 million towards an ambitious plan to bring research space, housing, a K-12 science school, parks, and more to 14 acres of land just outside of Liberty State Park.

An 11-story facility that will rise on the corner of Kearney Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard will further consolidate the city’s government into the Jackson Square complex.

The iconic Holmdel property has been adaptively reused into a “metroburb” that blends historic features into a bustling modern setting.

A stalled office and retail project from KABR Group has been revamped with a new look and extended upward by two additional stories.

To fund the endeavor, owners of properties with over five units will pay a new assessment that’s set to kick in later this year.

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