Tag: journal square

Yesterday, officials from The KABR Group and Jersey City came together for a ceremonial ground breaking on a new 5-floor rental building at 720-726 Bergen Avenue in Jersey City’s McGinley Square neighborhood. The project is the first major residential development in the area in decades.

The question of why the Loew's Journal Square has been unable to undergo a Kings Theater (Brooklyn) style full renovation under the Fulop administration (or prior administrations) and become a cultural destination with more jobs and year-round programming, is a complex one. We caught up with Friends of Loew's to get the scoop.

After years of plans, designs, false starts and a few broken hearts, the long-vacant lot at One Journal Square has both a reputable developer and an approved, supersized plan, plus another approved project across the street at an iconic building for good measure.

Jersey City’s west side has another approved development in the works, one that will replace both a beloved local restaurant and a relic of the city’s industrial age with new construction for the 21st century.

If you’re one of the holdouts still doubting Journal Square’s revitalization, maybe this will convince you - a Starbucks is in the works for the Journal Square PATH station.

We’ve heard rumblings about this for a few months now but were waiting on independent verification, well now we have it. The Real Deal reports that WeWork is planning to bring its WeLive concept to their upcoming location at One Journal Square.

Jersey City’s hometown coffee roaster Modcup is opening up it’s long awaited 25 Senate Place location today. The announcement on their Facebook page indicates a soft opening all week

Speculation around a new 42-story tower at 500 Summit Avenue in Journal Square was ongoing since 2014 when erroneous reports came out that HAP bought the property. Now, the deal officially closed on June 1st.

Jersey City regularly ranks as one of the most diverse cities in the US. In honor of this, we decided to visit the India Square subsection of Journal Square for this week’s Weekend Walk.

City Council just approved a 25-year tax abatement for Journal Square Lofts. The adaptive reuse project will restore a 100-year-old building into 40 loft style apartments.