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Originally Posted by Hamilton
^^^ It's not a new development. It's the same microapartment project I posted about a few posts up...it went before the Planning Board on Tuesday. The lawyer for the developer explained that it's basically the same as the plan that had already been approved, except that the residential is moved up by 2 floors to accommodate the offices. And now the residential component is branded as 'co-living' and studios rather than 'microapartments.' Also the facade got a redesign (much improved) courtesy of C3D Architects.
EDIT: I saw someone also posted about 17 Perrine after I posted about it. Can someone post to let me know if my posts are showing up?
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I accidentally missed your post. Your images are showing up fine.
I do have new news regarding the towers planned for west of the Loew's Theater in Journal Square. It's being referred to as Zone 10 and it's part of a newly envisioned Cultural Arts District. It's very ambitious, and I think city leaders are taking a bit of a gamble on this plan as there are a few moving parts that need to fall into place so it can work.
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Zone 10: Cultural Arts District
1) Purpose: This zone is to intended to create a new cultural arts district, connecting Journal Square to Mana Contemporary and the growing cultural community surrounding these developments. The zone will provide bonuses for newly built cultural facilities and public open space connections between them. To accommodate the cultural facilities and site development, infrastructure improvements to facilitate public access to rail transit and pedestrian connections through the area are required.
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"Studio V Architecture rendering of what the alley next to the Landmark Loew's Jersey Theatre in Jersey City could look like after the area is redeveloped. Courtesy of Jersey City" from
nj.com
There is a very soft height limit of 37 floors for two towers. The height limit can be greatly exceeded depending on the amount of cultural facilities constructed by the developer, at a ratio of 20:1 sqft. A developer can build a theater, art gallery, art studio, dance\rehearsal studio, museum, or library on one of the other three sites located in Zone 10, which would qualify for the density bonus. One of the sites allows "retail sales of goods or services," to qualify for the bonus, which could be interpreted as a multi-story public market?
For example, a 100,000 sqft theater would allow 2,000,000 sqft of residential (or office) density
above the 37 floor limit. For reference, the Hudson County Community College library down the street represents 112,500 sqft. There is also a sizable density bonus, adding an additional 8:1 ratio, if the cultural facitiltcity also includes a rooftop space open to the public. (Me things someone at the city loves rooftop bars with a view.)
It's all a little abstract thus far. It's a very clever way of incentivizing an arts district in exchange for unlimited density potential.
It will be an interesting one to watch. My guess is some of the other residential towers will have to be completed and leased up before this one. If the other developments are widely successful, the buildings on Zone 10 could reach for the sky.
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