36 Journal Square Plaza - The Journal
Woods Bagot · Jersey City · 2025
Southwest corner from Sip Avenue.
Construction has wrapped up at Kushner’s two-tower residential rental development in the Journal Square neighborhood of Jersey City, New Jersey. Designed by Woods Bagot, the development sits adjacent to the Journal Square PATH station at its southern perimeter. Between the two towers the development offers 1,723 residential units ranging in size from studios to three-bedrooms.
Looking up at the west facade from Bergen Avenue.
The two 65-story towers and shared podium are clad in a blue glass curtain wall.
Residential entry.
Residential lobby.
Residential lobby.
Amenities
Residents have access to the Journal Club, a large assortment of amenities located at the base of the two towers. Amenities focused on heath and wellness include a fitness center, indoor basketball court, rock climbing wall, golf simulator, bowling lanes, yoga/barre studio, indoor pool and cold plunge, sauna and steam rooms, and outdoor pool and deck. On the entertainment and productivity side, there is a screening room, sports lounge, game room, party room, kids’ club, coworking lounge, library, and two rooftop terraces.
Model Residences
Architect: Woods Bagot; Interior Design: 11 Fifty Nine; Structural Engineer: WSP; Landscape Architect: OSD; General Contractor: AJD Construction; Developer: Kushner; Program: Residential Rental, Retail; Location: Journal Square, New Jersey; Completion: 2025.
Construction Update: Journal Squared Tower 3
Facade installation is nearing completion at the third and final tower of KRE Group and National Real Estate Advisors’ Journal Squared, a 2.3 million square feet mixed use development in the Journal Square neighborhood of Jersey City. Designed by Handel Architects and HWKN, the 60-story tower is clad in the same grid of white metal panels and punched windows as the two adjacent towers from earlier phases. Also present is the alternating blue flagging at the windows and the signature vertical glazing strips that rip through the gridded tower facades.
When completed in the first quarter of 2024, the tower will offer 598 rental residences and an additional 18,000 square feet of amenities to the large collection already present in the first two towers.
Architects: Hollwich Kushner (HWKN) and Handel Architects; Developers: KRE (Kushner Real Estate Group) and National Real Estate Advisors, a division of NEBF; Structural Engineer: WSP; Mechanical Engineer: Barone Engineering Associates; Building Envelope Consultant: Israel Berger & Associates; Landscape Architect: Melillo + Bauer Associates, Inc.; Identity: Bruce Mau Design; Program: Residential, Retail, and Parking; Location: Jersey City, New Jersey; Completion: 2017 (Phase One), 2020 (Phase Two), 2024 (Phase Three).
Tour: 485 Marin
East facade from Marin Boulevard.
Construction has wrapped up at 485 Marin, KRE Group’s 18-story residential rental building in Jersey City’s Hamilton Park neighborhood. As the largest rental building in the neighborhood, the project offers 397 units, ranging in size from studios to 3-bedrooms.
Looking up at the residential entry canopy at the east facade.
Hollwich Kushner has designed the brick clad building with a stepped massing at the center which allows for a view corridor for the surrounding neighborhood and terraces facing north and south, with views to Midtown and Lower Manhattan.
East facade detail.
Residential entry from Marin Boulevard.
Residential lobby.
Amenities
Residents have access to a range of amenities including a fitness center, private dining room, screening room, a 5th floor lounge and connected outdoor amenity deck with a swimming pool, sunbathing areas, and grilling stations. Marin Green, a new public park provided by the building’s developer, has also recently opened on the west side of the building. The Melillo & Bauer Associates designed park includes a lawn, cafe-style seating, children’s play area, and dog park.
Marin Green park.
Model Residences
Interior are designed by Christopher Stevens and feature open floor plans with rustic oak -style wood flooring, large picture windows, quartz stone kitchen and bath countertops, Grohe kitchen fixtures, Whirlpool appliances, and Kohler bathroom fixtures.
Kitchen and living room.
Bedroom.
Bathroom.
Residential terraces.
View towards Midtown from a residential terrace.
Architect: Hollwich Kushner (Design Architect, Marchetto Higgins Stieve Architects (Architect of Record); Interiors: Christopher Stevens; Client: KRE Group; Program: Residential Rentals; Location: Hamilton Park, Jersey City, NJ; Completion: 2018.
