The Jersey City Planning Board rental approved plans for 72 Montgomery Street, an upcoming 56-story residential skyscraper in downtown Jersey City, New Jersey. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by KRE Group, the 648-foot-tall structure will yield 600 rental apartments in studio to three-bedroom layouts, 2,788 square feet of ground-floor retail space, and 181 enclosed parking spaces on the lower levels. The nearly 2-acre site is bound by Christopher Columbus Drive to the north, Montgomery Street to the south, Greene Street to the east, and the Battery View Senior Citizen Housing complex to the immediate west.
New rendering above depicts the lower portion of the project from the northwest along Christopher Columbus Drive. The podium is shown enclosed in brown brick with metal screens for the parking garage, and is adorned with hanging vegetation and a multistory green wall on the western elevation. A set of irregularly spaced perimeter columns separate the base and the main glass-clad tower above, creating an outdoor terrace space. The chamfered edge on the northern corner will feature space for signage.
The following rendering offers a closer look at the detail in the brickwork, which includes a stepped pattern in the grid and an inverted arch motif at the top that complements the use of arched windows on the ground floor.
Rendering courtesy of Handel Architects.
The site for 72 Montgomery Street is part of a zoning change issued by the city last year and includes the adjacent age-restricted senior housing facility on the same city block. Around half of the existing surface-level parking lot would be permanently removed and replaced by the new residential building, a 13,198-square-foot public green space along Christopher Columbus Drive, and a new through-lot road running between the two structures for access to the garage podium. Below is a plan that highlights the proposed changes to the lot. Twenty-four parking spots for the Battery View Senior Citizen Housing property will be preserved.
72 Montgomery Street. Designed by Handel Architects.
The residential program will include 134 studios, 248 one-bedrooms, 184 two-bedrooms, and 34 three-bedroom units. Fifteen percent, or 90 units, will be dedicated to affordable housing. Amenities will include an outdoor rooftop swimming pool and a park with landscaping, a dog run, and open lawns as seen in the three renderings below.
Rendering courtesy of Handel Architects.
Rendering courtesy of Handel Architects.
Rendering courtesy of Handel Architects.
No renderings have been revealed that showcase the full skyscraper, apart from the below axonometric diagram. This drawing shows the building rising uniformly to nearly 600 feet, followed by a series of stepped volumes comprising the MEP bulkhead.
72 Montgomery Street. Designed by Handel Architects.
Jersey City’s Planning Board reviewed two applications for the project on Tuesday, February 4. The first regarded the subdivision of the city block into two sections separating the open space component from the towers, and the second addressed the tower application, seeking eight total variances from the current zoning.
A proposed construction timeline for 72 Montgomery Street has yet to be announced.
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Very nice. So much better details in your article than what Jersey Digs shared… Thank you!
These enclosed parking spaces are atrocious. This is what skyscrapers look like in Chicago and it deadens the pedestrian experience. Could fit another 30 units and improve the base on this design by reducing parking
Would you rather see ugly bare concrete instead of the brickwork that the designers thoughtfully considered for the parking garage?
They’d rather see no parking at all goofball read the comment
Consider the parking lot that is almost under the foundation of the edifice, there is moderate risk in restricted areas: Thanks.
While the garage will add pollution and congestion, it’s a bit ironic it’s the better design compared to the glass box tacked onto the top. Mostly it’s just all a bit weird.
Anyone who thinks those planters will actually be there is insane, the parking podium will look terrible I assure you
How depressing that it’ll block all those windows at the senior housing… imagine a brand new brick wall 20 ft away being the last view you’d have
Jersey City building more housing than Manhattan.