Construction is nearing completion on 505 Summit Avenue, a 54-story residential skyscraper in Journal Square, Jersey City. Designed by HLW International and developed by Panepinto Properties, the 577-foot-tall structure will yield 605 rental units and 4,000 square feet of ground-level retail space. The property is bounded by the three-tower Journal Squared complex to the north, the Journal Square PATH station and rail tracks to the south and west, and Summit Avenue to the east.
Exterior work progressed rapidly following 505 Summit Avenue’s topping-out ceremony at the end of May. The following photos show the finished appearance of the façade, which is composed of a glazed aluminum curtain wall system with beige and black paneling. The only sections awaiting completion are the ground floor and the gap in the eastern elevation where the hoist was anchored until its dismantling last week. Interiors should also be closing in on completion.
501 Summit Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
501 Summit Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
501 Summit Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
501 Summit Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
501 Summit Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
501 Summit Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
501 Summit Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
501 Summit Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
501 Summit Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
501 Summit Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
501 Summit Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
501 Summit Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
501 Summit Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
Rental units will be offered in studio- to three-bedroom layouts. Residential amenities will include an outdoor terrace with a swimming pool and barbecue grilling stations, a residential lounge, coworking spaces, a fitness center, sports simulator, as well as a public plaza, a parking garage, and 304 bicycle parking spots.
The development is located directly south of the Journal Square PATH station.
The project was anticipated to cost $388 million and create more than 2,000 construction and operations jobs. Leasing is set to begin in spring 2026.
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Looks like a fourth wheel crashed the Journal Square Triplet party. It should have been shorter to work with the composition. I hope this area doesn’t become a table top of 50ish story buildings.
I think it looks nice. No problem with 50 story buildings.
Yes, actually I think a ‘forest’ of these 50 story jobs will be a better look than one or two of them sticking out from surrounding two story buildings.
100% agree.
Although the cantilevers kind of mess it up, overall this is a very good design and really well detailed. Journal Square becoming a residential tower cluster makes a lot of sense.
I think Jersey City has more 50+ story buildings than most US cities.
Jersey City stealing hard working tax paying New Yorker one tower at a time.
Any “affordable” housing requirements for the self entitled mooching class?
just housing near the city center for those who work hard and actually pay their own way.
what a concept.
and yes build more.
Journal square was and is still a. dump, but it has the PATH train.
we should all take a lesson. downtown Jamaica should be another version of jersey city – with tall towers near all that mass transit.
without getting into the political of race, gentrification, money , etc.
I like it. It’s dark and moody compared to It’s light and airy neighbors
The salt and pepper building.