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Renting Beats Buying (Or Not)The Times wants you to buy an apartment because its super cheap. Cops Smell Leak Diesel leaks from a tank at the Marina in Newport.

Renting Beats Buying (Or Not)The Times wants you to buy an apartment because its super cheap. Cops Smell Leak Diesel leaks from a tank at the Marina in Newport.
Two weeks after AXA Insurance announced leasing 245,000 square feet at Newport Tower in Newport, the Jersey Journal reminds us once again why newsprint is so last century. Next week, Dewey defeats Truman.
Hoboken Now is reporting that NJ Transit will officially break ground on the long overdue connection between Hoboken and Jersey City waterfront. The walkway, a grand park along the Hudson River that one day could theoretically connect Bayonne to the foot of the George Washington Bridge is being built in pieces. Private developers are compelled […]
The Real Deal reports that Manhattan’s Downtown office market is tighter than Midtown’s for the first time since September 11th. This could be good news for Jersey City’s commercial real estate market, a mere five minute subway ride from the downtown. While midtown office rents steadily rose over the last few years, Jersey City benefits […]
NuVision, the communication company contracted to provide services in Newport, announced Shore’s 216 South Tower residents can look forward to poor customer service and sporadic outages. Newport’s other 4,660 apartments already have NuVision service.
New York based AXA insurance signed a 15 year lease for nearly 250,000 square feet of space in Newport Tower, reports CoStar Group. The lease begins next year. Newport Tower is the center piece of Lefrak’s office towers in Newport, standing 36 stories and completed in 1991.
Monaco Towers, a major residential tower on Washington Blvd and Sixth Street, kinda, sorta broke ground last June. After a few pilings found their way into the ground, construction stopped– and the credit market had a melt down. The towers, originally planned as a condominium project has since become a rental project. Hudson Now reported […]
For some, the arrival of a Starbucks on Grove Street means Jersey City has finally arrived. Or, Jersey City is officially over. Either way, another Starbucks is also set to open near exchange place. So is Cosi. And Van Houtte Cafe. Cosi’s arrival was announced last March, but only recently have signs gone up in […]
The Journal reports Newport’s skating rink is set to open on Wednesday following the lighting of the Newport Christmas Tree. Beginning at 6:30, skating will be free for two hours. After tomorrow though, skates and rink time will cost $5 weeknights and $6 on weekends. By contrast, skating at Bryant Park (42nd St and 5th […]
MSTI Holdings (NuVisions) Enhances Customer Experience at NewportNewport communications infrastructure improved. Aqua PhotosBlogger Jersey City Construction beats the Newport rent-a-cops and snaps photos of the now 31 story Aqua and the new skating rink.