Hoboken Condo Building Sold as Rental Complex

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Thursday, March 13th, 2008 | Hoboken | 1,140 views | Permalink |

Originally intended to be a condominium building, 1000 Jefferson was sold as a rental complex after the real estate market softened, reports Trading Markets.com. While the rest of the country has suffered dramatic depreciation in real estate values over the last year, New York and the urban neighborhoods surrounding the city have claimed immunity. However, […]

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Gourmet Chinese Restaurant Set to Open This Week

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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 | Dining, Grove Street | 1,039 views | Permalink |

Grand Sichuan bought Grove Street noodle shop DJ Garden (pictured below) a few months back and now are in the process of renovating the restaurant. Grand Sichuan promises genuine Sichuan cuisine, and should be open March 13th. Grand Sichuan via JC List

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Signal Failure Exposes Vulnerabilities

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Monday, March 10th, 2008 | Transportation | 1,040 views | Permalink |

Saturday night, for two hours, a catastrophic signal failure suspended all PATH services severing connections between Jersey City and New York. Around nine o’clock, the last train for two hours limped into the Grove Street station a few feet at a time while nervous New Yorkers looked on in horror. For two hours, the Hudson […]

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McMansion Builders Turn to McSkyscrapers

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Monday, March 10th, 2008 | Hoboken, Jersey City | 1,352 views | Permalink |

Toll Brothers and K. Hovnanian get a reach around from CNN Money. Always on top of the news, CNN has broken the story that condominium towers cost more and carry more risk than single family homes. Gleaning the most interesting bits from the article: 25% of 77 Hudson is sold85% of 700 Grove has sold […]

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Powerhouses Are Awesome Says NYTimes

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Sunday, March 9th, 2008 | PAD | 1,415 views | Permalink |

Jersey Cityzens may like to think of the powerhouse as the powerhouse, but as the NY Times reports, other nearby powerhouses can be just as cool. Most importantly though, Jersey City’s powerhouse, long awaiting a debut into polite society is finally starting to move forward with renovations. The four year process relocating the PATH substation […]

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Retail Happenings

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Friday, March 7th, 2008 | Dining, Grove Street, Hamilton Park | 1,788 views | Permalink |

Duane Reade Now HiringThe long awaited Duane Reade planned for retail space in the Grove Pointe apartment tower may soon be opening its doors. The retail space along Newark Avenue, just west of the condominium entrance, is now donning the tell tale “Duane Reade Red” trim on interior walls and columns. And of course, there […]

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Coffee Chain Coming to Dixon Mills

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Thursday, March 6th, 2008 | Dining, Van Vorst | 1,304 views | Permalink |

Port City Java, a smaller national coffee retailer is set to open a downtown Jersey City location as noted by QSR Magazine. The new location is set to open a franchise at 158 Wayne Street near the Dixon Mills complex.

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Ox Impresses NY Times, Us

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Monday, March 3rd, 2008 | Dining, Newark Ave | 1,069 views | Permalink |

The New York times ran a review of the Newark Avenue eatery that was nothing less than stellar. Ox opened last year on what is still a rather derelict section of Newark Avenue. The only thing we think the Times got wrong is the desserts. Ox’s savory food can’t be beat downtown, but for dessert, […]

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PATH Turns 100

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Monday, February 25th, 2008 | Transportation | 1,017 views | Permalink |

Today marked 100 years of PATH service connecting Manhattan and New Jersey through tubes under the Hudson River. Devised as a service to connect passengers arriving on the banks of the Hudson River with destinations in Manhattan, the original Hudson and Manhattan Railroad linked up with terminus stations of the Lackawanna, Erie and Pennsylvania railroads. […]

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Weekend Photo Update

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Monday, February 25th, 2008 | Jersey City | 984 views | Permalink |

77 Hudson StreetLiberty Harbor NorthLofts at Liberty Harbor296 Grand StreetIvy HouseCrystal PointeTrump TowerWestin Hotel Tower

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