# JERSEY CITY | 629 Newark Ave/8 Lott St (Park Tower) | 545 FT | 47 FLOORS **URL:** \ **Category:** Under Construction\ **Created:** [February 13, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257 "2025-02-13T18:01:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mtoltethys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mtoltethys/32/30087_2.png) [@mtoltethys](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mtoltethys)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257/1 "2025-02-13T18:01:13Z")
New Journal Square tower ![IMG_9299](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/1/8/18a30f2764bd24b47b2d183c08f12f788c13945d.jpeg) [https://www.multihousingnews.com/namdar-group-secures-390m-for-jersey-city-development/](https://www.multihousingnews.com/namdar-group-secures-390m-for-jersey-city-development/) ---
**Author:** ![apophenic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@apophenic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/apophenic)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257/2 "2025-02-13T19:17:55Z")
Last September I obtained some other renderings of this one but was holding off on posting them. The city at the time was requiring them to retain the facade of a building at the corner of Newark and Central Ave, which looked pretty silly. Looks like that’s gone by the wayside now with this latest rendering. ![Screenshot 2025-02-13 at 2.16.39 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/a/eabd14e93e73c591f97a0a1a9fca8384f20b6a39.jpeg) ![Screenshot 2025-02-13 at 2.16.22 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/5/35d6da91d46009ab6b96da3e8e70d4ca2abde083.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![apophenic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@apophenic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/apophenic)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257/3 "2025-02-13T19:18:47Z")
BTW, this is just the beginning. Namdar has another three towers in the 47-51-story range planned for Journal Square. Plans will probably come out in the next 2 or 3 months. ---
**Author:** ![Alemel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/alemel/32/91966_2.png) [@Alemel](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Alemel)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257/4 "2025-02-13T19:19:43Z")
Journal Square right now ![queen](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/5/d59f77804a9b59fc70d63a3e7a39eb6b3db69429.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![s2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/s2000/32/176736_2.png) [@s2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/s2000)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257/5 "2025-02-13T20:03:02Z")
Very nice. Hopefully all the development causes the surrounding areas to improve aesthetically. ---
**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257/6 "2025-02-14T01:18:37Z")
Built this ---
**Author:** ![nuplex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85e7bf/32.png) [@nuplex](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/nuplex)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257/7 "2025-02-14T23:27:53Z")
Looks like they want to build a Jersey City “Central Park Tower” sort of thing. Given the name and that it will be directly across from the new Courthouse Park ---
**Author:** ![apophenic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@apophenic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/apophenic)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257/9 "2025-04-03T23:11:00Z")
As of documents I saw 2 weeks ago (March 14), the plan was still for 1,151 apartments and office uses, but a planning board filing from today shows a minor of a reconfiguration. Now 1,141 apartments, and 15 hotel rooms instead of office. > Forty-seven (47) story mixed use tower consisting of 1141 dwelling units, hotel containing 15 rooms, 3,921 sq. ft. of ground floor retail and other site improvements. ---
**Author:** ![nuplex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85e7bf/32.png) [@nuplex](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/nuplex)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 6:30am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257/10 "2025-04-05T06:30:52Z")
Interesting reconfiguration. Struggling to think of what sort of profitable hotel only has 15 rooms haha ---
**Author:** ![apophenic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@apophenic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/apophenic)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257/11 "2025-06-20T02:12:46Z")
More boring rendering. Dont know which one the final design is. ![002](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/a/5a629603f60a7ecb4421224b70e37e93942e3b1d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![oddnature](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19b73/32.png) [@oddnature](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/oddnature)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 4:04am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257/12 "2025-06-20T04:04:35Z")
Slightly is an understatement. Then again, the initial rendering wasn’t so great either. I’m hoping this isn’t final. ---
**Author:** ![jcjsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@jcjsq](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/jcjsq)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257/13 "2025-06-20T04:24:27Z")
Looks very similar to 9 Homestead Place. Hopefully the final one can be much better. ---
**Author:** ![nuplex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85e7bf/32.png) [@nuplex](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/nuplex)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257/14 "2025-06-20T14:13:36Z")
Unfortunately Namdar is very much a “value-engineering” shop. This is almost certainly the final design. It aligns exactly with their existing builds. All that said. I am also hoping someone reconsiders. Maybe remove thos awful PTACs? I can dream I guess. ---
**Author:** ![apophenic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@apophenic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/apophenic)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257/15 "2025-09-25T21:11:02Z")
Some of the houses onsite are being cleared. We are still years away from construction though. The plans have not even been heard by the Planning Board yet. ![IMG_20250925_153325](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/e/de8f2967243e446304235e851233e50656a98394.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![the726](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/the726/32/13225_2.png) [@the726](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/the726)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257/16 "2026-04-08T02:46:57Z")
This project went before the Planning Board on March 24th. So things are cooking. ---
**Author:** ![maishih717](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@maishih717](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/maishih717)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257/17 "2026-06-12T01:24:29Z")
Approved by the Planning Board for 47 stories, 502 feet and 1049 units (105 affordable). No car parking, 523 bicycle parking spaces. Also the first three stories look pretty interesting, they’re preserving a historic building as part of the facade per the rendering even if the rest of the building is bland. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/f/2f806bc189d06bf02cc818b6e268b5ff03e9a4dd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![baronson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/baronson/32/190290_2.png) [@baronson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/baronson)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257/18 "2026-06-12T02:25:19Z")
I was so confused on the rendering but it looks like the left side of the base is not something old. I was wondering what was so historic about preserving that but it’s actually a new facade. The only preservation is like the top half of the corner building facing Newark Ave and a little bit on Central Ave. From Apple Maps: ![IMG_3801](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/2/822115840cfbafa5c36f34468d40763187f890d5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Itspaul](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/itspaul/32/172945_2.png) [@Itspaul](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Itspaul)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257/19 "2026-06-12T03:05:10Z")
Wish it would have a brick facade to the right of the incorporated building here. Looks pretty inelegant now with the glass. ---
**Author:** ![the726](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/the726/32/13225_2.png) [@the726](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/the726)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257/20 "2026-06-12T05:31:31Z")
I wish they carried that brick design to the top. It’s just a sad glass box that will face a new park in a few years right across the street… ---
**Author:** ![apophenic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@apophenic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/apophenic)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257/21 "2026-08-12T23:29:40Z")
I am concerned city staff mistakenly thought the tacky pink stucco facade on the side was original and forced them to preserve it, along with the clearly original front facade. 😬 [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jersey-city-629-newark-ave-8-lott-st-park-tower-545-ft-47-floors/24257.md?page=2)