Journal Squared

Client The KRE Group, National Real Estate Advisors
Location Jersey City, NJ
Status Completed in 2024

Journal Squared is a three-tower mixed-use residential development that connects directly into Jersey City's PATH train.

Journal Squared is a new 2.3 million sq.ft. mixed-use development that is designed to be the linchpin in the redevelopment of Journal Square. The project dramatically transforms the traditional back door of the Journal Square PATH station into a new front door with a sweeping pedestrian plaza for community events, pedestrian connections from the surrounding community, 36,000 sq. ft. of retail, and a redesigned Magnolia Avenue into a new public plaza and shared street.

The three-tower project creates a vertical urban village, offering 1,840 rental apartments and 100,000 square feet of amenities distributed across an interconnected 8th-floor podium that links all three buildings, fostering a sense of community between towers. Amenities include a gym, yoga room, kids' room, library, screening room, WiFi lounge, sundeck, and outdoor pool. A Sky Lounge on the 53rd floor of Tower 1 offers all residents a communal dining table, projector screen, and seating areas surrounded by panoramic views of Manhattan and Jersey City.

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Journal Squared is one of the first large-scale high-rise residential developments to take advantage of the area's rezoning.

The tower massing steps back as it rises, clad with a grid of white metal panels and punched windows. Thin metal panels in various shades of blue flag the windows on alternating sides, while several large vertical strips of glazing run through the tower, further breaking down the larger form.

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Scope

Design Architect Architect of Record Interior Designer

Project Team

Gary Handel Amar Sen Jonathan Morefield Soyae Baek Solène Clavel Seth Riseman Ankur Verma Emil Stojakovic Ignacio Iratchet Amaory Portorreal Ann Chai Beidi Zhan Carolina Clemente Constance Chang Eric Tan Erica Alonzo Hyungjoon Kim Joy Liu Mark Lien Matthew Haseltine Nubia Garcia Peter Travis Robert Nagy Sina Mesdaghi Tamara Hinojosa Wook Kang Yuan-Yu Chen

Design Partner(s)

Associate Architect - Hollwich Kushner Associate Interior Designer - Major

Photography

Michael Moran QuallsBenson Mike Van Tassell