Harrison Redevelopment

**Nexis4Jersey** · December 30th, 2011, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by tbal

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This 20-story luxury rental apartment building + 5-story parking structure was proposed last week for the site bounded by Harrison Ave to the North, Dey Street to the East, Warren Street to the South, and the Passaic River to the West. Being the owner of a condo in Riverpark, I sure hope that they tweak the base of the tower to blend in with the Riverpark buildings, and I'm also hoping that they fill in the entire block with the parking structure and add retail to the base so that we have a contiguous streetscape. This project is probably at least 5 years away from beginning construction, so I'm hoping our condo association can get the design modified for the benefit of the community.

What an idiotic proposal , it doesn't even fit into the surrounding area....put that over in Newark...

**tbal** · December 30th, 2011, 11:00 PM

I couldn't agree more, N4J. Like I said, I don't think this will go U/C for awhile, but if Steiner is aiming for a different market segment than the other redevelopers - perhaps Rutgers Business School, NJIT, and Seton Hall Law students - they definitely might try to push this project through the pipeline sooner rather than hold off.

btw - great photos. The second one truly shows how the retail with its lighting really brings the streetscape to life. I can't wait til there is more of that here.

**Nexis4Jersey** · January 1st, 2012, 10:23 PM

What is planned for the warehouses along 280?

**tbal** · January 1st, 2012, 10:57 PM

Do you mean the warehouses south of 280? If so, that's Heller Industrial's property where they should be starting heavy demo in a matter of a few weeks...

**Nexis4Jersey** · January 1st, 2012, 11:41 PM

North of 280 , there Occupied at the current moment , but are there any plans to redevelop there?

**tbal** · January 2nd, 2012, 06:27 PM

Good question - I'm not sure if any plans have been released to the public, but perhaps with redevelopment plans popping out of nowhere every month now, we might definitely see a proposal for the redevelopment of at least one of those buildings this year. One of them (the sandstone colored one) has been fenced off for a few years now for some reason. I'd really like to see what might be on the drawing board for the Harrison Plaza site (where Wendy's/Auto Zone are)...that site is pretty readily redevelop-able since it's a combination of 1-story buildings and parking lot.

**Nexis4Jersey** · January 7th, 2012, 08:35 AM

Are there any street scaping plans for Harrison Ave and hows work on the waterfront walkway going?

**Nexis4Jersey** · January 14th, 2012, 07:31 AM

Work has begun near the red bull arena...

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**Newarkguy** · January 14th, 2012, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by tbal

Good question - I'm not sure if any plans have been released to the public, but perhaps with redevelopment plans popping out of nowhere every month now, we might definitely see a proposal for the redevelopment of at least one of those buildings this year. One of them (the sandstone colored one) has been fenced off for a few years now for some reason. I'd really like to see what might be on the drawing board for the Harrison Plaza site (where Wendy's/Auto Zone are)...that site is pretty readily redevelop-able since it's a combination of 1-story buildings and parking lot.

North of 280 is a healthy industrial area. Its mainly small manufacturers where many working class Harrisonians work. Among them a company that makes steel products (pots,pans, household hardware)It receives steel/metal coils on rail cars.

**Newarkguy** · January 14th, 2012, 05:10 PM

Finally, foundation pilings are being driven into the ground at Riverbend (Metrocentre) for a possible phase 1

**stache** · January 14th, 2012, 05:14 PM

Originally Posted by Newarkguy

Its mainly small manufacturers where many working class Harrisonians work. Among them a company that makes steel products (pots,pans, household hardware)It receives steel/metal coils on rail cars.

It warms my heart to no end to know that at least something is being manufactured here in the U.S.

**tbal** · January 16th, 2012, 01:01 PM

They actually have had the equipment onsite for a few weeks now at the site near Red Bull Arena, but this morning they finally fired up the rig to begin piling (they were most likely just waiting for permits). The site was bustling just after 7 AM; weather permitting, we might see some great progress in the next few weeks. I'm guessing they have the foundation poured and the building is really going vertical by the beginning of Spring.