{"id":7214,"date":"2025-10-18T02:21:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T02:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/7214\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T02:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T02:21:14","slug":"jersey-city-approves-restoration-and-expansion-plan-at-712-bergen-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/7214\/","title":{"rendered":"Jersey City Approves Restoration and Expansion Plan at 712 Bergen Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>         <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-92136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/712-bergen-ave-current-1024x681.png\" alt=\"712 Bergen Ave Current\" width=\"696\" height=\"463\"  \/>Several historic but vacant properties will be combined and expanded at 712 Bergen Avenue. Image courtesy Google Maps.<\/p>\n<p>A trio of historic but vacant buildings in Jersey City\u2019s McGinley Square neighborhood are slated to be restored and expanded into a mixed-use property that will add four storefronts to the streetscape.<\/p>\n<p>During their October 7 meeting, Jersey City\u2019s Planning Board approved an application to significantly revamp 712-714 Bergen Avenue. The parcels, owned by Estate Capital Group LLC, consist of three vacant buildings that sit at the road\u2019s intersection with Fairmount Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Plans to revitalize the properties have been in the works since 2022, when the lots started to be consolidated to facilitate the project. The developer eventually won approval to bring a four-story, 27-unit building to the property, even going so far as to being framing work at the site in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-92138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/712-bergen-ave-rendering-1024x572.png\" alt=\"712 Bergen Ave Rendering\" width=\"696\" height=\"389\"  \/>The approved development at 712 Bergen Avenue will add a fifth story that links the properties. Image courtesy Piro Studio.<\/p>\n<p>The developer\u2019s latest approvals now allow them to build a fifth-story addition at the properties, which will essentially link all of the historic buildings together. Designed by Clark-based Piro Studio, the plans for 712 Bergen Avenue now call for the adaptive reuse of three existing structures into a 36-unit development.<\/p>\n<p>The project will now top out at five floors and just under 58 feet, with another addition set to be construction on a portion of the property along Fairmount Avenue. Four separate retail spaces totaling 6,700 square feet will be created under the plan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-92137\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/712-bergen-ave-plan-976x1024.png\" alt=\"712 Bergen Ave Plan\" width=\"696\" height=\"730\"  \/>The plans for 712 Bergen Avenue. Image courtesy Piro Studio.<\/p>\n<p>The residential unit breakdown of the development splits into 4 studios, 16 one-bedroom and 16 two-bedroom spaces. No affordable housing component is included in the project.<\/p>\n<p>The development was granted a single variance by the board for height when gaining unanimous approval, which could hopefully result in work that had previously stalled restarting at the properties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several historic but vacant properties will be combined and expanded at 712 Bergen Avenue. 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