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New Brunswick, New Jersey, located in the central part of the state, is home to the main campus of Rutgers University and Johnson and Johnson, which built a new headquarters in 1983. [1] [2] [3] Both work with Devco in a public–private partnership to redevelop downtown, particularly with transit-oriented development. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] While there no buildings over 100 meters (330 feet) in the city, since the millennium a number of high-rise residential buildings [11] clustered around New Brunswick station have joined those built in the 1960s on the city's skyline. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] A new complex, The Hub, will contain the city's tallest buildings upon completion. [17] [18]
New Brunswick contains a number of examples of urban renewal in the United States. In the 1960s-1970s, the downtown area became blighted as middle class residents moved to newer suburbs surrounding the city, an example of the phenomenon known as " white flight." Beginning in 1975, Rutgers University, Johnson & Johnson and the local government collaborated through the New Jersey Economic Development Authority to form the New Brunswick Development Company (DevCo), with the goal of revitalizing the city center and redeveloping neighborhoods considered to be blighted and dangerous (via demolition of existing buildings and construction of new ones). [19] Johnson & Johnson decided to remain in New Brunswick and built a new world headquarters building in the area between Albany Street, Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, Route 18, and George Street, requiring many old buildings and historic roads to be removed. The Hiram Market area, a historic district that by the 1970s had become a mostly Puerto Rican and Dominican-American neighborhood, was demolished to build a Hyatt hotel and conference center, and upscale housing. [20] Johnson & Johnson guaranteed Hyatt Hotels' investment as they were wary of building an upscale hotel in a run-down area.
Devco, the hospitals, and the city government have drawn ire from both historic preservationists, those opposing gentrification [21] and those concerned with eminent domain abuses and tax abatements for developers. [22]
New Brunswick is one of nine cities in New Jersey designated as eligible for Urban Transit Hub Tax Credits by the state's Economic Development Authority. Developers who invest a minimum of $50 million within a half-mile of a train station are eligible for pro-rated tax credit. [23] [24]
The Gateway tower, a 22-story redevelopment project next to the train station, was completed in 2012. The structure consists of apartments and condominiums (named "The Vue") built above a multi-story parking structure with a bridge connecting it to the station. [25] Boraie Development, a real estate development firm based in New Brunswick, has developed projects using the incentive.
Rank | Name | image | Height m/ft |
Floors | Year | Notes |
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1 | The Vue |
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91 m (299 ft) | 24 | 2012 | Louis Berger Group [26] [13] [27] [28] |
2 | One Spring Street |
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78 m (256 ft) | 23 | 2006 | Costas Kondylis [29] [13] [30] [31] [32] |
3- | NBPAC | 75.62 m (248.1 ft) | 23 | 2018 topped out | Elkus Manfredi Architects [33] [34] [35] [36] | |
3- | Colony House |
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75 m (246 ft) | 20 | 1962 | [13] [38] [39] |
4 | 1 Johnson and Johnson Plaza |
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70 m (230 ft) | 16 | 1983 | I. M. Pei [13] [40] [41] |
5 | Skyline Tower |
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59 m (194 ft) | 14 | 1967/2003 | [13] [45] [46] [47] |
6 | Schatzman-Fricano Apartments |
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59 m (194 ft) | 14 | 1963 | [13] [48] |
7 | The George |
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14 | 2013 | [49] [50] [47] | |
8 | Riverside Towers | 54 m (177 ft) | 13 | 1964 | [13] [51] [52] | |
9 | The Heldrich |
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50 m (160 ft) | 11 | 2007 | [13] [53] [54] |
10 | Rockhoff Hall/SoCam290 |
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50 m (160 ft) | 12 | 2005 | [13] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] |
11 | Aspire |
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49 m (161 ft) | 16/17 | 2015 | Bradford Perkins [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] "Explainer". njspotlight.com. |
12 | The Yard [65] |
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49 m (161 ft) | 14 | 2016 [66] | Elkus/Manfredi Architects [67] [68] [69] |
13 | 410 George Street |
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47 m (154 ft) | 11 | 1989 | Rothe-Johnson Architects [13] [70] |
14 | University Center |
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45.3 m (149 ft) | 12 | 1994 | [13] [71] [72] |
Christ Church, originally built in 1742, was the tallest building at the time of construction. A steeple was added in 1773 and replaced in 1803. [73] The six-story First Reformed Church, bullt in 1812 was long the city's tallest structure. [74] One of the earliest tall commercial buildings in the city was the eight-story 34.29 m (112.5 ft) National Bank of New Jersey built in 1908. [75] [76] The four nine-story 38 m (125 ft) buildings of the New Brunswick Homes housing project originally built in 1958 were demolished by implosion in 2000. [77] [78] [79]
In 2008 there was a proposal to construct a 142 m (466 ft) New Brunswick Cultural Center Tower, which would have been the city's tallest building. [80] [81] In 2017 it was announced that a new building that would include an performing arts center would be built on the site of the George Street Playhouse and Crossroads Theatre and would include 18 stories of residential units. [82] [83] [84]
Name | image | Height m/ft |
Floors | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Standard | 76 m (249 ft) | 22 | 2014 (approved) | Mark S. Carelli [85] [86] [87] | |
The Hub (1) | 300 ft (91 m) | 25 | (proposed) | Kohn Pedersen Fox [88] [89] [90] [91] [92] [93] | |
The Hub (2) | 300 ft (91 m) | 25 | (proposed) | Kohn Pedersen Fox [88] [89] [93] | |
The Hub (3) | 14 | (proposed) | Kohn Pedersen Fox [88] |
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The original building was 55 feet wide, 45 feet deep, and 20 feet high...A steeple, consisting of a tower and spire, was added in 1773. The steeple design was based on that of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London. At the time it was constructed, the steeple was the highest point in town. Unfortunately, it seems that the original construction of the steeple was not altogether sound as the congregation began taking subscriptions for steeple repair in 1786. Following the first repair job, the steeple was struck by lightning in 1803 and it burned to the ground. It was rebuilt the same year through new subscriptions, and the tower portion of the steeple (as opposed to the spire) still stands.
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New Brunswick, New Jersey, located in the central part of the state, is home to the main campus of Rutgers University and Johnson and Johnson, which built a new headquarters in 1983. [1] [2] [3] Both work with Devco in a public–private partnership to redevelop downtown, particularly with transit-oriented development. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] While there no buildings over 100 meters (330 feet) in the city, since the millennium a number of high-rise residential buildings [11] clustered around New Brunswick station have joined those built in the 1960s on the city's skyline. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] A new complex, The Hub, will contain the city's tallest buildings upon completion. [17] [18]
New Brunswick contains a number of examples of urban renewal in the United States. In the 1960s-1970s, the downtown area became blighted as middle class residents moved to newer suburbs surrounding the city, an example of the phenomenon known as " white flight." Beginning in 1975, Rutgers University, Johnson & Johnson and the local government collaborated through the New Jersey Economic Development Authority to form the New Brunswick Development Company (DevCo), with the goal of revitalizing the city center and redeveloping neighborhoods considered to be blighted and dangerous (via demolition of existing buildings and construction of new ones). [19] Johnson & Johnson decided to remain in New Brunswick and built a new world headquarters building in the area between Albany Street, Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, Route 18, and George Street, requiring many old buildings and historic roads to be removed. The Hiram Market area, a historic district that by the 1970s had become a mostly Puerto Rican and Dominican-American neighborhood, was demolished to build a Hyatt hotel and conference center, and upscale housing. [20] Johnson & Johnson guaranteed Hyatt Hotels' investment as they were wary of building an upscale hotel in a run-down area.
Devco, the hospitals, and the city government have drawn ire from both historic preservationists, those opposing gentrification [21] and those concerned with eminent domain abuses and tax abatements for developers. [22]
New Brunswick is one of nine cities in New Jersey designated as eligible for Urban Transit Hub Tax Credits by the state's Economic Development Authority. Developers who invest a minimum of $50 million within a half-mile of a train station are eligible for pro-rated tax credit. [23] [24]
The Gateway tower, a 22-story redevelopment project next to the train station, was completed in 2012. The structure consists of apartments and condominiums (named "The Vue") built above a multi-story parking structure with a bridge connecting it to the station. [25] Boraie Development, a real estate development firm based in New Brunswick, has developed projects using the incentive.
Rank | Name | image | Height m/ft |
Floors | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Vue |
![]() |
91 m (299 ft) | 24 | 2012 | Louis Berger Group [26] [13] [27] [28] |
2 | One Spring Street |
![]() |
78 m (256 ft) | 23 | 2006 | Costas Kondylis [29] [13] [30] [31] [32] |
3- | NBPAC | 75.62 m (248.1 ft) | 23 | 2018 topped out | Elkus Manfredi Architects [33] [34] [35] [36] | |
3- | Colony House |
![]() |
75 m (246 ft) | 20 | 1962 | [13] [38] [39] |
4 | 1 Johnson and Johnson Plaza |
|
70 m (230 ft) | 16 | 1983 | I. M. Pei [13] [40] [41] |
5 | Skyline Tower |
![]() |
59 m (194 ft) | 14 | 1967/2003 | [13] [45] [46] [47] |
6 | Schatzman-Fricano Apartments |
![]() |
59 m (194 ft) | 14 | 1963 | [13] [48] |
7 | The George |
![]() |
14 | 2013 | [49] [50] [47] | |
8 | Riverside Towers | 54 m (177 ft) | 13 | 1964 | [13] [51] [52] | |
9 | The Heldrich |
![]() |
50 m (160 ft) | 11 | 2007 | [13] [53] [54] |
10 | Rockhoff Hall/SoCam290 |
![]() |
50 m (160 ft) | 12 | 2005 | [13] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] |
11 | Aspire |
![]() |
49 m (161 ft) | 16/17 | 2015 | Bradford Perkins [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] "Explainer". njspotlight.com. |
12 | The Yard [65] |
![]() |
49 m (161 ft) | 14 | 2016 [66] | Elkus/Manfredi Architects [67] [68] [69] |
13 | 410 George Street |
![]() |
47 m (154 ft) | 11 | 1989 | Rothe-Johnson Architects [13] [70] |
14 | University Center |
![]() |
45.3 m (149 ft) | 12 | 1994 | [13] [71] [72] |
Christ Church, originally built in 1742, was the tallest building at the time of construction. A steeple was added in 1773 and replaced in 1803. [73] The six-story First Reformed Church, bullt in 1812 was long the city's tallest structure. [74] One of the earliest tall commercial buildings in the city was the eight-story 34.29 m (112.5 ft) National Bank of New Jersey built in 1908. [75] [76] The four nine-story 38 m (125 ft) buildings of the New Brunswick Homes housing project originally built in 1958 were demolished by implosion in 2000. [77] [78] [79]
In 2008 there was a proposal to construct a 142 m (466 ft) New Brunswick Cultural Center Tower, which would have been the city's tallest building. [80] [81] In 2017 it was announced that a new building that would include an performing arts center would be built on the site of the George Street Playhouse and Crossroads Theatre and would include 18 stories of residential units. [82] [83] [84]
Name | image | Height m/ft |
Floors | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Standard | 76 m (249 ft) | 22 | 2014 (approved) | Mark S. Carelli [85] [86] [87] | |
The Hub (1) | 300 ft (91 m) | 25 | (proposed) | Kohn Pedersen Fox [88] [89] [90] [91] [92] [93] | |
The Hub (2) | 300 ft (91 m) | 25 | (proposed) | Kohn Pedersen Fox [88] [89] [93] | |
The Hub (3) | 14 | (proposed) | Kohn Pedersen Fox [88] |
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The height of the new buildings in New Brunswick (up to 23 levels in the newest luxury tower) would clearly be out-of-scale for Princeton, but for a city like New Brunswick, they offer a way to capture value from desirable locations close to university facilities, downtown amenities and a direct rail connection to New York.
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citation}}
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link)
{{
cite web}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link)
The original building was 55 feet wide, 45 feet deep, and 20 feet high...A steeple, consisting of a tower and spire, was added in 1773. The steeple design was based on that of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London. At the time it was constructed, the steeple was the highest point in town. Unfortunately, it seems that the original construction of the steeple was not altogether sound as the congregation began taking subscriptions for steeple repair in 1786. Following the first repair job, the steeple was struck by lightning in 1803 and it burned to the ground. It was rebuilt the same year through new subscriptions, and the tower portion of the steeple (as opposed to the spire) still stands.