Ohhh so you’re saying that the dirt ground being there for two years was because they were dragging their asses and not because they were planting crops?

Please link the studies because a taller building literally means more apartment units and people housed per square foot of land.

Build a better one then

GreenDrop just opened a dropoff location near newport mall. Check out:

https://www.gogreendrop.com/find-a-location/newport-plaza-jersey-city-nj

It’s a lovely building that absolutely doesn’t fit in with the neighborhood, keeps its residents disconnected from the goings on in the neighborhood, and blocks light to a park. I’m all for multiple mid-rises on that same plot creating the same number of units. High-rises don’t make for good neighbors. Mixed-use mid-rises do!

Looks like a nice design to me, better than an eyesore vacant lot and archeological ruin. Seems like an improvement to me.

Have projects been denied anywhere?

Okay thank you man i will check this area out.

That list is only for rent controlled buildings, which OP's building likely is not.

Love the density a mid-rise would bring, and the developer could make almost as much money (or more, not sure how much the deeper dig costs). High rises don’t bring the benefits of density that mid rise does. Happy to link to a bunch of studies, but easy enough to just google benefits of mid-rises over high-rises. This makes no sense. Even hardcore YIMBYs don’t want a 17 story building because they don’t benefit the neighborhood.

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If anything that passageway is going to better connect Bergen and Lafayette. More density around here will make the retail on Communipaw and at the Junction more viable - and the residents of this building won’t be displacing people from existing apartments,

i've faced this situation so many times and it's really tough. the best way to deal with it is look around at the market and see if there are better options. if all other similar buildings are priced at your new rate you both have no choice and no real way to argue it. if there are options you should both negotiate and prepare to take those options.

i have no love for large landlords in general but property taxes went up an incredible amount over the past year, easily >$500/mo on a 2br

Thank you for this! I definitely was planning to lead with the positives about how much we like living in the building, that we’re reliable tenants.

Interesting, then your landlord is nicer than most others downtown!

This chart shows what percentage they can raise the rent each month in a building with more than 4 units .... so if you pay $3000 per month they can bump you $2412 for the year this month....

https://cdn5-hosted.civiclive.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_6189660/File/City%20Hall/Housing%20Economic%20Development/Tenant%20Landlord%20Relations/1.12.2023%20-%20March%202023%20CPI.pdf

I live in an amenity building owned by a large developer.

Do you live in a walk up? The strategy works for a individual landlord or small entity because they are dealing with this kind of stuff themselves, but it's less successful for high-rise buildings with property management companies. Turnover is expected and they have funds and workers available to do this kind of stuff so it's less of a financial hit to them. They honestly don't even care and they know how much of a hassle moving will be for the tenant. Threatening to move doesn't phase them. They have more resources than you. With an individual landlord, it's a different story.

OP can try this, but it's not likely to work, or if it does it will get reduced by a laughable amount.

Mid-rises are good for neighborhoods; density is good for neighborhoods, 17-story buildings are not - look at the data. High rises are not environmentally or neighborhood friendly. This developer can put just as many units ($$$$) over multiple mid-rise buildings on that same lot. This will look ridiculous, bring in disconnected residents in that area which desperately needs engaged residents. The area is not getting taller, they allowed some taller buildings next to the freeway and abutting Liberty Science Center. But 17 stories in this quaint historic area is absurd.

Pretty much spot on. Once the loss is recuperated, rent increase should go back to normal, or at least they did in my building. My lease renewed (for a downtown 1 bedroom) in April 2022 with a $500 increase, or around 20%. We just got the offer for April 2023, and were pleasantly surprised to see it was only 10%, which was pretty consistent with our increases before COVID.

Dm the group chat pls

Tell me you don’t know what you’re talking about without telling me you don’t know what you’re talking about. It’s very common for Caribbean immigrants to ship non-perishable food and other supplies in barrels (drums) to their families back home in the Caribbean.

UPS and DHL are not options. 😂

OP is asking for a freight forwarding service. I personally go to NYC for better rates. Don’t know any in JC, unfortunately.

You’re welcome! Kid asked to go there this weekend…need to come up with an alternative for my sanity.

Tall buildings scary 👻

It’s replacing an empty lot, and 17 stories isn’t even that tall. That neighborhood is getting taller. it includes retail, affordable housing and a rec center and looks good. But beyond all that more housing is good

May be she was texting while driving.

Is there a get of jail card that she is playing because of some medical condition she may come up with eventually?