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Waterfront permits jump along the Hudson in Jersey City

Permits for 2,140 housing units were authorized in the third quarter, and site plan applications rose 52% on the Gold Coast.

Jersey City · 6 h ago · Based on 3 documents

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Key facts

2,140 units authorized in Q3

Up 58% on a year earlier

47 Gold Coast applications

29 are mid-size rentals

Jersey City authorized 2,140 housing units by permit in the third quarter, the state's construction reporter shows. That is 58% more than the 1,355 units authorized in the same quarter of 2025.

The Division of Planning logged 47 site plan applications along the Gold Coast in the same quarter, against 31 a year earlier. That is an increase of 52%. Twenty-nine of the 47 are rental buildings of 50 to 150 units.

2,140

Housing units authorized by permit in Jersey City, third quarter 2026

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