Relevant Project Features:

Back to Planning

Dresdner Robin provided Redevelopment Planning, Landscape Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering for the development of a vacant 31⁄2 acre asphalt lot into a multi-use mass transit center / mixed use high-rise development. The project will ultimately be comprised of 40,000 sf of retail space at street level, a high-rise office building, a high-rise residential tower, a 1,100 car parking facility, and a new entrance to the Grove Street Path Station.

As the Redevelopment Planner, Mr. Kolling was responsible for preparing amendments to the redevelopment plan to accommodate the new proposed development, recognizing its unique location in terms of access to mass transit. In addition to the new entrance to the Grove Street Path Station, the site is within a one block walk of an interconnection of numerous bus lines at Grove Street and Newark Avenue, and a short walk to a light rail station on Hudson Street. As the landscape architect, Dresdner Robin was responsible for designing the streetscape that surrounds the project; the design of the finishes for the arcade and raised terraces, and assisted in the planning of the project with the Jersey City planning department. The streetscape includes decorative pavements, site furniture, tree grates, and decorative lighting that were chosen to compliment the architecture of the building and enhance the pedestrian environment. Great care was taken to ensure that the linkages between the building and the various mass transit opportunities would be a pleasant environment in order to encourage the use of mass transit. We also provided coordination with the new Grove Street Path entrance that is being designed and built under a separate Port Authority Contract.

Dresdner Robin also designed and detailed an elaborate rooftop plaza; and designed and coordinated the complex utility infrastructure required for a multi-use building of this size. In the initial project assessment stages Dresdner Robin assisted the owner in the evaluation of environmental concerns at the site and developed an action plan for the investigation, remediation and administrative management of the property. Dresdner Robin also obtained all local, state and federal permits.