Investment manager Lord Abbett & Co. is relocating its headquarters in Jersey City after leasing nearly 180,000 square feet at one of the state’s best-known office buildings.
Panel: Interest in office space picking up as employers mull re-entry plans, hybrid schedules
Employers are hoping to find a middle ground as they determine how best to bring workers back to the office. While that strategy is still taking shape, occupiers have already begun to weigh their post-pandemic options in places such as Jersey City, driving an uptick in building tours and the prospect of new leasing activity.
Building boom, condo tower put Jersey City on the map in skyscraper study
The development boom along the Hudson waterfront has put Jersey City in rare company, making it one of only 18 U.S. cities with at least five skyscrapers. That’s according to a recent study of high-rise architecture by Yardi Matrix, a commercial real estate research and data platform, which also found that Jersey City currently has the fourth-tallest building under construction in the U.S. That project, 99 Hudson, is a 79-story luxury condominium tower that is slated to rise 889 feet when it opens next year.