Shipyard development project
(September 2001) When real estate developer Joe Barry sat in the car of his political friend, County Executive Robert Janiszewski, he was not aware that their conversation was being recorded. At the end of last year, FBI agents had ensnared Janiszewski in a sting operation, causing him to help collect evidence in what appears to [...]
The Shipyard Associates officially withdrew their proposal to build 120 luxury residential units on the North Pier in a letter dated December 19, 2000. The developer's attorney, Ira Karasick, sent this letter to the Hoboken Planning Board citing concerns of Planning Board members and the community as contributing to their decision. The withdrawal [...]
(September 2000) On Tuesday, September 5, Hoboken residents jammed into the ground floor conference room at City Hall to protest Applied Companies' application to build 120 townhouses on a pier at Hoboken's north waterfront. The following evening, Elizabeth Markevitch presented the Hoboken City Council with 2500 signatures of Hoboken residents urging the City to take [...]
(July 2000) Developer Joseph Barry won approval for the largest development in Hoboken consisting of 1160 units of luxury residential housing and 63,200 square feet of commercial development in 1996. This massive project consists of a series of monolithic, block-long buildings, 13 stories tall, sitting atop 3 and 4 story parking garages. As of June, [...]
