Hoboken's first new public housing tower would get 41 parking spaces under the redevelopment deal up for a council vote Wednesday

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HOBOKEN — The Hoboken City Council votes Wednesday on the redevelopment agreement for the first building in the Hoboken Housing Authority’s plan to replace its public housing. The deal calls for about 41 parking spaces, roughly half the 84 garage spaces in renderings shown publicly in June.

Resolution CD3 on the council’s Oct. 21 agenda would name Hoboken Forward One Urban Renewal Associates, LP as redeveloper of 331–333 Harrison St. (Block 36, Lot 13), land the Housing Authority owns. The resolution describes the partnership as a joint venture of the Housing Authority and RPM Development, LLC. The city gave the partnership a conditional designation on Dec. 17, 2025.

What the agreement says would be built

According to the resolution and the attached agreement in the council packet:

• 164 affordable homes, all deed-restricted under the federal low-income housing tax credit and HUD Rental Assistance Demonstration programs.
• About 2,050 square feet of ground-floor retail.
• About 41 parking spaces under the building. The agreement says the developer “shall use reasonable efforts” to build them. It also has room for about 166 bicycles.
• A public plaza of about 5,750 square feet south of the building, with seating, landscaping, pavers and a mural, built “at no cost to the City” and opened to the public through an easement.
• Height limits, quoted from the agreement: no more than 65 feet above design flood elevation within 65 feet of Jackson Street; 115 feet above DFE beyond a 65-foot setback, “not to exceed 10 stories”; and a “tallest portion not to exceed 135′ above DFE.”
• Plans by Inglese Architecture + Engineering dated Oct. 9, 2026, and a civil site plan by Colliers Engineering & Design last revised Oct. 2, 2026.

In June, Jersey Digs and New York YIMBY reported the Housing Authority’s renderings for the first phase: a 12-story building with 165 units and 84 garage spaces.

Residents and parking

The site is now a parking lot next to Harrison Gardens. The agreement requires a “parking relocation plan” for Harrison Gardens residents who park there. It also says the relocation “is ultimately a matter to be addressed separately between HHA and the City” and is not a condition of the deal. The agreement says the 41 spaces “shall be deemed sufficient” to meet the relocation obligation for this phase.

The developer must help residents of “the 164 units of the existing Andrew Jackson Gardens complex” who want to move into the new building, “at no cost to the residents or the City.” The agreement defines the next phase as including “the demolition of the buildings comprising the existing Andrew Jackson Gardens residential complex.”

Taxes, community benefits and timeline

• Taxes: A payment-in-lieu-of-taxes deal under the state Long Term Tax Exemption Law would need a separate financial agreement and council approval. That agreement is not part of Wednesday’s vote.
• Community benefits: If the state’s Aspire program requires a community benefits agreement, the parties “intend” that this agreement satisfy it. The agreement says the all-affordable project “itself constitutes the community benefit to the City.”
• Schedule (Exhibit G): Government approvals, financing and the start of construction are each listed at 17 months from the agreement’s effective date. Construction completion is listed as September 2030.
• Cost: A city notice to HUD estimates the total project cost at $130 million.

The same agenda includes a $5,500 contract (CD1) for Triad Associates to prepare the federal environmental review record for the Housing Authority’s RAD/Section 18 project.

One drafting point: Section 2 of the resolution designates “Hoboken Forward One Urban Renewal, LLC,” while the rest of the resolution and the agreement use “Urban Renewal Associates, LP.”

The council meeting starts at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21.

Requests for comment

Hudson TV emailed questions at about 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, to Hoboken Housing Authority Executive Director Marc Recko, to RPM Development, the Housing Authority’s partner in the redeveloper, and to Marci Rubin of the City of Hoboken, including on the parking count and the LLC/LP wording. We asked each for a reply by 3 p.m.

Recko did not respond by deadline. RPM Development did not respond by deadline. Rubin replied at 1:16 p.m. that she was working on answers to Hudson TV’s questions; the city had not provided them by deadline. This story will be updated with any responses.

Hudson TV asks: Are about 41 parking spaces enough for Hoboken’s first new public housing building on Harrison Street? Reply A: Yes, it’s enough. Reply B: No, the city should require more.
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