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29: 311:(PILOT). Developers of the project, SJP Properties, are funding the construction of new sewer lines to the town to accommodate the new residents created by the development. An approximately 2-acre (0.81 ha) area between the buildings was deeded back to the borough for use as public park. It does not include units which contribute to the boroughs affordable state required housing stock. The borough also anticipated traffic issues and a larger school population due to the new residents. 300: 314:
The project contains 75,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities: an infinity pool, barbecue stations, basketball and volleyball courts, a lawn with an outdoor jumbotron, a screening room, a residents lounge, a business center, a spa/sauna, a fitness center, indoor and outdoor children's play
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includes retail, hotel and office space, including a three-screen movie theater. The 16-acre (6.5 ha) site on which the Modern (east parcel) and Hudson Lights (west parcel) are built had been undeveloped for close to 47 years. Civic leaders in Ft. Lee had sought to develop the vacant, 16-acre
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There was a controversy in which developers had tried to bribe Fort Lee's mayor via an organized crime representative. The mayor reported the incident, wore a wire, and exposed the attempt, as documented in the 1976 book
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later owned the parcels, but the intended project was not constructed. Town and Country Developers bought the tract from his estate in 2005. Eventually, SJP and Tucker Development acquired the two sites.
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site since the 1970s, two attempts to put together a project failed in between 1970 and 1980, and in 2008, a $ 1 billion development project by Centuria Corp., which then owned the site, fell through.
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Designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects, the buildings stand 47 stories tall and comprise one of the tallest twin-towered developments in the world.
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Burd, Joshua (22 October 2012). "After four decades, major Ft. Lee project gets its groundbreaking".
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project for the long vacant parcel, where film studios were located when Fort Lee was the home
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areas, a covered dog walk and pet spa, a golf simulation room and a karaoke/gaming room.
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In 2016 an agreement was made with the town that The Modern and Hudson Lights would make
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Modern 1 & 2 seen from the George Washington Bridge during construction
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Merit Award and an honorable mention in the 2019 Architecture MasterPrize.
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acquired the site, but construction plans never materialized.
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was built adjacent to the towers. An adjacent project called
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List of tallest twin buildings and structures in the world
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Residential skyscraper complex in Fort Lee, New Jersey
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Buildings and structures in Bergen County, New Jersey
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Cattafi, Kristie; Zurita, Anthony (3 October 2018).
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Coordinates
40°51′09″N 73°57′59″W / 40.8524°N 73.9663°W / 40.8524; -73.9663
Elkus Manfredi Architects
DeSimone Consulting Engineers
skyscraper
Fort Lee, New Jersey
George Washington Bridge Plaza
George Washington Bridge
Hudson Waterfront
Hudson Palisades
New York City skyline
Hudson River
Elkus Manfredi Architects
one of the world's tallest twin-tower projects
American Society of Landscape Architects
urban renewal
America's first motion picture industry
Barrymore Film Center
William Zeckendorf
Harry B. Helmsley

Payments in Lieu of Taxes
List of tallest buildings in Fort Lee
List of tallest buildings in New Jersey
List of tallest twin buildings and structures in the world
Hudson Waterfront
"The Modern I, Fort Lee - 1215489 - EMPORIS"
Emporis
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